Accenture Federal Services
Government & Public SectorDirect Greenhouse career site

Cloud Systems Administrator

Pay
$89,000 – $170,200 per year
Location
Huntsville, AL · On-site
Job type
Full-time
Level
Mid-level
Experience
2+ years
Listed
30 days ago

Skills & highlights for this role

  • DoD 8570 IAT Level II
  • TS clearance
  • Ansible
  • PowerShell
  • Bash scripting
  • Active Directory administration
  • Group Policy
  • IAM policy configuration

Also useful

  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Nessus
  • Jira Service Management
  • PKI

Stated benefits & perks

  • Health

About the role

Accenture Federal Services is looking for a Cloud Systems Administrator to provide hands-on administration and technical support across Windows and Linux cloud environments, including systems operating at multiple classification levels. You'll harden and patch production systems, build and maintain infrastructure-as-code, and troubleshoot issues directly with customers when something breaks.

What You'll Own

  • Technical support for cloud-based systems and applications, including root-cause analysis and issue escalation as needed
  • Day-to-day administration, hardening, and patching of Windows and Linux systems across supported cloud environments
  • Infrastructure-as-code and configuration-as-code development (primarily Ansible) supporting provisioning and ongoing operations
  • IAM policy configuration and Active Directory/Group Policy administration for customer environments
  • Vulnerability scanning and patch deployment in coordination with the cybersecurity team
  • Direct customer-facing troubleshooting and support, from onboarding through day-to-day issue resolution

What You'll Deliver

  • Hardened, patched, and documented system configurations across supported cloud environments
  • Working infrastructure/configuration-as-code scripts and templates, stored and maintained in the customer's repository
  • Timely vulnerability scan results and remediation actions, documented and communicated to stakeholders
  • Accurate, current customer environment records - accounts, access, and tracking/database entries
  • Resolved tickets with clear documentation of root cause and resolution

Here's What You Need

  • 2+ years of systems administration and automation experience (Windows and/or Linux, PowerShell and/or Bash scripting), including experience building and deploying software
  • Associate or Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or 4+ years of relevant job or military experience in lieu of degree
  • DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification or higher (Security+, CISSP, CASP, or equivalent), or DoD 8140 equivalent

Bonus Points If You Have

  • 1+ year of hands-on experience in a cloud environment (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
  • Experience in a DevSecOps environment - configuration management tooling, automation, and infrastructure-as-code practices
  • Experience with Nessus vulnerability scanning, Jira Service Management/JQL, or Microsoft IAM/Group Policy administration
  • Familiarity with Certificate/CA/PKI infrastructure
  • Familiarity with National Security systems and air-gapped environments

Security Clearance

  • Active TS clearance required; SCI preferred

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:

$89,000—$170,200 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.

About Accenture Federal Services

At Accenture Federal Services, nothing matters more than helping the US federal government make the nation stronger and safer and life better for people. Our 13,000+ people are united in a shared purpose to pursue the limitless potential of technology and ingenuity for clients across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations.

Join Accenture Federal Services, a technology company within global Accenture. Recognized as a Glassdoor Top 100 Best Place to Work, we offer a collaborative and caring community where you feel like you belong and are empowered to grow, learn and thrive through hands-on experience, certifications, industry training and more.

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

Read the original posting

From Accenture Federal Services's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 10, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.

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