Job Summary:
Accenture Federal Services is dedicated to helping the US federal government enhance national security and improve lives through technology. They are seeking an AWS Engineer to lead the design, build, and automation of cloud infrastructure in a DevSecOps environment, focusing on creating secure and scalable platforms on AWS.
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.
Qualifications:
Required:
• 7 years of experience in cloud engineering
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• CompTIA Security+ ce
• An Active TS/SCI is required
Preferred:
• 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
Company:
Accenture Federal Services is a leading US federal services company and subsidiary of Accenture. Founded in 1989, the company is headquartered in Arlington, USA, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Late Stage.