Job Description
Do you want to develop your technology skills within a global team? With Accenture Technology you will have the chance to combine your deep technology expertise and industry-specific insights to transform our clients' ability to achieve their business outcomes. You will assess, define, implement and/or support world-class solutions for our clients, spanning simple IT projects to large-scale, enterprise-level change programs.
Accenture Technology
As one of the worlds largest independent providers of technology services, at Accenture Technology you will help provide our clients with a full range of innovative technology solutions, as well as proven consulting and outsourcing services, to help them become more successful. From the development of IT strategy to the optimization, management and security of the underlying infrastructure, applications, and data, you will have the opportunity to impact our clients success.
A global leader in Oracle Technology, Accenture has one of the largest concentrations of senior talent in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Database and Engineered Systems in the world. Our professionals are equipped with the necessary skills, plus the breadth and depth of experience to help our clients design and tune Oracle workload, and in particular reap the full benefits of Oracle's Database Technology and Infrastructure Platform(s). We offer specialized services that can help simplify implementation, enhance performance, improve availability and accelerate return on investment.
What responsibilities will you have?
The Cloud Technical Architect includes responsibility for the design, documentation, automation, configuration, administration, monitoring, maintenance, and security of cloud environments provisioned for our clients. As part of Accenture, the role includes working closely with our Database, PaaS and SaaS specialists to design and build robust, cost effective cloud solutions supporting mission critical infrastructure and applications.
Qualifications
Qualifications
* Minimum 8 years of Infrastructure/Cloud/Network design and Technical Architecture including areas such as:
* Network design (cloud <- on premises, network segregation, virtual networks, WAF, DNS, load balancing etc)
* High availability architecture design
* Collection of client requirements and translating into architecture designs
* Data Replication, Security, Encryption, Data Storage
* Cloud IAM
* Automation
* Security / Secret Management / Certificate Management
* Linux / Windows deployment and management best practices
* Minimum 4 years of industry experience as a Cloud Technical Architect
* Minimum 8 years of industry experience as an Infrastructure Technical Architect with a strong understanding of networking concepts
Preferred Skills:
* Strong interpersonal and communication (both verbal and written) skills
* Excellent analytical, troubleshooting and debugging skills
* Knowledge / Certification in one of the main cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, GCP)
* Experience in cloud migration for complex systems
* In depth knowledge of Linux administration
* Automation using tools such as Ansible, Terraform etc
* Migration and Consolidation planning and execution
* Problem diagnoses, Manageability and Operations
* Knowledge of Oracle database concepts preferable
* Knowledge of other Database brands is a plus: SQL Server, DB2, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Sybase
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