Senior AWS Engineer

Accenture Federal Services • Tampa, FL

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About The Position

At Accenture Federal Services (AFS), our mission is to strengthen and secure the US federal government and improve citizens' lives through technology and ingenuity. We are a community of over 13,000 professionals dedicated to serving clients across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations. As a technology company within the global Accenture network, AFS is recognized as a Glassdoor Top 100 Best Place to Work. We foster a collaborative and supportive environment where employees are empowered to grow, learn, and thrive through hands-on experience, certifications, and industry training. Join us to drive meaningful, lasting change and advance government missions.

This role focuses on leading the design, build, and automation of cutting-edge cloud infrastructure within a DevSecOps framework. The ideal candidate is passionate about creating secure, scalable, and highly available platforms on AWS. Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), container orchestration with EKS, and CI/CD pipelines is essential for enabling development teams with a robust, self-service platform. While AWS is our primary focus, experience with hybrid environments and private cloud platforms like VMware or OpenShift is a plus.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent professional experience (approx. 8+ years in cloud/software engineering).
• Must possess and maintain required DoD 8140 certifications.
• Expert-level proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), with strong hands-on experience in Terraform or other languages, to include advanced usage such as targeted applies, imports and more.
• Deep experience with container orchestration, specifically designing and managing Amazon EKS clusters.
• Strong command of AWS IAM roles, policies, and security best practices.
• Solid understanding of cloud networking, Linux/Unix administration, and security principles.
• Proficiency with Git and modern GitOps workflows.
• An Active TS/SCI is required.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with VMware vSphere in a hybrid cloud context.
• Experience with configuration management tools like Ansible.
• Familiarity with other public clouds (Azure, GCP).
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages (Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript).
• Understanding of common authentication mechanisms, OIDC, OAuth2, LDAP, SAML.
• Experience contributing to open-source projects.
• One or more of the following certifications: AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate/Professional.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, resilient, and secure environments primarily within AWS.
• Implement and manage core AWS services, including networking (VPC, Transit Gateway), Kubernetes (EKS), compute (EC2, Lambda), storage (S3, EBS), and databases (RDS).
• Architect and operate containerized workloads using Amazon EKS, including cluster management, scaling, and security.
• Implement and enforce security controls, encryption, and access management to meet compliance standards such as DISA STIGs directly into IaC modules and other code.
• Act as a cloud subject matter expert, providing guidance and support to development teams to optimize their use of the platform.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to evaluate new cloud-native technologies and recommend solutions that enhance efficiency and capability.
• Champion foundational best practices, including Git workflows and the proficient use of AI tools to accelerate development and problem-solving.

Benefits

• Hands-on experience
• Certifications
• Industry training
• Collaborative and caring community
• Reasonable ranges of compensation for hired roles based on labor costs in specific states/cities
• Wide variety of benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior