DevOps Engineer

CyberNorth; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture in the United Kingdom is seeking a DevOps Engineer to join an innovative technology hub. You will deliver environments and tools to support development and testing of features, work with Gitlab, Jenkins, and CI/CD pipelines, and automate provisioning of serverless integrations.

The role requires experience with cloud offerings, IaC, containers, Agile methods and scripting; emphasis on security, monitoring and scalable infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Experience with one or more Public/Private cloud offerings.
• Hands-on CI/CD implementation experience with tools like Gitlab, Jenkins or Codebuild.
• Infrastructure as code with Terraform, CloudFormation or AWS CDK.
• Container setup and orchestration with Docker, Docker Compose, OpenShift or Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with Agile and Lean software methodologies.
• Proficiency in at least one scripting language (Python, Node.js, TypeScript, PowerShell, Bash).

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a DevOps team to deliver environments and tools to support development and testing of features by Accenture and Client Teams.
• Set up and configure tools such as Gitlab, Jenkins, SonarQube and performance/security/resilience testing tools.
• Create automated processes for development teams to apply continuous integration and continuous testing approaches.
• Automate the provisioning of serverless integrations between different systems using their APIs.

Skills

Cloud platforms

CI/CD concepts

Containers orchestration

Scripting languages

Agile/Lean

RESTful APIs

Tools

Gitlab

Jenkins

Codebuild

CloudFormation

AWS CDK

Terraform

Job description

Our Advanced Technology Centre is a thriving technology and innovation hub from where we deliver high quality services to a number of private and public sector clients.

You’ll learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways.

If you’re looking for a challenging career working in a vibrant environment with access to training and a global network of experts, this could be the role for you. As part of our global team, you’ll be working with cutting-edge technologies and will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job.

In our team you will learn:

• How to provide solutions to real world problems across a variety of industries.
• How to help transform leading organisations and communities around the world. The sheer scale of our capabilities and client engagements and the way we collaborate, operate and deliver value provides an unparalleled opportunity to grow and advance.
• How best to develop your skills and hone your talents within an innovative technology environment

As a DevOps Engineer, you will:

• Work as part of a DevOps team to deliver environments and tools to support the development and testing of features by Accenture and Client Teams.
• Setup and configure tools such as Gitlab, Jenkins, SonarQube and performance/security/resilience testing tools.
• Create automated processes for development teams to apply continuous integration and continuous testing approaches.
• Automate the provisioning of serverless integrations between different systems using their APIs.

Qualifications

The following skills and experience are required for this role:

• Experience with one or more Public/Private cloud offerings
• Experienced in concepts such as Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery, including hands on implementation experience in one or more tools including automated software Quality Assurance (e.g. Gitlab, Jenkins, Codebuild)
• Infrastructure as a code experience (e.g. CloudFormation, AWS CDK, Terraform)
• Experience in container setup, hosting and orchestration tools such as Docker, Docker Compose, RedHat OpenShift, Kubernetes
• Working knowledge of Agile and Lean Software delivery methodologies
• Experience in at least 1 common scripting language (e.g. Python, Node.js, Typescript, PowerShell, Bash)

Set yourself apart:

• Experience with DevSecOps practices, including Secrets management (e.g. HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager)
• Experience implementing security scanning in CI/CD with SAST and DAST
• Experience with deployment strategies such as Blue/Green or Canary Releases
• Proven track record of applying analytical and creative thought that translate into technical solutions.
• Evidence of debugging and resolving sophisticated technical issues.
• Experience implementing system monitoring and alerting using tools (e.g. CloudWatch, AppDynamics, Kibana, Splunk, Prometheus, Dynatrace)
• Experience in setup and administration of Linux based environments
• Knowledge of RESTful APIs, how to consume them and how to invoke / engage with them as part of DevOps pipelines and scripting.