Google Cloud Engineer

Accenture UK & Ireland; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days vacation

Private medical insurance

Extra charity leave

Job summary

Accenture UK & Ireland is seeking a Google Cloud Architect in London to lead the technical architecture and delivery of Google Cloud solutions for public sector clients. You will design, deploy, and operate secure sovereign cloud environments on client sites and internal references, while mentoring small teams to ensure successful project delivery.

Strong knowledge of Google Cloud products, IAM, VPC, networking, and security best practices is required, with hands-on experience across Terraform

Qualifications

• At least one Google Cloud Professional level certification.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical architecture and delivery of Google Cloud solutions for public sector clients.
• Design, deploy, and operate secure sovereign Google Cloud solutions on client sites and internal references.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to small teams ensuring delivery success.
• Leverage deep knowledge of Google Cloud to deliver enterprise-grade solutions.

Skills

Google Cloud

Compute Engine

App Engine

GKE/Kubernetes

Cloud security

IAM/VPC/Networking

Terraform

CI/CD

Scripting (Bash, Python, Perl)

Tools

Terraform

Bash

Python

Perl

Job description

Role: Google Cloud Architect

Location: London

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next‑generation technology to each business challenge

We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.

“Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us.” – Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO

Our Team

Together we engineer and build the infrastructure, tools, access and telemetry for systems that enable orchestration of Google‑scale services. Join us and help build what matters.

We are seeking a Google Cloud Technical Architecture Associate Manager to join the Accenture Google Business Group (AGBG) within Accenture Technology in the UK, specifically focused on our UK public sector clients. You'll be part of a team that engineers and implements the infrastructure, tools, access and telemetry for systems that enable orchestration of Google‑scale services.

As a Google Cloud Architect, you will:

• Lead the technical architecture and delivery of Google Cloud solutions for public sector clients
• Design, deploy, and operate secure sovereign Google Cloud solutions both on client sites and internal reference implementations
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to small teams ensuring successful project delivery
• Leverage your deep knowledge of Google Cloud architecture and engineering to deliver enterprise grade solutions

We are looking for experience in the following skills:

• At least one Google Cloud Professional level certification
• Expertise in a wide range of Google Cloud products and services (e.g. Compute Engine, App Engine, Cloud Storage, GKE etc.) and broader IaaS solutions (e.g. Kubernetes, systems virtualisation etc.)
• Experience architecting and engineering technical cloud‑based solutions to meet business outcomes and non‑functional requirements
• Hands‑on experience creating comprehensive technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, design specifications and operational runbooks
• Experience implementing foundational cloud platforms (e.g. landing zones, IAM, VPC, networking) to enable scalable and secure Google Cloud adoption
• Strong communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both internal and client technical, non‑technical and management stakeholders

Set yourself apart:

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform), CI/CD pipelines and scripting (e.g. Bash, Python, Perl etc.) to automate routine tasks
• Strong understanding of cloud security best practices and tools (e.g. Identity and Access Management, firewalls, encryption)
• Hands‑on experience with networking across cloud and on‑premise systems (e.g. TCP/IP, subnets, VPC, load balancing, DNS)
• Proven experience leading small technical teams to deliver outcome in a project setting, providing technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members
• Experience in site reliability engineering or IT production systems operations including experience troubleshooting and debugging live incidents
• Excellent problem‑solving abilities with demonstrable examples of implementing technical innovation or ways of working improvements

What’s in it for you:

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes up to 30 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first‑class services, we are known for.