Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer: Scale & Security

3Core Systems; Peoria (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer to design, operate, and continuously improve Kubernetes platforms supporting Accenture AI Refinery. The role focuses on secure, scalable, and well-governed AI workloads across cloud and on‑premises environments.

You will advance platform reliability, developer enablement, and the controls required for critical services, aligning to enterprise governance and security standards.

Qualifications

• Ten years of experience in Kubernetes platform engineering.
• Proven success building production-grade Kubernetes platforms across cloud, on-premises, or hybrid environments.
• Deep expertise in Linux, cluster networking, and storage architecture.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, deployment, and lifecycle management of highly available Kubernetes platforms across hybrid environments.
• Establish secure multi-tenant platform standards.
• Build automated GitOps-driven platform operations for provisioning, upgrades, and scaling.
• Define platform standards for deployment, observability, and service operations.
• Embed security and compliance controls into the platform.

Skills

Kubernetes

Container Platform

Infrastructure as Code

GitOps

Cloud (AWS/Azure)

Security

Observability

Linux

Networking

Storage

Terraform

Helm

Argo CD/Flux

RBAC

Policy & Compliance

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

OpenTelemetry

Kubernetes distributions (EKS/AKS/GKE/OpenShift/Rancher)

Job description

Accenture is seeking a Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer to design, operate, and continuously improve Kubernetes platforms supporting Accenture AI Refinery. The role focuses on secure, scalable, and well-governed AI workloads across cloud and on‑premises environments.

You will advance platform reliability, developer enablement, and the controls required for critical services, aligning to enterprise governance and security standards.