Infra Platform Engineer – Automation & Incident Lead

Accenture Infrastructure and Capital Projects, LLC; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 34,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Infrastructure and Capital Projects, LLC is seeking a systems engineer/administrator to design secure platforms and automate at scale. The role emphasizes cost/performance optimization, incident leadership, and on-site work in Ottawa.

Responsibilities include building hardened Linux/Windows environments, implementing CI/CD, monitoring, DR readiness, and collaboration with Cloud/Network/Security teams. Ottawa preferred; travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of system administration/engineering experience.
• Strong automation (Terraform/Ansible) and scripting (Python/PowerShell/Bash).
• Kubernetes/container fundamentals; hybrid private cloud familiarity.
• Demonstrated DR/BCP and incident leadership.
• Bachelor’s degree or college diploma in a related field.
• Eligibility for Reliability Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design and operate hardened Linux/Windows platforms; define baseline images, GPO/policies, and patch orchestration.
• Engineer automation with Terraform/Ansible and CI/CD (linting, testing, policy as code) to deliver immutable infrastructure.
• Define monitoring SLO/SLA, dashboards, and alert strategies; drive capacity planning and performance tuning.
• Integrate backups with application consistency; validate DR plans via regular exercises; refine RTO/RPO.
• Implement ITSG‑33 controls across IAM, secrets, logging, encryption; coordinate evidence for audits.
• Lead P1/P2 incident response, RCA, and corrective actions; design resilient patterns (clustering, HA, auto-scaling).
• Evolve ITIL processes; build runbooks and knowledge articles; mentor junior admins.
• Collaborate with Cloud, Network, and Security teams; support FinOps and cost optimization.
• Ability to work shifts/on-call; comfort working on-site in high-security environments.
• Travel may be required based on client demand. Ottawa preferred.

Skills

Automation (Terraform/ Ansible)

Scripting (Python/PowerShell/Bash)

Kubernetes

Hybrid cloud familiarity

Incident leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree or college diploma

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

Job description

Accenture Infrastructure and Capital Projects, LLC is seeking a systems engineer/administrator to design secure platforms and automate at scale. The role emphasizes cost/performance optimization, incident leadership, and on-site work in Ottawa.

Responsibilities include building hardened Linux/Windows environments, implementing CI/CD, monitoring, DR readiness, and collaboration with Cloud/Network/Security teams. Ottawa preferred; travel may be required.