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Federal Cloud Management & Optimization

Deliver cost-effective, highly performant cloud services in commercial cloud, public and air-gapped for cloud infrastructure & environments.

Mission-critical cloud operations

Cloud infrastructure—especially hybrid or multi-cloud environments—promises significant benefits but can also bring unique challenges. Proprietary technologies, dynamic workloads, and evolving security standards create significant complexities that risk business or mission continuity.

Accenture Federal Services combines deep technical expertise, proven operating models, and cutting-edge system automation to meet the challenge. We infuse intelligence into infrastructure to enable self-monitoring, self-healing, and self-securing cloud environments. Our FinOps services bring transparency and accountability to cloud environments operating across the enterprise.

Our SaaS-style cloud-managed services operate at FedRAMP High on IL4+ to provide true 24 x 7 management and monitoring of even the most sophisticated and secure federal workloads.

Cloud management services

We offer world-class systems engineering, specialized cloud management technologies, and innovative best practices to manage, optimize, and secure complex cloud environments.

Cloud engineering

Architect and engineer sophisticated cloud infrastructure to maximize performance, security, manageability, and resiliency.

Infrastructure modernization

Assess, consolidate, and re-engineer infrastructure and networks to operate as best-in-class hybrid environments.

Cloud FinOps

Access business frameworks and services for enterprise agility and accountability that drive business value and cost savings.

Cloud managed services

Operate and monitor cloud environments to deliver robust SLA-compliant performance at optimal cost.

Cloud security

Deploy end-to-end cloud security services across the cloud lifecycle, from assessment and engineering to real-time monitoring and remediation.

Edge computing

Deploy cloud-based edge solutions for IoT and/or sensor processing and orchestration; use cloud edge for your most sensitive disconnected/air-gapped processing requirements.

CloudTracker

CloudTracker is our cloud-agnostic offering for single-pane visibility and oversight of enterprise cloud performance and activity. Federal agencies use CloudTracker as a core component of their cloud FinOps strategy, providing insight into resource utilization, cost tracking, migration status, compliance and more.

What sets CloudTracker apart is that it's built for the federal mission, providing oversight of Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure environments, including C2S and ready for C2E.

CloudTracker empowers federal agencies to manage risk proactively, monitor compliance and utilization, enforce accountability and optimize and reduce costs.

Cloud Foundations Framework – multi-cloud scaled

While hybrid, multi-cloud and poly-cloud implementations can deliver significant value, they also add cost and complexity through duplication of tools, services and staffing.

Accenture Federal Services’ Cloud Foundation Framework is a collection of tools and accelerators for single-pane management of hybrid and multi-cloud environments. It provides end-to-end cloud management capabilities spanning business, cloud and security requirements. This framework builds off Microsoft Azure’s native controls but is easily extensible to AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, on-prem & edge devices.

With Cloud Foundation Framework, agencies can optimize management and operating costs for existing multi-cloud implementations. It can also accelerate the deployment of new Azure tenants and scale out remote desktop services to the cloud. With its open architecture, Cloud Foundation Framework can help upgrade existing cloud security implementations to a zero-trust operating model.

Accenture Federal Services at theCUBE

Hear from Justin Shirk, Managing Director at Accenture Federal Services (AFS), and Paul Puckett, Director of Enterprise Cloud Management Agency at the U.S. Army, as they discuss how the collaboration between their organizations enabled the US Army to power data-driven decision making as it relates to cloud accounts and seamless cloud governance across providers and security fabrics.

They also discuss how using the innovative tool, CloudTracker, delivers a single-pane-of-glass providing total transparency to track real-time cloud costs and usage at enterprise scale and saves millions by avoiding inefficiencies and unnecessary or unknown costs.

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Federal IT leaders are embracing edge computing

Once viewed primarily as a network accelerator for field-based sensors, edge computing is emerging rapidly as an intelligent orchestrator of complex processes and applications operating beyond the traditional perimeter. Given the need to execute a highly distributed mission – whether patrolling the base perimeter, protecting our borders, or optimizing transportation networks and monitoring the environment – the U.S. federal government is poised to benefit from these evolving technologies.

