Cloud Engineer, Senior Analyst

Technology Architecture Senior Analyst Early Career Full time

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As a team:

You will be part of a team which implements Public and Private Cloud technologies and builds and transforms client infrastructure services.

The sheer variety of work we do, and the experience it offers, provides an unbeatable platform from which to build a career.

This role may either be based from a multi-client delivery centre or at client sites for extended period of times when required.

You'll learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways

If you're looking for a challenging career working in a vibrant environment with access to training and a global network of experts, this could be the role for you. As part of our global team, you'll be working with cutting-edge technologies and will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job.

In our team we are seeking an experienced Cloud DevOps Engineer with:

Deep technical know-how and hands-on experience implementing, integrated automation solutions using a broad range of DevOps tool sets

Expertise in Infrastructure as Code tools, such as Terraform is preferred.

Expertise with code repository management, code merge and quality checks, continuous integration, and automated deployment and management using tools like Ansible, Jenkins, Git, Puppet, Chef, Maven, Ant, Ivy, UrbanCode, Docker and Kubernetes.

Experience in DevSecOps eg secret management, tools integration to harden the baseline, privilege management etc.

Associate-level cloud certification in AWS, GCP or Azure.

Hands-on experience in AWS, GCP or Azure cloud technologies.

Expertise in designing and implementing continuous delivery and/or DevOps solutions.

Experience with approaches and tooling for automated build, delivery, and release of software.

Know how to define and manage the roadmap for implementation of DevOps in an established operation.

Strong knowledge in developing integrated toolset solutions within an enterprise wide environment.

As a Cloud DevOps Engineer, you will:

Work on multiple projects as part of a wider cloud capability team.

Get DevOps up and running by overseeing the execution of tools and processes in the DevOps toolchain, and promote the DevOps culture in our client organizations.

Help customers with DevOps projects by providing them with technical, consultative, and delivery services.

Serve as a trusted automation and tooling advisor for DevOps initiatives by providing clients with objective, practical, and relevant advice, identifying opportunities for optimisation.

Work with the development teams to meet acceptance criteria, gathering and documenting the requirements. Help lead continuous integration, delivery, automation, and infrastructure-as-code efforts for multiple cloud service offerings.

Where required setting up and managing the operation of project development and test environments as well as the software configuration management processes for the entire application development life cycle.

Help client's transition to DevOps by driving adoption of tools and practices, and by directing elements of the DevOps implementation.

Resolve and escalate issues as necessary.

Undertake necessary trainings and certifications on latest technologies.

We are looking for experience in the following skills:

Familiarity with AWS/GCP/Azure CLI and SDK tools.

Knowledge of Linux and Windows server operating systems.

Expertise in scripting languages such as Python, PowerShell & Shell.

Expertise with code repository management, code merge and quality checks, continuous integration, and automated deployment and management using tools like Ansible, Jenkins, Git, Puppet, Chef, Maven, Ant, Ivy, UrbanCode, Docker and Kubernetes.

Strong incident fault finding skills and experience.

Familiarity with ITSM, Agile methodologies and tools eg Azure DevOps, Jira, ServiceNow

Good communication and problem-solving skills.

Set yourself apart:

Expertise in deploying and managing a DevOps environment as per best practices.

Ability to configure automation using cloud native services.

Experience in extending on-premises environment to cloud in a hybrid setup.

Experience in migrating workloads to cloud.

Experience in Azure RedHat OpenShift and other Azure/AWS PaaS.

What's in it for you

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 25 days' vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services we are known for.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. We combine unmatched experience and specialised capabilities across more than 40 industries - powered by the world's largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centres. With 509,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture brings continuous innovation to help clients improve their performance and create lasting value across their enterprises. Visit us at

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Closing Date for Applications 06/05/2025

Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.

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