DevOps Engineer - Platform & Product Engineering Consultant

Accenture PLC; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Parental leave (18 weeks)

Career development program

Flexible work arrangements

International opportunities

Family Inclusive Workplace

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer to design, build, and operate scalable, secure cloud environments. You’ll implement IaC, automate delivery, and optimize CI/CD pipelines while collaborating with cross-functional teams to embed security and quality across the software lifecycle.

The role spans cloud engineering, platform automation, and site reliability, emphasizing continuous improvement and innovation in an increasingly digital world.

Qualifications

• Experience in designing and implementing DevOps tooling and architecture.

Responsibilities

• 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 SDLC.
• 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.

Skills

DevOps tooling

CI/CD

Containerization

Infrastructure as Code

Azure

Kubernetes

Security practices

Tools

Terraform

Azure DevOps

Git

PowerShell

YAML

SonarQube

Job description

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.

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!

All our consulting professionals receive comprehensive training covering business acumen, technical and professional skills development. You’ll also have opportunities to hone your functional skills and expertise in an area of specialization. We offer a variety of formal and informal training programs at every level to help you acquire and build specialized skills faster. Learning takes place both on the job and through formal training conducted online, in the classroom, or in collaboration with teammates. The sheer variety of work we do, and the experience it offers, provide an unbeatable platform from which to build a career.

Accenture is a an EEO and affirmative Action Employee of Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.