Principal Solutions Architect

<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>About the Role:</strong> <br>AFS is seeking an Principal Solutions Architect to lead the design, build, and automation of our cutting-edge cloud infrastructure in a DevSecOps environment. The ideal candidate is passionate about building secure, scalable, and highly available platforms to meet business needs. </p> <p>As a subject-matter expert in AWS, your deep knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Amazon EKS for container orchestration, and advanced CI/CD pipelines will be instrumental in enabling our development teams to leverage a powerful, secure, and scalable self-service cloud platform. </p> <p>While our primary focus is AWS, experience in a hybrid environment and private cloud platforms such as VMware or Openshift will make you stand out. </p> <p><strong>Responsibilities:</strong> </p> <ul> <li><strong>AWS Infrastructure & Architecture:</strong> </li> </ul> <ul> <li>Design, build, and maintain scalable, resilient, and secure environments primarily within AWS using frameworks such as the Well-Architected framework. </li> </ul> <ul> <li>Implement and manage core AWS services, including networking (VPC, Transit Gateway, Route53), Kubernetes (EKS), compute (EC2, Lambda), storage (S3, EBS), and databases (RDS). </li> </ul> <ul> <li>Architect and operate containerized workloads using Amazon EKS, including cluster management, scaling, and security. </li> </ul> <ul> <li>Implement AWS IAM, creating and managing roles, policies, and permissions based on the principle of least privilege. </li> </ul> <ul> <li>Design immutable infrastructure </li> </ul> <ul> <li><strong>DevSecOps & Automation:</strong> </li> </ul> <ul> <li>Champion and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform to automate cloud resource provisioning and management. </li> </ul> <ul> <li>Develop, manage, and optimize robust CI/CD pipelines to enable rapid and reliable software delivery, integrate security best practices directly into the platform and pipelines. </li> </ul> <ul> <li>Develop custom automation scripts and tooling (e.g., using Python, Go, or Bash) to streamline operations and eliminate manual processes, heavily focusing on the usage of API’s. </li> </ul> <ul> <li><strong>Team Enablement & Collaboration:</strong> </li> </ul> <ul> <li>Act as a cloud subject ma