Infra System Administrator

Socket.dev; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 74,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel may be required

On-site in Ottawa

Job summary

Accenture Canada is seeking a systems engineer/administrator to design secure, automated platforms at scale, translate requirements into robust builds, and lead incident management. You will optimize performance and cost while mentoring peers in high-security environments.

The role requires strong automation with Terraform/Ansible, scripting (Python/PowerShell/Bash), and Kubernetes fundamentals, with on-site work in Ottawa and travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in system administration/engineering.
• Strong automation (Terraform/Ansible) and scripting (Python/PowerShell/Bash).
• Kubernetes/container fundamentals; hybrid private cloud familiarity.
• Demonstrated DR/BCP and incident leadership.
• 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 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.
• 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.

Skills

Terraform

Ansible

Python

PowerShell

Bash

Kubernetes

Container basics

Incident leadership

DR/BCP

Reliability clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree or college diploma in a related field

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

Job description

We are: The Advanced Technology Centers (ATCs) is the engine for reinvention in our clients’ transformation journey. Powered by more than 255,000* people across 24 countries, ATCs will provide our clients seamless access to industry insights and innovative technology solutions.

Stronger together!

The Advanced Technology Centers (ATCs) make tremendous impact in solving our clients’ business problems leveraging Innovation, Intelligence, Industry insights, new IT and new technology skills. Now, with the global environment changing at a faster pace, our clients are facing unprecedented challenges and they need us more than ever before. As a Network, ATCs are positioned to unlock greater opportunities and exponential value for our clients.

The value for our clients and our people

For our clients, the Network provides the strength of our geographic diversity, greater resilience, and seamless access to the deepest industry knowledge, the latest in Gen AI solutions, and tech expertise from around the world.

For our people, it brings an opportunity to shape truly boundaryless career paths in a highly collaborative team of experts where they can learn from each other and solve the world’s most complex client challenges.

You are:

You’re a systems engineer/administrator who designs secure, automated platforms at scale. You translate requirements into robust builds, optimize performance and cost, and lead incident/problem management. You mentor peers and raise engineering bar.

The Work:

• 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. Accenture promotes a client‑centric, flexible work environment.
• This role will require a minimum of 3 days per week in the office. Preferred location: Ottawa.

What You’ll Need

• Minimum 5 years of experience in 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.

Bonus Points If You Have

• Eligible for Top Secret Security Clearance or currently holds Top Secret Security Clearance status.
• Certifications (RHCSA/RHCE, Microsoft, HashiCorp).
• Observability stack expertise (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).
• Bilingual (English/French).

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation, based full‑time employment, for roles that may be hired as set forth below. The recruiting efforts for this position are intended to fill a brand new position. The base pay range shown below is intended as a guideline to reflect the majority of offers for this role. It does not represent a maximum limit — in some cases, actual compensation may exceed the range where appropriate. Information on benefits is here.

Role Location Annual Salary Range

• British Columbia/Ontario/New Brunswick $74,000 to $124,000

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.

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