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# Cloud Engineer

- **Company:** Accenture
- **Location:** United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $106,300.0 - $221,100.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Security, Cloud Engineering, Cyber Security, Information Systems, Disaster Recovery, Subnetting, Cloud Services, Software Engineering, Cloud Monitoring, Multi-Cloud, HybridCloud, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Information Technology
- **Published:** July 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/64fc1904-4467-4a06-bc20-7f1f01dcf2ca

## About the Role

* Requires a Bachelor's degree (or an additional 4 years of experience) in IT, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Software Engineering, or related field
 * 8 years of experience in cloud engineering, automation, and security in enterprise environments
 * Must meet DoD 8140 requirements

Security Clearance:

 * Active Secret, Top Secret, TS/SCI, or TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance required, depending on position

## Description

The Cloud Engineer will design, engineer, and integrate the cloud environment that forms the foundation of the Client System. This role will implement and manage cloud services, optimize the cloud architecture for performance and cost, and ensure the environment is secure, scalable, and highly available. The engineer will architect multi-cloud and hybrid cloud solutions to meet specific requirements, implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to automate cloud resource provisioning, and establish cloud governance policies and guardrails. They will design and implement cloud networking solutions including VPCs, subnets, and connectivity to on-premises resources, configure cloud security services and controls to protect cloud resources, and implement cloud monitoring and logging solutions to provide visibility into operations. The engineer will optimize cloud resource utilization to control costs, implement auto-scaling solutions to handle variable workloads, and design disaster recovery and
business continuity solutions for cloud workloads. This position will evaluate new cloud services and features for potential adoption, maintain cloud architecture documentation, and provide cloud expertise to other teams.


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