Cloud Platform Engineer
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Join Accenture and help transform leading organisations and communities around the world. The sheer scale of our capabilities and client engagements and the way we collaborate, operate and deliver value provides an unparalleled opportunity to grow and advance. Choose Accenture and make delivering innovative work part of your extraordinary career.
As a Cloud Platform Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining scalable, secure, and high-performing cloud platforms that enable application development and deployment. You will work closely with development, operations, and security teams to deliver cloud-native solutions and drive automation across the platform lifecycle.
Platform Engineering & Cloud Delivery
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Design, build, and maintain cloud platforms across AWS, Azure, or GCP
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Implement scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure
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Support cloud-native architectures including microservices and containerisation
Automation & DevOps
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Develop Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible
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Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated deployments
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Drive automation initiatives to improve efficiency and reduce manual effort
Containerisation & Orchestration
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Deploy and manage container platforms (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift)
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Support orchestration and scaling of applications in hybrid or multi-cloud environments
Platform Operations & Monitoring
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Monitor platform performance, reliability, and availability
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Implement logging/monitoring using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch [
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Troubleshoot and resolve production issues across infrastructure and applications
Skills & Experience Required
Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS / Azure / GCP)
Hands-on experience in DevOps / Platform Engineering
Expertise in CI/CD, IaC, and automation
Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, containers
Security Clearance
Current Baseline Security Clearance and willingness to upgrade to NV1
Australian Citizens with ability to obtain a clearance considered
Must be willing to work onsite 5 days a week
Benefits of working at Accenture:
· 18 weeks paid parental leave
· Long & short-term career break opportunities
· Structured career development program
· Local and international career opportunities.
· Certified as a Family Inclusive Workplace™
· Flexible Work Arrangements - centered around Accenture’s Truly Human ethos and our commitment to supporting the health and wellbeing of our people.
· We are proud to be in the top 3 of last year’s Diversity & Inclusion Index!
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