Overview
DevOps Engineer
Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne
Note: Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory BPSS and SC security clearance which requires 5 years continuous UK address history (typically including no periods of 30 consecutive days or more spent outside of the UK).
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 of these services.
Responsibilities
- Work as part of a DevOps team to deliver environments and tools to support the development and testing of features by Accenture and Client Teams.
- Set up and configure tools such as GitLab, Jenkins, SonarQube and performance/security/resilience testing tools.
- Create automated processes for development teams to apply continuous integration and continuous testing approaches.
- Automate the provisioning of serverless integrations between different systems using their APIs.
Qualifications
- Experience with one or more Public/Private cloud offerings.
- Experience with CI/CD concepts and hands-on implementation in tools such as GitLab, Jenkins, or CodeBuild; knowledge of automated software quality assurance.
- Infrastructure as code experience (e.g. CloudFormation, AWS CDK, Terraform).
- Configuration management experience (e.g. Ansible, Puppet, Chef).
- Experience in container setup, hosting and orchestration tools (e.g. Docker, Docker Compose, Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes).
- Working knowledge of Agile and Lean Software delivery methodologies.
- Experience in at least one common scripting language (e.g. Python, Node.js, TypeScript, PowerShell, Bash).
Set Yourself Apart
- Experience with DevSecOps practices, including Secrets management (e.g. HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager).
- Maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines enabling frequent, reliable deployments.
- Experience implementing security scanning in CI/CD with SAST and DAST.
- Experience with deployment strategies such as Blue/Green or Canary releases.
- Proven track record of applying analytical and creative thought that translates into technical solutions.
- Experience debugging and resolving sophisticated technical issues.
- Experience implementing system monitoring and alerting using tools (e.g. CloudWatch, AppDynamics, Kibana, Splunk, Prometheus, Dynatrace).
- Experience setup and administration of Linux-based environments.
- Knowledge of RESTful APIs and how to consume/invoke them as part of DevOps pipelines and scripting.
What’s In It For You
At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will have an extensive benefits package including 25 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 may be requirements to spend time onsite with clients and partners.
About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company with capabilities across strategy & consulting, interactive, technology and operations. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of society and do not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, or gender identity, or any other basis as protected by law. We are committed to well-being and lifelong learning and support our people with certifications and diverse work experiences.
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