DevOps Architect

DevOps Architect

Job Description

DevOps Architect is an efficiency ambassador, you will advise, assess, define, implement and/or support world-class DevOps architectures and ways of working. You’ll define the delivery and organization in large-scale, enterprise-level programs. As an Architect, you design and guide the implementation and adoption of DevOps practices for complex business domains. Owning high responsibilities as leadership decision-making or determining objectives and approaches to critical assignments. You know how important it is to align Business, Development, and Operational domains. You can manage large or multiple teams, report adequately, set up coherent goals, and are recognized as a good leader. As per your background, you know the software delivery process by heart, considering the quality and best practices as a must. By nature, you are able to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment under high pressure.

Key Responsibilities & Tasks

• Work closely with the Engineering teams, helping projects to adopt and implement changes to improve the speed and process maturity.
• Facilitate DevOps discussions throughout the lifecycle of client engagements.
• Identify, assess, and solve complex business problems for area(s) of responsibility where analysis of situations requires an in-depth knowledge of organizational objectives.
• Involved in setting strategic direction to establish near-term goals for the area of responsibility.
• Interact with senior management levels at a client and/or within Accenture, which involves negotiating or influencing on significant matters.
• Has latitude in decision-making and determining objectives and approaches to critical assignments.
• Manages large teams and/or work efforts (if in an individual contributor role) at a client or within Accenture.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience with the design and implementation of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery and/or DevOps solutions and architecture patterns.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience with deployment and release management using technologies like Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub, Ansible, Maven, Docker, Terraform, or comparable tools.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience with managing teams, including progress monitoring and reporting.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience with integrating test and security automation in CI/CD solutions.
• Experience in AWS, Azure or GCP.
• Experience in OpenShift or Kubernetes.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience with working in an Agile delivery environment.
• Minimum 4 years of experience with Java or other programming language.
• Certified Scrum Master or Coach and Scaled Agilist (SA).
• Computer Science or equivalent studies.

Skills

• Proven ability to build, manage and foster a team-oriented environment.
• Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment.
• Desire to work in an information systems environment.
• Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent thought leadership and management skills.
• Strong sense of ownership, teaming attitude, and the ability to work across a distributed organization.

Our offer

Accenture is an incredible place to work - and keep learning. By joining us, you’ll become part of a global company with a world-class brand and reputation. Besides the work we do for our clients, we’re really proud of our vibrant, diverse workplace culture: we take an agile approach, provide end-to-end services and maintain a realistic mindset. We want to get to know the real you and help you explore and grow - whatever it is you're great at. So, you will always have lots of learning opportunities (formal and informal) to improve your role-specific skills and expertise.

Besides our high-profile, challenging projects and our nurturing work environment, we offer excellent employee benefits, including:

• A flexible transport arrangement that suits your personal situation (electric car or bicycle, flexible budget including NS business card)
• An expense allowance
• Discount on Accenture shares
• The possibility to work 4 x 9 hours a week

Interested?

Are you ready to join Accenture for a career where you can be yourself and do what you love? Apply now and change the world around you.

Questions? Connect with Niels Rijsewijk at niels.rijsewijk@accenture.com