Senior Platform Engineer

Please Note: Any employment offer is conditional upon British citizenship and the successful completion of BPSS and SC security clearance, which requires a continuous UK address history for the past five years at the time of application.

Location: Edinburgh or Glasgow.

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. We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity.

As a team: Next Gen Engineering is the home of our dedicated Technology people who are focused on engineering memorable yet differentiated and captivating customer experiences. We are looking for experienced DevOps/Platform Engineers to join our vibrant community of Platform Engineering professionals, encompassing knowledge and experience in DevOps, DevSecOps, SRE, Observability, and Internal Developer Platforms/Portals, based at our Scotland offices on a full-time, permanent basis.

As a member of our Next Gen Engineering team, you will have the opportunity to:

• Create Innovative Platform Solutions: Take part in architecting and implementing cutting-edge platform engineering solutions tailored to address unique business challenges across several industries.
• Technical Leadership: Display your technical leadership skills by guiding and collaborating with both onshore and offshore engineering team members during client projects, ensuring successful outcomes.

In our team you will learn: Working within a high-performing delivery team, you will engage directly with our clients to build innovative Platform Engineering and DevOps Capabilities. Your professional development is important to us. From day one you will be working alongside and in partnership with some of the very best in the business. As part of your career growth, there are several internal and external qualifications that you will have access to, these include:

• Sponsored training and certifications for AWS, Azure, GCP, CNCF CKAD and CKS, and access to many of our other partner product training.
• Accenture’s internal DevSecOps Academy and DevSecOps Academy for Executives.
• Accenture’s internal Master Technology Architect program.
• The ability to attend and represent Accenture at well-known DevOps conferences, PlatformCon, DevOps Live, DevOps Enterprise Summit, Kubecon and global events like Reinvent and Ignite.

We are looking for experience in the following skills:

• At least six years of hands-on experience in DevOps/platform engineering.
• Proven experience designing and maintaining scalable CI/CD pipelines to automate software delivery.
• Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure automation tools such as AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, and AWS CDK to provision and manage infrastructure as code.
• Practical experience hosting services on AWS ECS, Kubernetes, and AWS Lambda.
• Deep understanding of system performance optimization in cloud environments (particularly AWS).
• Strong knowledge of cloud security best practices, including IAM, encryption, and security monitoring.
• Experience integrating security into CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Snyk, Aqua Security, or HashiCorp Vault for secrets management.
• Some experience in leading a team and supporting the growth of team members’ careers, as you may be required to lead a team depending on the assigned project.

What’s in it for you: At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 25 days’ vacation per year, gym subsidy, 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 will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services we are known for.

About Accenture: We work with one shared purpose: to deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity. Every day, more than 775,000 of us help our stakeholders continuously reinvent. Together, we drive positive change and deliver value to our clients, partners, shareholders, communities, and each other. We believe that delivering value requires innovation, and innovation thrives in an inclusive and diverse environment. We actively foster a workplace free from bias, where everyone feels a sense of belonging and is respected and empowered to do their best work.

At Accenture, we see well-being holistically, supporting our people’s physical, mental, and financial health. We also provide opportunities to keep skills relevant through certifications, learning, and diverse work experiences. We’re proud to be consistently recognized as one of the World’s Best Workplaces™. Join Accenture to work at the heart of change.

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