Cloud Platform Engineer| St. Louis, MO (Onsite or Weekly Travel Required)

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled, hands-on Cloud Platform Engineer to build, automate, and support enterprise cloud infrastructure and shared services across Azure and AWS environments. This role will focus on infrastructure deployment, cloud operations, automation, security, and platform reliability to enable application teams to successfully migrate, deploy, and operate workloads in the cloud.

The ideal candidate is an engineer first and foremost, with experience building cloud environments, implementing Infrastructure as Code, supporting CI/CD pipelines, and maintaining secure, scalable cloud platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Build, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure and shared services in Azure and/or AWS environments.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Bicep, Terraform, or CloudFormation.
• Configure cloud networking, identity integration, monitoring, logging, and security controls.
• Support application migration efforts by provisioning infrastructure and implementing cloud best practices.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and shared engineering services.
• Monitor platform health, troubleshoot issues, and support operational activities across development, test, and production environments.
• Implement backup, patching, scaling, and disaster recovery processes.
• Support cloud security, compliance, and governance requirements.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, cybersecurity, application, and operations teams to support cloud adoption initiatives.
• Create technical documentation, operational runbooks, and implementation guides.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in Cloud Engineering, Platform Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, or Systems Engineering.
• Experience building, deploying, and supporting enterprise cloud environments in AWS and/or Azure.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM, CloudFormation, or similar).
• Experience with CI/CD platforms and automation tools (GitLab, GitHub, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or similar).
• Experience with cloud security, networking, identity management, and infrastructure operations in regulated environments.
• Active Secret Clearance and Security+ certification (or equivalent).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Azure Landing Zones or AWS Landing Zone environments.
• Microsoft Azure or AWS certifications.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, or container platforms.
• Experience with Ansible, Packer, or other automation tools.
• Experience supporting large-scale cloud migration programs.
• Experience with Azure Government or AWS GovCloud environments.

Pay and 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, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia. 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.

The pay range for the states of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia is:

$148,700 - $294,200 USD

What We Believe

As a company wholly dedicated to serving the US federal government, we bring together the best talent to help reinvent how federal agencies operate and deliver greater value for their mission and the American people. As a business imperative, every person at Accenture Federal Services has the responsibility to create and sustain a culture where everyone feels welcomed and included.

This is grounded in our core values and our experience that hiring and developing great people who reflect different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds is key to driving innovation and delivering the results that our clients and the country count on.