Cloud Systems Engineer
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About the Role
At Accenture Federal Services, the focus is on helping the US federal government make the nation stronger, safer, and improve the lives of its people. With a team of 13,000+ individuals, the company is united in its purpose to leverage technology and ingenuity for clients across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations. Join Accenture Federal Services, a technology company within global Accenture. Recognized as a Glassdoor Top 100 Best Place to Work, the company offers a collaborative and caring community where you can grow, learn, and thrive through hands-on experience, certifications, industry training, and more. Join the team to drive positive, lasting change that moves missions and the government forward!
Accenture is seeking a Cloud Systems Engineer specializing in AWS GovCloud who will be responsible for designing and implementing AWS infrastructure architecture to meet mission requirements. This person will join the team and support the client near the Orlando, FL area.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement AWS infrastructure architecture based on mission requirements
- Configure security groups, Network ACLs, and AWS CLI access and integration
- Implement container security controls including image scanning, pod security policies, network policies, and RBAC configurations
- Establish GitOps workflows and integrate CI/CD pipelines for containerized application deployments
- Configure monitoring, logging, and alerting using AWS CloudWatch, EKS-native tools, and container observability platforms
- Optimize infrastructure and container resource utilization through autoscaling, performance tuning, and RDS configuration
- Integrate IAM roles, service accounts, and secrets management with infrastructure and container components
- Automate routine tasks with scripting and develop supporting scripts for application implementation and integration
- Configure EC2 instances, Auto Scaling, Elastic Load Balancing, and high availability solutions
- Design, deploy, and manage Kubernetes (EKS) clusters with proper node groups, networking, and security configurations
- Develop and maintain reusable, modular IaC templates (e.g., Terraform) and container orchestration manifests (Helm charts, Kubernetes manifests)
- Create documentation, operational runbooks, and troubleshooting guides
Requirements
- 3 years of experience in cloud technologies and platforms, such as AWS, Azure, or other cloud service providers
- 3 years implementing, testing, and deploying security services and tools (i.e., antivirus software, vulnerability scanning software, and DISA STIGs)
- 1 year of experience architecting information systems for authorization under ICD 503 or DoD Risk Management Framework
- Experience with Kubernetes
- DoD 8570 Compliant with IAT Level 2 certification
Bonus Points
- Bachelor’s Degree in Technical Discipline
- AWS Cloud certifications, such as AWS Solutions Architect or AWS Security Specialty
- Assessment and Authorization experience in a related industry (experience owning a program/product/feature, scoping requirements, and working with technical teams)
- Familiarity with the processes and documentation required to articulate the appropriate syst