<div class="content-intro"><div> <div> </div> <div>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. </div> <div> </div> <div>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. </div> <div> </div> <div>Join us to drive positive, lasting change that moves missions and the government forward!</div> <div> </div> </div></div><p><strong>Job Description:</strong></p> <p>Accenture Federal Services is looking for a Cloud Architect to own the cloud architecture for the program. This<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>role is scoped to one program by design — you'll set the technical direction for Kubernetes, GitOps, and infrastructure-as-code standards for this program's environment, lead the transition of its legacy systems into cloud-native, containerized architectures,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and make sure security is designed in from the start rather than retrofitted.</p> <p><strong>What You'll Own:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Architectural direction and standards for the program's cloud environment, spanning the engineering teams that build against it</li> <li>Cloud adoption and migration strategy<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for the program, including the path from legacy systems to cloud-native, containerized architectures</li> <li>Decisions on infrastructure-as-code, container orchestration, GitOps workflows, and CI/CD tooling for the program's environment</li> <li>Security and compliance<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>embedded into the program's cloud architecture — RMF processes, vulnerability management, and cloud security controls (identity, encryption, incident response)</li> <li>Alignment between architecture decisions and the program's engineering teams, resolving tradeoffs<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>before they become production problems</li> <li>Best practices and governance for how the program manages its cloud environment(s)</li> </ul> <p><strong>What You'll Deliver:</strong></p> <ul> <li>A documented cloud adoption and migration roadmap for the program, with clear sequencing for legacy-to-cloud-native<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>transitions</li> <li>A reference architecture and set of standards that the program's engineering teams actually adopt</li> <li>A Kubernetes-based environment — GitOps workflows and CI/CD pipelines — that the program's teams can build against reliably</li> <li>Security control<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>implementation that supports the program's ATO/RMF package, not just passes a checklist</li> <li>A monitoring and observability approach that gives the program real visibility into cloud performance and health</li> </ul> <p><strong>Here's What You Need:</strong></p> <ul> <li>4+ years of hands-on experience<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in cloud environments (AW