Accenture
Cloud Engineer (AI) - Senior (Active Top Secret required)
$94K–$188K
Chantilly, VA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 30, 2026
- Location
- Chantilly, VA
Chantilly, Virginia, United States - Experience
- 8+ years of experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure, or related technical roles.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree required.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States.
About the job
Designs and operates secure, scalable cloud infrastructure for AI/ML workloads in high-security and multi-enclave environments.
What you'll do
- Design and implement cloud architectures for AI/ML compute, storage, and networking; support distributed training and inference.
- Automate infrastructure with IaC and DevSecOps, integrate public cloud with on-premises systems, and manage container platforms.
- Support secure, highly available AI operations and implement data and model governance practices.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree.
- Hands-on experience with major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Knowledge of AI/ML compute environments, distributed systems, or HPC; IaC and DevSecOps; Kubernetes and cloud networking/storage optimization.
- Active Top Secret clearance required.
Nice to have
- Experience with hybrid or multi-cloud integrations and GPU/accelerator hardware.
- Cloud certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect or Azure Architect.
Pay
$94,000 — $187,600 USD (base pay)
Tools
AWS, Azure, GCP, Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation, Kubernetes, Docker
AI focus
Builds and optimizes secure cloud environments for AI/ML workloads, including distributed model training, high-performance compute, low-latency inference, and data/model governance.
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