What is the salary range for the Senior Cloud Engineer role at Accenturefederalservices?

The salary range for the Senior Cloud Engineer position at Accenturefederalservices is USD 100k+/yr.

Where is the Senior Cloud Engineer role at Accenturefederalservices located?

The Senior Cloud Engineer position at Accenturefederalservices is based in Reston, VA; Reston, Virginia, United States. This is an on-site position.

What experience is required for the Senior Cloud Engineer role at Accenturefederalservices?

The Senior Cloud Engineer position at Accenturefederalservices requires 10+ yrs exp.

What skills are required for the Senior Cloud Engineer role at Accenturefederalservices?

Key skills for the Senior Cloud Engineer position at Accenturefederalservices include: aws, aws s3, aws cloudformation, terraform, ansible, python, docker, kubernetes, aws eks, microservices.

Senior Cloud Engineer — Accenturefederalservices

At Accenture Federal Services, nothing matters more than helping the US federal government make the nation stronger and safer and life better for people. Our 13,000+ people are united in a shared purpose to pursue the limitless potential of 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, we offer a collaborative and caring community where you feel like you belong and are empowered to grow, learn and thrive through hands-on experience, certifications, industry training and more.

Join us to drive positive, lasting change that moves missions and the government forward!

Job Description:

As a Senior Cloud Engineer, you will be a key player in architecting, designing, and implementing cloud solutions that empower our clients to leverage the full potential of cloud technologies. You will be responsible for the development of a robust and scalable cloud infrastructure, serve as a technical mentor who guides, supports, and accelerates the professional growth of junior engineers, all while collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery to the missions.

Work is 5 days onsite in Reston, VA.

The work you'll do:

Support the design and implementation of cloud-based architecture, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security in alignment with industry best practices.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define requirements, troubleshoot issues, and optimize cloud infrastructure.
Mentor and provide technical guidance to a team of cloud engineers, reviewing their work, and helping them solve complex technical challenges.
Engage with stakeholders to translate technical requirements into actionable solutions, troubleshoot and resolve issues, and stay current on evolving cloud technologies and compliance standards.
Provide requirement decomposition/definition and engineering expertise to assure program requirements are developed and sustained.
Prepare operating instructions and end user training.
Develop and implement cloud governance strategies, ensuring compliance with relevant standards and regulations.
Lead efforts to automate deployment, monitoring, and management processes, enhancing efficiency and reducing manual intervention.
Act as a subject matter expert on cloud engineering best practices, participating in knowledge sharing and contributing to the company's technical community.
Participate in all phases of risk management assessments and architecture.

Here's what you need:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
10+ years of relevant IT, systems or infrastructure experience, including 5+ years of hands-on AWS cloud engineering experience.
Experience designing, building, supporting and troubleshooting AWS cloud infrastructure in classified government environments.
Hands-on experience with AWS services such as EC2, EBS, S3, IAM, VPC, Lambda or CloudFormation.
Experience supporting AWS GovCloud and/or other classified AWS environments.
Strong infrastructure-as-code experience using Terraform, CloudFormation or Ansible.
Experience implementing cloud security controls, including IAM, SSO, federation, security baselines and account-auditing policies.
Experience securing and hardening Linux or Windows cloud systems in accordance with applicable security and RMF requirements.
Scripting and automation experience using Python, PowerShell, Bash or a similar language.

Bonus points if you have:

Experience supporting AWS environments across multiple classification domains.
Experience creating, managing and hardening Amazon Machine Images or other cloud-based OS images.
Experience with Docker, Kubernetes or EKS.
Experience with microservices or serverless architecture.
Experience with Azure or Google Cloud Platform.
AWS cloud certification.
Experience providing architecture guidance or supporting large-scale cloud-modernization initiatives.

Security clearance:

Active TS/SCI with Poly security clearance is required.

As required by local law, Accenture Federal Services provides reasonable ranges of compensation for hired roles based on labor costs in the states of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia. The base pay range for this position in these locations is shown below. Compensation for roles at Accenture Federal Services varies depending on a wide array of factors, including but not limited to office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits. You can find more information on benefits here. We accept applications on an on-going basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply.

The pay range for the states of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia is:

$100,200—$203,400 USD

What We Believe

As a company wholly dedicated to serving the US federal government, we bring together the best talent to help reinvent how federal agencies operate and deliver greater value for their mission and the American people. We have an unwavering commitment to creating a culture in which all our people are respected, feel a sense of belonging, and have equal opportunity. As a business imperative, every person at Accenture Federal Services has the responsibility to create and sustain a culture where everyone feels welcomed and included. This is grounded in our core values and our experience that hiring and developing great people who reflect different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds is key to driving innovation and delivering the results that our clients and the country count on.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative, more competitive, and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities. For details, view a copy of the Accenture Federal Services Equal Opportunity Policy Statement.

Accenture Federal Services is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Additionally, as an Affirmative Action Employer for Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities, Accenture Federal Services is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women.

Requesting An Accommodation

Accenture Federal Services is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities or religious observances, including reasonable accommodation when needed. If you are hired by Accenture Federal Services and require accommodation to perform the essential functions of your role, you will be asked to participate in our reasonable accommodation process. Accommodations made to facilitate the recruiting process are not a guarantee of future or continued accommodations once hired.

If you are being considered for employment opportunities with Accenture Federal Services and need an accommodation for a disability or religious observance during the interview process or for the job you are interviewing for, please speak with your recruiter.

Other Employment Statements

Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States.

Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture Federal Services or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.

Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process.

The Company will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. Additionally, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the Company's legal duty to furnish information.

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