Federal IT leaders should assess how their architectures and networks can enable and capitalize on edge computing. And program leaders should consider how data generated by Internet of Things (IoT) devices like cameras and sensors can be enriched in the field to enable smarter, more autonomous operations.

According to Accenture research, federal leaders have high expectations, with more than 9 in 10 saying that edge solutions are very or extremely important to meeting their agency's mission needs.

Federal IT Modernization

Federal edge solutions: Extending IT to the mission’s edge

Research shows high expectations for edge computing among federal IT leaders.

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Case studies

Accenture Federal Services

Enhancing Healthcare.gov

Learn how Accenture Federal Services supported the initial recovery of healthcare.gov and has subsequently worked with CMS to expand functionality.

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A faster cloud migration

Find out how Accenture Federal Services compressed an 18-month cloud migration into a six-month sprint.

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Federal Viewpoints blog

Get the latest insights from our Cloud thought leaders.

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Federal Cybersecurity

New CISO research points to zero trust

Explore three new principles for federal CISOs to deploy zero-trust architectures.

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Federal Cybersecurity

How we’re protecting the internet’s “phone book” for federal agencies

Accenture Federal Services is deploying a Protective DNS service for CISA to safeguard federal agencies.

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Federal Cybersecurity

Continuous Authorization streamlined through compliance automation

Explore how federal agencies can strengthen their DevSecOps processes to enhance their security posture.

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Ecosystem partnerships

We maintain the industry’s richest ecosystem of cloud partners to accelerate value delivery through ready access to the right skills and expertise.

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Federal cloud computing

We combine commercial innovation and federal domain expertise to power secure and highly scalable cloud delivery for the U.S. government.

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Cloud strategy, talent & innovation

We help IT leaders develop and implement strategies, operating models, and cultural practices fostering cloud agility and secure mission delivery.

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Cloud development & migration

Agile, industrial-scale cloud-based systems at max enterprise performance, adaptability, resiliency in high-confidentiality US government applications.

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Cloud for federal missions

Capitalize on our proven solutions, frameworks, and accelerators to deliver your federal mission securely in the cloud.

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Our leaders

Christopher Copeland

Managing Director – Accenture Federal Services, Chief Technology Officer
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Justin Shirk

Managing Director – Accenture Federal Services, Cloud GTM & Secure Mission Lead
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David Stepp

Managing Director – Accenture Federal Services, Technology Account Lead
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Nilanjan Sengupta

Managing Director – Accenture Federal Services, Cloud & Engineering Lead
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Kimberly Aftergood

Managing Director – Accenture Federal Services, National Security Portfolio, Mission Integration & Special Capabilities
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Join our team

As part of Accenture Federal Services’ cloud computing practice, you’ll collaborate with the brightest minds in public, private, and edge cloud services. Together we’ll build cloud solutions for efficient and effective government.

All careers

We bring together mission expertise with proven innovation and leading practices to help the federal government do the extraordinary things it takes to create a better future for all of us. We are passionate about partnering with clients, going beyond the bold future we collectively imagine, to create real and enduring change for our country and our communities. We deliver new value and advantage that lasts, drawing on the full power of our partners and Accenture.

By joining our team, you’ll be working with dedicated colleagues and change makers who work with our clients at the heart of the Nation’s priorities in defense, intel, and public safety.

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National security, intel & defense

A destination for curious, motivated minds, we welcome exceptional individuals to work on our teams dedicated to programs of national significance. Advance your career in a thriving community of driven individuals in AI, machine learning, cyber, data science, cloud, and information exploitation.

Our teams provide a range of tech-enabled services to clients with the most complex, sensitive missions across the US federal government including the intelligence community and Department of Defense.

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Military & veterans community

We are honored that veterans, service members and military spouses choose Accenture Federal Services to continue their public service. We exceeded our goal of recruiting 5,000 military veterans, service members and spouses by the end of 2020, and we’re bringing new thinking and innovative partnerships to ensure veterans, reservists and their spouses succeed in their new careers with us. Together we all bring a great diversity of talent to our clients, our communities, and our country. 

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Digital platforms

We help federal agencies accelerate transformation and lower costs by designing and delivering scalable, user-centric digital platforms.