Accenture
We Are
Accenture’s Infrastructure Engineering (IE) North America are dedicated to strategically solving our client’s cloud services, data center, digital workplace and operating model IT transformation challenges. We create predictability for technology intensive environments by applying proven engineering concepts and practices for long-term solutions. Our team consists of visionary infrastructure transformers, with a multidisciplinary team of technologists, financial analysts, project and program managers. We foster critical thinking and innovation that drive career development. Our reward is in a culture of collaborative experts who drive our industry forward. If you are motivated by turning challenging ideas into reality, creating uncharted value for clients and bringing your best self to your work – we want to connect with you.
You Are
You’re an experienced data centre engineer who can lead complex builds, migrations, and lifecycle programs across compute, storage, and network domains. You blend deep technical skill with operational rigor, mentor others, and standardize processes. You thrive in high-security environments, drive RCA for major incidents, and design for resilience, observability, and cost.
The Work
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Lead design and delivery of private cloud footprints (Google Distributed Cloud, Azure Stack, Nutanix, Outposts, Anthos) and virtualization estates.
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Engineer storage platforms (block/file/object) and data protection strategies; validate DR across RTO/RPO targets.
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Own capacity planning, performance baselining, and SLOs; implement monitoring/alerting dashboards.
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Establish secure hardware handling (chain of custody) and site readiness standards; coordinate vendor support and RMAs.
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Automate provisioning and configuration with Terraform/Ansible; integrate with CMDB and GitOps workflows.
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Harden OS and platform configurations per ITSG‑33; implement logging, MFA, key management, and secrets handling.
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Lead P1 incident command, post-incident reviews, and corrective actions; develop resilience and failover patterns.
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Develop and maintain SOPs, diagrams, and asset inventories; mentor junior engineers and uplift team capability.
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Collaborate with Network, Security, and Cloud teams to land scalable, cost-optimized solutions; support FinOps.
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Plan and coordinate change windows; ensure audit compliance and evidence capture for regulated clients.
Ability to work shifts/on-call; comfort working on-site in high-security environments.
Travel may be required based on client demand. Accenture promotes a client-centric, flexible work environment.
What You’ll Need
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3–5 years in data centre engineering or infrastructure team lead roles.
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Advanced Linux/virtualization expertise and strong troubleshooting across compute/storage/network.
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Automation with Terraform/Ansible and scripting (Python/PowerShell/Bash).
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Proven incident management, DR/BCP execution, and stakeholder communication skills.
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Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related discipline.
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Eligibility for Reliability Clearance.
Bonus Points If You Have
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Hybrid Kubernetes operations experience.
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Vendor certifications across cloud/server/storage/virtualization.
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Bilingual (English/French).
About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.
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