Data Center Engineer

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 center 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

• Lead design and delivery of private cloud footprints (Google Distributed Cloud, Azure Stack, Nutanix, Outposts, Anthos) and virtualization estates.

• Engineer storage platforms (block/file/object) and data protection strategies; validate DR across RTO/RPO targets.

• Own capacity planning, performance baselining, and SLOs; implement monitoring/alerting dashboards.

• Establish secure hardware handling (chain of custody) and site readiness standards; coordinate vendor support and RMAs.

• Automate provisioning and configuration with Terraform/Ansible; integrate with CMDB and GitOps workflows.

• Harden OS and platform configurations per ITSG‑33; implement logging, MFA, key management, and secrets handling.

• Lead P1 incident command, post-incident reviews, and corrective actions; develop resilience and failover patterns.

• Develop and maintain SOPs, diagrams, and asset inventories; mentor junior engineers and uplift team capability.

• Collaborate with Network, Security, and Cloud teams to land scalable, cost-optimized solutions; support FinOps.

• 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.