Senior Manager – Devops, Platform Engineering & Transformation

Accenture Global; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 260,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

18 weeks paid parental leave

Family Inclusive Workplace™

World-class learning and leadership

Opportunities to work locally andGlob

Diverse perspectives valued

Meaningful work

Job summary

Accenture in Melbourne is seeking a Senior Manager to lead DevOps, platform engineering and transformation initiatives, advising senior technology leaders and shaping enterprise roadmaps.

You will drive modern CI/CD, IaC, cloud adoption and security automation, while coaching multidisciplinary teams and supporting growth through client engagements. Australian citizenship is required for this role.

Qualifications

• Experience leading DevOps and transformation programs across large organisations.
• Strong consulting mindset with ability to advise senior technology leaders.
• Proven ability to shape operating models and transformation roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Advise senior technology stakeholders on DevOps, DevSecOps, platform engineering, and transformation strategies.
• Lead enterprise-wide assessments and define future-state operating models and roadmaps.
• Shape large-scale engineering enablement programs spanning people, process, security, governance, and technology.
• Define enterprise DevOps and DevSecOps reference architectures, patterns, and standards.
• Guide the implementation of modern CI/CD, IaC, cloud, and automation capabilities.
• Build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders and act as a strategic advisor.
• Lead, coach, and develop multidisciplinary teams across engineering, architecture, delivery, and security.
• Support business growth through solutioning, proposals, client presentations, and strategic pursuits.
• Drive innovation, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence across complex environments.

Skills

Enterprise DevOps

DevSecOps

Platform engineering

CI/CD

Cloud architectures

Kubernetes

Security automation

Executive stakeholder engagement

Leadership and mentoring

Tools

Azure

AWS

Job description

At Accenture, we work with organisations to modernise technology delivery, unlock innovation, and create lasting business value through cloud, automation, platform engineering, and DevSecOps. We're seeking a Senior Manager, DevOps, Platform Engineering & Transformation to lead strategic engineering initiatives, advise senior technology leaders, and help organisations transform the way they build and deliver digital services. This is an opportunity to combine strategic thinking, consulting expertise, technical leadership, and people development in one of the fastest-growing areas of technology. Australian Citizenship is required for this role.

What You’ll Do

• Advise senior technology stakeholders on DevOps, DevSecOps, platform engineering, and engineering transformation strategies.
• Lead enterprise-wide assessments and define future-state operating models and transformation roadmaps.
• Shape large-scale engineering enablement programs spanning people, process, security, governance, and technology.
• Define enterprise DevOps and DevSecOps reference architectures, patterns, and standards.
• Guide the implementation of modern CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, cloud, and automation capabilities.
• Build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders and act as a strategic advisor.
• Lead, coach, and develop multidisciplinary teams across engineering, architecture, delivery, and security.
• Support business growth through solutioning, proposals, client presentations, and strategic pursuits.
• Drive innovation, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence across complex technology environments.

What You’ll bring

We're looking for leaders who combine strong consulting skills with deep knowledge of modern engineering practices. Experience across several of the following areas will be highly regarded:

• Enterprise DevOps and DevSecOps transformation.
• Platform engineering and cloud modernisation.
• CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code strategies.
• Azure, AWS, or multi-cloud environments.
• Technical architecture and engineering governance.
• Kubernetes and cloud-native platforms.
• Security automation and secure software delivery.
• Engineering operating models and transformation roadmaps.
• Executive stakeholder engagement and strategic advisory.
• Building and mentoring high-performing technology teams.

Why Join Accenture?

This is an opportunity to influence complex transformation programs while helping clients build secure, scalable, and modern engineering capabilities. You'll enjoy:

• Flexible work arrangements.
• 18 weeks paid parental leave.
• Family Inclusive Workplace™ certification.
• World-class learning and leadership development.
• Opportunities to work locally and globally.
• A culture where diverse perspectives are valued and encouraged.
• Meaningful work that creates lasting impact.

We Encourage Diverse Applications

At Accenture, we believe innovation is strongest when people with different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences come together. If you're excited by the opportunity to lead transformation, develop people, and shape the future of engineering, we'd love to hear from you. Bring your leadership, vision, and passion for technology. Join Accenture and help organisations accelerate what matters most. #LI_GM

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com

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