Data Centre Engineer

Accenture

3d•$27 - $51•Onsite

About The Position

We Are Accenture Technology – is an exciting place to be! Accenture helps companies rotate to New IT with services that drive continuous quality and efficiency and shape their digital future. We offer entire breadth and depth of services across broad array of applications, digital technologies and industries delivered under flexible business arrangements. With 1000+ clients served globally and 30+ delivery centers, there will be many opportunities for you to help drive greater productivity and shift to continuous testing all while managing digital transformations. You Are You’re a hands-on infrastructure technologist early in your career who thrives in secure, physical + virtual data centre environments. You’re methodical, safety-conscious, and love solving problems from rack to hypervisor: hardware lifecycle, virtualization, Linux, and networking. You communicate clearly in high-stakes situations, document precisely, and embrace automation to eliminate toil. The Work Deploy, configure, and maintain data centre compute, storage, and network gear in accordance with change and CAB processes. Perform racking, stacking, structured cabling, and component-level swaps under strict chain-of-custody procedures. Build and operate private cloud stacks (e.g., Azure Stack/Local, Nutanix, AWS Outposts, Google Distributed Cloud). Administer hypervisors and virtualization clusters; provision and lifecycle-manage VMs and templates. Support Kubernetes workloads hosted on-prem; assist with cluster node maintenance and upgrades. Execute OS installation, hardening, and patching (primarily Linux); script routine tasks in Bash/Python/PowerShell. Monitor capacity, performance, and availability using enterprise tooling; triage and resolve P1/P2 incidents. Implement backup/restore and contribute to DR runbooks and exercises to meet RTO/RPO objectives. Apply ITSG-33-aligned security controls, including access management, logging, and encryption-at-rest/in-transit. Maintain accurate asset records, diagrams, and SOPs; contribute to continuous improvement of operational runbooks. 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.

Requirements

1–2 years in data centre or infrastructure operations (co-op/internship experience considered).
Linux fundamentals, command line, and system troubleshooting skills.
Understanding of virtualization, storage types (block/file/object), and basic networking (VLANs, DNS, firewalls).
Scripting familiarity (Bash, Python, or PowerShell) and interest in automation/IaC.
Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related discipline.
Eligibility for Reliability Clearance.

Nice To Haves

Hands-on with Kubernetes or container runtimes.
Exposure to Terraform/Ansible/Puppet/Chef.
Hardware diagnostics and vendor ecosystem experience.
Vendor certifications across cloud/server/storage/virtualization.
Bilingual (English/French).

Responsibilities

Deploy, configure, and maintain data centre compute, storage, and network gear in accordance with change and CAB processes.
Perform racking, stacking, structured cabling, and component-level swaps under strict chain-of-custody procedures.
Build and operate private cloud stacks (e.g., Azure Stack/Local, Nutanix, AWS Outposts, Google Distributed Cloud).
Administer hypervisors and virtualization clusters; provision and lifecycle-manage VMs and templates.
Support Kubernetes workloads hosted on-prem; assist with cluster node maintenance and upgrades.
Execute OS installation, hardening, and patching (primarily Linux); script routine tasks in Bash/Python/PowerShell.
Monitor capacity, performance, and availability using enterprise tooling; triage and resolve P1/P2 incidents.
Implement backup/restore and contribute to DR runbooks and exercises to meet RTO/RPO objectives.
Apply ITSG-33-aligned security controls, including access management, logging, and encryption-at-rest/in-transit.
Maintain accurate asset records, diagrams, and SOPs; contribute to continuous improvement of operational runbooks.
Ability to work shifts/on-call; comfort working on-site in high-security environments.
Travel may be required based on client demand.