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Project Role :
Cloud Platform Engineer
Project Role Description :Designs, builds, tests, and deploys cloud application solutions that integrate cloud and non-cloud infrastructure. Can deploy infrastructure and platform environments, creates a proof of architecture to test architecture viability, security and performance.
Must have skills :DevSecOps

Good to have skills :
NA
Minimum 3 year(s) of experience is required

Educational Qualification :
15 years full time educationRole OverviewThe Infra Engineering DevSecOps Architect is a senior technical leader responsible for defining the enterprise DevSecOps vision, strategy, and governance model across business units, platforms, and delivery organizations.The Infra Engineering DevSecOps Architect is a senior SME responsible for shaping the enterprise-wide DevOps and Infra-Sec strategy, defining reference architectures, and establishing governance. The role also focuses on integrating security seamlessly into DevOps workflows, including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and cloud-native environments while ensuring compliance with industry standards. Acting as a strategic advisor, the architect sets technical guardrails, reviews solution designs, and guides DevOps and engineering teams on implementation
This role focuses on platform architecture, tooling strategy, secure-by-design frameworks, operating models, and enterprise standardization, ensuring that infrastructure, application delivery, and security converge into a scalable, compliant, and self-service DevSecOps ecosystem.
The architect acts as a design authority and strategic advisor, driving DevSecOps maturity, cloud platform adoption, and engineering excellence across large transformation programs.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and govern the enterprise DevSecOps platform architecture and roadmap.
- Establish and mandate Secure by Design principles across all CI/CD and platform workflows.
- Approve and govern solution architectures and delivery designs to ensure alignment with enterprise standards.
- Drive standardization and adoption of DevSecOps platforms, tools, and frameworks across the organization.
- Partner with Cloud, Security, and Application Architects to deliver integrated, end-to-end platform solutions.
- Define and govern DevSecOps maturity assessment frameworks and adoption roadmaps.
- Evaluate and onboard emerging technologies including AI-assisted engineering and intelligent automation.DevSecOps (Enterprise Strategy Governance)
- Envision and establish the enterprise-wide DevSecOps and platform engineering strategy.
- Define frameworks, standards, and architectural guardrails to ensure:
-Secure, compliant, and consistent delivery
- Design enterprise release management strategies, including:
-Blue-green, Canary deployments
-Automated rollback and resilience patterns
- Institutionalize the DevSecOps Operating Model across Agile and hybrid delivery models.Security, CI/CD Observability Platform
- Define enterprise standards for:
-CI/CD:Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps
-GitOps:ArgoCD / Flux
-Security:SonarQube, Checkov, Snyk, Veracode / Checkmarx, Trivy
-Observability:Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk, OpenTelemetry
- Ensure SAST, DAST, SCA, IaC and container security are embedded into pipelines by default.
- Establish platform-level KPIs and engineering metrics.Cloud Platform Architecture
- Provide architectural oversight for:
-Cloud Landing Zones
-Application platform architectures
- Drive DevSecOps platform adoption across:
-AWS, Azure, and/or GCP
- Demonstrate strong understanding of:
-IaaS, PaaS, Kubernetes / container platforms (EKS, AKS, GKE, OpenShift)Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Govern enterprise IaC standards using:
-Terraform, Bicep / CloudFormation, Ansible
- Define Policy as Code standards using OPA / Sentinel.
- Ensure IaC patterns meet security, scalability, and compliance requirements.Application Deployment Automation
- Standardize end-to-end deployment architectures:
-IaC + CI/CD + Security + Observability
- Enable self-service, product-aligned platform consumption models.
- Ensure deployment frameworks support:
-Reliability, scalability, compliance, and resilience.Communication Leadership
- Drive enterprise platform alignment across business units.
- Lead DevSecOps / Platform Engineering communities of practice.
- Represent the platform function in:
-Architecture review boards
-Strategy and governance forums
- Influence senior stakeholders and engineering leaders.Experience Leadership Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Cloud Architecture, or Infrastructure Security.
- Proven experience leading enterprise-scale DevSecOps or platform transformations.
- Strong architecture governance, stakeholder management, and technical leadership skills.
- Ability to translate engineering strategy into business outcomes.Minimum Required Certifications
At least ONE of the following is mandatory:
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional
- Azure Solutions Architect Expert
- GCP Professional Cloud ArchitectPreferred (Nice to Have) Certificationsss
One or more of the following is a strong plus:
- AWS DevOps Engineer Professional / Azure DevOps Engineer Expert
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or CKS
- HashiCorp Terraform Associate
- CISSP or CCSP
- Resource needs to be AI Ready.
Qualification15 years full time education

Job Classification

Industry: IT Services & Consulting
Functional Area / Department: Engineering - Software & QA
Role Category: DevOps
Role: DevOps Engineer
Employement Type: Full time

Contact Details:

Company: Accenture
Location(s): Bengaluru

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Keyskills:   cloud platform gke kubernetes github ai aks iac devops engineer ansible cloud cloud architecture gcp compliance devops jenkins gitlab terraform agile prometheus aws infrastructure as code cloudformation architecture azure

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