AWS Cloud Engineer

## Responsibilities ### AWS Infrastructure & Architecture - 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. ### Security & Compliance - Implement and enforce security controls, encryption, and access management to meet compliance standards such as DISA STIGs directly into IaC modules and other code. ### Team Enablement & Collaboration - 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. ## Requirements - 7 years of experience in cloud engineering - Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) - CompTIA Security+ ce ## Nice to Have - 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. ## Benefits 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, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Washington, Vermont, the District of Columbia, and the city of Cleveland. 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.