Accenture
Cloud Architect
$120K–$235K
Huntsville, AL +1 · Full-time · Posted Sep 25, 2026
- Location
- Huntsville, AL
Huntsville, Alabama, United States - Experience
- 4 years of hands-on cloud experience; at least 1 year in an architecture or design-authority role. The posting also accepts 4+ years of equivalent experience/certifications in lieu of a degree.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, or 4+ years of equivalent experience/certifications in lieu of degree.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must have US work authorization that does not now or in the future require visa sponsorship.
About the job
Owns cloud architecture for a federal program, guiding migration from legacy systems to cloud-native platforms while establishing Kubernetes, GitOps, infrastructure-as-code, and security standards.
What you'll do
- Set cloud architecture direction and standards; align decisions with engineering teams and govern the program’s cloud environment.
- Lead cloud adoption and migration from legacy systems to cloud-native, containerized architectures, including infrastructure-as-code, orchestration, GitOps, and CI/CD decisions.
- Embed security and compliance, including RMF, vulnerability management, and cloud controls; deliver architecture, pipelines, and monitoring approach.
What they ask for
- 4 years of hands-on cloud experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP), including infrastructure-as-code, containerization/orchestration, and cloud security fundamentals.
- At least 1 year of experience in an architecture or design-authority role.
- DoD 8140 compliance (e.g., Security+, CISSP, CASP, or equivalent).
- Active TS clearance; SCI preferred.
Nice to have
- Experience with RMF and vulnerability assessments, platform engineering tools, multi-cloud or hybrid cloud, monitoring/observability, Kubernetes or cloud architect certifications, or national security and air-gapped environments.
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field, or 4+ years of equivalent experience/certifications in lieu of degree.
Pay
$120,400 — $234,700 USD (base pay)
Tools
AWS, Azure, GCP, Terraform, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes, Argo CD
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