DevOps System Administrator

 

• Location: Canberra (preferred), or Brisbane.

• Employment Type: Full-time/Permanent

• Support a diverse portfolio of applications in a large-scale enterprise technology environment hosted in AWS Cloud

• Work across cloud infrastructure, automation, and system administration

• Security Requirement: Due to the secure nature of this role, we are seeking candidates who are Australian Citizens or individuals with active security clearance (Baseline/NV1).

 

About the Role

This is a DevOps System Administration role within a Business-as-Usual (BAU) Operations Team that supports a wide range of applications across a complex and evolving technology landscape. The role is ideal for professionals with strong experience in AWS Cloud across ECS, EC2, and RDS, who can contribute to the reliability, scalability, and performance of enterprise systems.

You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams to manage infrastructure, automate processes, and troubleshoot issues. Additional skills in networking, DevOps practices, and PowerShell scripting are highly valued and will enhance your ability to drive operational efficiency and continuous improvement.

 

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain Windows Server environments

• Manage AWS cloud infrastructure including RDS, ECS Fargate, and EC2

• Automate tasks and deployments using PowerShell and Python

• Support containerised workloads using Docker

• Collaborate with development and operations teams to resolve infrastructure and application issues

• Monitor system health and implement alerting and logging solutions

• Contribute to CI/CD pipeline integration and infrastructure as code practices

• Maintain documentation and runbooks for operational efficiency

Required Experience

• Strong experience with AWS cloud services:

  • Networking (DNS, VPC, Network Tracing and Protocols, Proxy Configuration, Firewalls, public and private networks.)

  • ECS Fargate (container orchestration, scaling, service management)

  • EC2 (provisioning, monitoring, optimisation)

• Proficiency in scripting and automation using PowerShell and Python

• Experience working with JSON/YAML for configuration management and deployment pipelines

• Hands-on experience with Docker containers (build, deployment, registry, troubleshooting)

• Familiarity with Linux systems administration and shell scripting (advantageous)

Preferred Experience/Qualifications

• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and automation practices

• Experience in Agile Scrum environments, contributing to sprint planning and ceremonies

• Knowledge of infrastructure as code tools (e.g., CloudFormation, Terraform)

• Experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools

• Strong problem-solving and communication skills

• Ability to document processes and collaborate across teams

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field

• Relevant certifications in AWS, Microsoft, or DevOps methodologies

#LI_GM #LI-GM

.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

Visit us at www.accenture.com 

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement for Australia:

At Accenture, our intention is to foster a culture and a workplace in which all of our people feel a sense of belonging and are respected and empowered to do their best work. 

As part of our talent strategy, we hire and develop people who have different backgrounds, different perspectives and different lived experiences. These differences ensure that we have and attract the cognitive diversity to deliver a variety of perspectives, observations and insights which are essential to drive the innovation needed to reinvent, and we hold our leaders accountable for ensuring we have the most innovative and talented people in our industry.

 
We encourage applications from all people, and we are committed to removing barriers to the recruitment process and employee lifecycle. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, religion or sexual orientation and we do not tolerate discrimination. If you require adjustments to the recruitment process or have a preferred communication method, please email [email protected] and cite the relevant Job Number, or contact us on +61 2 9005 5000.

Learn how Accenture protects your personal data and know your rights in relation to your personal data. Read more about our Privacy Statement