Security Managed Services Practitioner

Accenture; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking an IT Container Platform Systems Engineer to design, operate, and improve mission-critical container platforms across hybrid multi-cloud environments. You will support 24/7 enterprise operations and contribute to global platform architecture with emphasis on standardization and resilience.

The role requires 5+ years of experience, 15 years of full-time education, and hands-on skills with OpenShift, Kubernetes, AWS EKS/ECS, Terraform, Ansible, and GitOps tooling.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in security services and container platforms.
• Experience with OpenShift, Kubernetes, and AWS EKS/ECS.
• Strong automation with Terraform/Ansible and GitOps tooling.
• Fluent English communication skills.
• Knowledge of high availability and resilience engineering.

Responsibilities

• Design, operate, and optimize container platforms across hybrid multi-cloud environments.
• Lead incident escalations, root-cause analysis, and remediation.
• Collaborate with global teams to deliver end-to-end infrastructure solutions.
• Maintain architecture runbooks and documentation.
• Participate in on-call and shift rotations.

Skills

English fluency

CI/CD expertise

Automation scripting

Cloud-native ops

Education

15 years education

Tools

OpenShift

Kubernetes

AWS EKS

AWS ECS

Terraform

Ansible

GitLab CI/CD

Helm

Job description

Project Role : Security Managed Services Practitioner
Project Role Description : Deliver and manage security services across client environments to ensure protection, compliance, and operational resilience.
Must have skills : AWS Containerization
Good to have skills : NA
Minimum 5 year(s) of experience is required
Educational Qualification : 15 years full time education
Summary:
As an IT Container Platform Systems Engineer (m/f/d) within Global Data Center & Cloud Operations, you design, operate, and continuously improve mission-critical container orchestration platforms across hybrid multi-cloud environments. You contribute to global platform architecture, ensure standardization and resilience, and support 24 7 enterprise operations in a globally distributed organization.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Design, operate, and optimize enterprise container platforms such as Red Hat OpenShift, AWS EKS, and AWS ECS.
• Architect and standardize Kubernetes-based platform services across on-prem and cloud environments.
• Implement and manage Crossplane for cloud resource orchestration.
• Build and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code with Terraform, Ansible, and Git-based workflows.
• Develop automation scripts to improve operational efficiency.
• Implement GitOps workflows using ArgoCD or Flux.
• Lead complex incident escalations, root-cause analysis, and long-term remediation.
• Collaborate with global network, security, cloud, and application teams to deliver end-to-end infrastructure solutions.
• Maintain architecture documentation, operational standards, and runbooks.
• Participate in on-call and shift rotations.

Professional & Technical Skills

• 3+ years in enterprise or cloud-native platform operations.
• Expertise in Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes, and AWS EKS/ECS.
• Experience with Crossplane, Terraform, Helm, and GitOps tooling.
• Strong scripting and automation capabilities.
• Knowledge of high availability, disaster recovery, and resilience engineering.
• Experience with monitoring stacks and CI/CD pipelines.
• Hands-on experience with Ansible for automated configuration and deployment.
• Experience with GitLab CI/CD and IaC methodologies.
• Ability to work effectively in globally distributed teams with strong communication skills.
• Fluent English communication skills.

Additional Information

• The candidate should have minimum 5 years of experience in AWS Containerization.
• This position is based at our Chennai office.
• A 15 years full time education is required.

15 years full time education

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