DevOps Specialist/Consultant

Technology Senior Analyst/Consultant

Location: Regional (must be willing to be based at and travel to client sites throughout the UK)

Salary: Competitive salary & Package (Depending on level of experience)

Please 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) at the point of application.

Note: The above information relates to a specific client requirement.

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. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.

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. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.

“Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us.” – Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO

As a team:

Accenture are one of the world's leading System Integrators and a key supplier of Technical and Business Solutions to the UK Government, Healthcare bodies and the wider public sector. In multi-functional teams we deliver innovative projects to drive collaboration from strategy through to implementation. You will be using the latest technologies with our health and public sector clients to help them deliver solutions to help them meet their business challenges/needs.

You'll learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways. If you’re looking for a challenging career working in a vibrant environment with access to training and a global network of experts, this could be the role for you. As part of our global team, you'll be working with cutting-edge technologies and will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job.

In our team you will learn:

• How to provide solutions to real world problems across Health and Public Service clients in the UK.
• How to 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.
• Work with our global delivery network to implement large scale Business Transformations across the UK government. Accenture provides e2e Business Transformations, not just technical solutions to point business challenges.
• Help design and deliver ground-breaking cloud solutions - from migrating legacy applications onto Cloud, to building innovative, new cloud-native applications.
• Work on solutions to real world problems facing the UK government, working at the forefront of the most topical areas.

We are looking for experience in the following skills:

• Awareness of key concepts in DevOps and Agile principles
• Cloud computing skills: Working knowledge of various tools, open-source technologies, and cloud services such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or Microsoft Azure including respective cloud shell, serverless and other cloud native and offerings.
• Have a working knowledge of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) including pipeline design/implementation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools and techniques or Containerisation skills.
• Experience working as or with business analysts, SMEs and developers to collaboratively design solutions.
• Experience working with product owners, project managers, business analysts, SMEs and developers to collaboratively design and deliver solutions. Able to articulate solutions to stakeholders with different degrees of technical knowledge. Some experience of leading a team, collaborating with or managing junior resources.
• Demonstrate an ability to problem solve while confidently and effectively manage relationships, communication and delivery upwards across internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrate an ability to adapt to new clients or technologies.
• Can demonstrate an understanding and practical experience of Agile and/or Waterfall delivery methodologies, understanding the differences between both and would embrace working in the appropriate methodology as needed.
• Experience in developing strong and collaborative relationships with external clients / customers
• Collaboration skills: must have excellent collaboration skills to work with cross-functional teams such as developers, testers, and operations personnel.
• Must have excellent problem solving and communication skills to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and collaborate effectively with team members.

Set yourself apart:

• Experience of working in the health and public sector, if not then an interest to work with public sector clients and to build your knowledge of delivering solutions for the UK Government, Defence, Security Agencies and Public Safety.

Experience of working in a multi-cloud experience ((including but not limited to AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud), with an understanding of the various platforms and tools.