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# Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

- **Company:** Accenture
- **Location:** United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $120,400.0 - $234,700.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Backup Devices, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Code Review, Information Systems, Disaster Recovery, Ansible, Software Vulnerability Management, Cloudformation, Containerization, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Information Technology, 3-tier Architectures, Puppet, Terraform, Docker
- **Published:** September 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/ef6ecfd4-4d17-4c57-b18a-3d7b8c94b34b

## About the Role

* 5-6+ years of cloud engineering or infrastructure experience, including hands-on production work with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible), containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes), and Linux/Unix systems administration
 * At least 2 years of experience mentoring or providing technical leadership to other engineers
 * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, or 4+ years of relevant job or military experience in lieu of degree
 * DoD 8140 compliance (e.g., Security+, CISSP, CASP, or equivalent)

Bonus Points If You Have

 * Experience designing solutions for multi-classification or cross-domain environments
 * AWS or Azure certifications (Solutions Architect level or above)
 * Kubernetes certifications (CKA, CKAD)
 * Experience with configuration management tools (Chef, Puppet) beyond Ansible
 * Familiarity with National Security systems and air-gapped environments

Security Requirements

 * Active TS clearance required; SCI preferred

## Description

Accenture Federal Services is looking for a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to own infrastructure design decisions for mission-critical cloud environments. You'll set engineering direction for infrastructure-as-code, architect solutions for compute, storage, and networking at enterprise scale, and mentor the engineers building against your designs., * Infrastructure design and architecture for mission-critical workloads, including compute, storage, and networking at enterprise scale

 * Infrastructure-as-code standards and technical direction for the team's IaC practices
 * Disaster recovery, backup, and business continuity design for supported environments
 * Security control implementation, STIG compliance, and vulnerability remediation across owned infrastructure
 * Root-cause resolution for complex (Tier 3) infrastructure incidents
 * Mentorship of mid-level and junior engineers, including infrastructure-as-code review and technical standards

What You'll Deliver

 * New infrastructure delivered as reusable, version-controlled infrastructure-as-code modules rather than one-off manual configuration
 * Enterprise-scale cloud architecture that satisfies both mission performance and security requirements
 * Disaster recovery and business continuity solutions, validated and ready for use
 * Faster incident resolution as root-cause investigation becomes the team norm
 * Junior and mid-level engineers who route architecture and design questions to you because your technical judgment is trusted


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