DevOps Engineer - Platform & Product Engineering Consultant

Accenture Australia; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

18 weeks paid parental leave

Long & short-term career break options

Structured career development program

Local and international career opps

Family Inclusive Workplace certified

Flexible work arrangements

Diversity & Inclusion recognition

Job summary

Accenture Australia is seeking a DevOps Engineer to help automate cloud environments, implement IaC and CI/CD pipelines, and advance security integration across delivery streams. You will work across cloud platforms and collaborate tightly with development, testing, architecture, and security teams.

The role emphasizes containerised, microservices-based architectures and modern software delivery practices, with flexible working arrangements and opportunities to grow in cloud engineering,

Qualifications

• Experience designing DevOps tooling, frameworks, and architecture.
• CI/CD practices and modern software delivery approaches.
• Containerised and microservices environments; infra automation.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure and environments.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code and automation to speed delivery.
• Create and enhance CI/CD pipelines for reliable software delivery.
• Collaborate with dev, testing, architecture, and security teams.
• Support performance, stress, and volume testing activities.
• Implement DevSecOps and integrate security into pipelines.
• Troubleshoot platform, deployment, and environment challenges.
• Drive continuous improvement across tooling and cloud platforms.
• Contribute to Agile delivery teams emphasizing collaboration.

Skills

DevOps tooling

CI/CD

Cloud platforms

Kubernetes

Terraform

Git & SCM

DevSecOps

Tools

Azure DevOps

Git

PowerShell

YAML

SonarQube

Kubernetes

Job description

About Accenture

Build the platforms that make innovation possible.

At Accenture, we believe great technology is built by diverse teams with different perspectives, experiences, and ideas. We're looking for a

About Accenture

Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Find out more about us at www.accenture.com.

Build the platforms that make innovation possible.

At Accenture, we believe great technology is built by diverse teams with different perspectives, experiences, and ideas. We're looking for a DevOps Engineer who is passionate about automation, cloud technologies, continuous improvement, and helping teams deliver their best work.

This is an opportunity to work at the intersection of cloud engineering, software delivery, security, and platform automation, contributing to large-scale transformation programs that make a real impact.

Whether your background is in DevOps, cloud engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure automation, or site reliability, we'd love to hear from you.

The Work

As a DevOps Engineer, you'll play an important role in creating modern, secure, and scalable cloud environments by:

• Designing, building, and maintaining cloud infrastructure and environments.
• Developing Infrastructure as Code and automation solutions to improve delivery efficiency.
• Creating and enhancing CI/CD pipelines that enable reliable, high-quality software delivery.
• Collaborating with development, testing, architecture, and security teams to embed best practices across the software development lifecycle.
• Supporting performance, stress, and volume testing activities.
• Implementing DevSecOps practices and integrating security controls into delivery pipelines.
• Troubleshooting platform, deployment, and environment challenges.
• Driving continuous improvement across tooling, processes, and cloud platforms.
• Contributing to Agile delivery teams that value collaboration, learning, and innovation.

Here’s What You’ll Need

We're interested in talented people who enjoy solving problems, working collaboratively, and building high-quality technology solutions.

You may bring experience in:

• Designing and implementing DevOps tooling, frameworks, and architecture.
• CI/CD practices and modern software delivery approaches.
• Containerised and microservices-based environments.
• Configuration and environment management.
• Supporting enterprise-scale cloud platforms.
• Infrastructure automation and platform engineering.

Technical Experience

Experience across a number of the following areas will be highly regarded:

• Azure Cloud technologies.
• Terraform (Open Source and/or Terraform Enterprise).
• Azure DevOps and pipeline configuration.
• YAML pipelines and PowerShell automation.
• Git, Azure Repos, and source control management.
• Kubernetes and container orchestration.
• SonarQube and automated code quality practices.
• Artifact repository management.
• Performance monitoring, tuning, and optimisation.
• DevSecOps capabilities including:
• Key Vaults and secrets management.
• Managed Identity and RBAC.
• Security testing tools such as OWASP ZAP or similar.

Why Join Accenture?

At Accenture, we are committed to creating an environment where everyone can thrive, grow, and do their best work.

You'll be supported by:

• Flexible ways of working.
• Industry-leading learning and certification opportunities.
• Access to leading cloud, engineering, and technology communities.
• Career pathways across platform engineering, cloud, architecture, security, and leadership.
• A culture that values wellbeing, inclusion, collaboration, and continuous learning.
• Opportunities to contribute to meaningful, large-scale transformation programs.

We Encourage You to Apply

Research shows that some candidates only apply when they meet every requirement. At Accenture, we know that skills and experience can be gained in many different ways.

If this role excites you, but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification listed, we still encourage you to apply. You may be exactly who we're looking for.

Bring your perspective. Build technology that matters. Shape what's next.

Join Accenture and help create the platforms, tools, and capabilities that power the future of digital transformation.

Benefits of working at Accenture:

• 18 weeks paid parental leave
• Long & short-term career break opportunities
• Structured career development program
• Local and international career opportunities.
• Certified as a Family Inclusive Workplace
• Flexible Work Arrangements - centered around Accenture's Truly Human ethos and our commitment to supporting the health and wellbeing of our people.
• We are proud to be in the top 3 of last year's Diversity & Inclusion Index!

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