Cloud Engineer

The posting, as Accenture Federal Services wrote it

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

We are seeking a Cloud Engineer in El Segundo, CA, to join our secure cloud platform team supporting government customers within Gov Cloud Environments. This role focuses on operating, maintaining, and supporting enterprise-scale cloud infrastructure and platform services in a fast-paced, agile environment. This position requires designing, implementing, and maintaining secure cloud-based systems and applications through infrastructure such as code and automation scripting, ensuring compliance with security and regulatory requirements. The ideal candidate will thrive in our centralized vision, decentralized command culture that emphasizes solution ownership and a fail-fast, fail-forward mindset.

What you’ll do

• Cloud Infrastructure Engineering Design and implement secure, scalable cloud architectures across multiple platforms based on program templates and established best practices
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code for consistent, repeatable deployments
• Implement DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines for rapid, reliable delivery
• Configure and optimize cloud security controls and compliance measures
• Design cloud native disaster recovery, backup, and business continuity solutions
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues and implement performance optimizations Basic scripting in Python, Bash, or PowerShell for operational tasks
• Experience with version control systems (Git)
• Security & Compliance Support
• Implement and maintain security controls in cloud environments under guidance of senior team members
• Support security audits, STIG compliance checks, and vulnerability remediation activities
• Assist with access control management, encryption key operations, and certificate management
• Contribute to security documentation and operational procedure maintenance
• Monitor infrastructure for security alerts and coordinate remediation with security teams
• Agile Delivery & Continuous Improvement
• Operate within Agile framework – participate in sprints, stand-ups, retrospectives, and planning sessions
• Take ownership of assigned operational tasks and platform components
• Embrace fail-fast mentality – identify improvement

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ions 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.

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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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