Senior Manager DevOps

Accenture Australia; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Parental leave (18 weeks)

Career development

Flexible work

Diversity & Inclusion

Global opportunities

Job summary

Accenture Australia is seeking a Senior Manager, DevOps to lead large-scale transformation programs and advise senior technology leaders on engineering modernization. You will help organisations build modern engineering capabilities that accelerate innovation and business outcomes, while mentoring teams across architecture, security, delivery and change functions.

You will lead strategic roadmaps and governance models, shaping enterprise-wide programs from strategy to implementation in a

Qualifications

• Experience in DevOps, platform engineering and engineering transformation strategies.
• Ability to lead enterprise-wide maturity assessments and operating models.
• Strong stakeholder engagement with senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Advise senior technology leaders on DevOps, platform engineering and transformation strategies.
• Lead enterprise-wide maturity assessments and define future-state operating models.
• Develop roadmaps spanning people, process, security, tooling and governance.
• Act as trusted advisor on engineering excellence and modernization.
• Shape large-scale transformation programs from strategy through implementation.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams across architecture, engineering, security, delivery and change.
• Establish enterprise engineering standards, governance models.
• Support business growth through proposals and client presentations.
• Coach and develop future engineering leaders.

Skills

DevOps strategy

Platform engineering

Cloud transformation

Governance

CI/CD practices

Security & compliance

Executive engagement

Architecture frameworks

IaC

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

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

The Opportunity

At Accenture, we help organisations redefine the way they build, secure and deliver technology. We're seeking a Senior Manager, DevOps to lead large-scale transformation programs, advise senior technology leaders and help organisations build modern engineering capabilities that accelerate innovation and business outcomes.

This is a high-impact leadership role for someone who enjoys combining strategic thinking, client advisory, technology expertise and people leadership. You'll help clients navigate complex challenges while creating environments where engineering teams can thrive.

The Work

• Advise senior technology leaders on DevOps, platform engineering and engineering transformation strategies.
• Lead enterprise-wide maturity assessments and define future-state operating models.
• Develop strategic roadmaps spanning people, process, security, tooling and governance.
• Act as a trusted advisor to client executives on engineering excellence and technology modernisation.
• Shape large-scale transformation programs from strategy through implementation.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams across architecture, engineering, security, delivery and change functions.
• Establish enterprise engineering standards, frameworks, patterns and governance models.
• Support business growth through solutioning, proposals, pursuits and client presentations.
• Coach, mentor and develop future engineering leaders.

Here’s What You’ll Need

We're looking for a leader who combines strong consulting capability with deep knowledge of modern engineering practices. You may have experience across:

• DevOps and DevSecOps strategy.
• Platform engineering and cloud transformation.
• Enterprise technology modernisation.
• Engineering operating models and governance.
• Technical architecture and engineering frameworks.
• Automation and Infrastructure as Code.
• Modern software delivery and CI/CD practices.
• Engineering risk, security and compliance.
• Executive stakeholder engagement and strategic advisory.
• Experience across Azure, AWS, GCP, Terraform, Kubernetes, Azure DevOps, GitLab, SonarQube, Artifactory, DevSecOps tooling and cloud-native platforms will be highly regarded.

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 Aff…?