Google Cloud Systems Engineer

Accenture UK & Ireland; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture UK & Ireland is seeking a Google Cloud Systems Engineer to deploy and manage Google Distributed Cloud Hosted solutions. This role involves troubleshooting infrastructure issues and requires strong networking and scripting skills. Benefits include 30 days of vacation, medical insurance, and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

30 days of vacation

Car allowance

Fitness classes

Gym discounts

Private medical insurance

Charitable leave

Qualifications

• Experience in systems automation, design, and implementation.
• Knowledge of IaaS solutions and cloud storage.
• Experience as a Site Reliability Engineer or in IT production systems.

Responsibilities

• Deploy Google Distributed Cloud Hosted solutions at customer sites.
• Perform troubleshooting and resolve infrastructure issues.
• Deliver training programs for customers and partners.

Skills

Systems automation

Networking knowledge

Scripting skills

Customer solution engineering

Troubleshooting

Relationship-building

Job description

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Job Role: Google Cloud Systems Engineer

Location: London, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Bristol, or Glasgow

Career Level: Manager

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. We combine unmatched experience and specialized capabilities across more than 40 industries – powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centres. With 650,000+ people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture continuously innovates to help clients improve performance and create lasting value. Visit us at www.accenture.com.

We value inclusion and diversity and support the whole person. Our core values include Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual, and Integrity. Accenture is recognized worldwide for both business performance and inclusion and diversity.

“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 communities.” – Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO

Our Team

Together, we engineer and build infrastructure, tools, access, and telemetry for systems that enable orchestration of Google-scale services. Come build things that matter.

As a Google Systems Engineer, you will:

1. Be responsible for deploying Google Distributed Cloud Hosted (GDCH) solutions at customer sites and internal reference deployments.
2. Build expertise in deploying and operating GDCH solutions.
3. Perform troubleshooting and resolve Infrastructure issues (Network, Storage, Servers, OS, Kubernetes, etc.).
4. Interact with customers and internal teams to achieve shared goals.
5. Participate in deployments and training, which may require international travel.
6. Deliver train-the-trainer programs to enable customers and partners in their deployments.

Required Skills and Experience:

1. Systems automation, design, implementation, and technical infrastructure experience.
2. Experience with IaaS solutions (e.g., Kubernetes, virtualization, hybrid cloud) and cloud storage solutions.
3. Networking knowledge (TCP/IP, VLANs, DNS, DHCP, SSH, etc.) and infrastructure experience (Linux, Kubernetes, Storage).
4. Customer solution engineering experience.
5. Scripting skills (Bash, Perl, Python, Ruby) for automation.
6. Experience as a Site Reliability Engineer or in IT production systems engineering.
7. Troubleshooting workload issues across multi-node environments and incident management.
8. Understanding of physical server, storage, and network devices.
9. Strong relationship-building and empathy skills.

What’s In It For You

In addition to a competitive salary, benefits include 30 days of vacation, car allowance, fitness classes, gym discounts, private medical insurance, and charitable leave. We support work-life balance and flexible working arrangements.

Location: Your home office will be in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Bristol, or Glasgow. Travel may be up to 75%, including overseas assignments.

Closing Date: 31/08/2025. We reserve the right to close the role earlier if a suitable candidate is found.