Role Overview
We are seeking a Google Cloud Engineering Team Lead to join the Accenture Google Business Group (AGBG) within Accenture Technology in the UK, with a strong focus on UK public sector clients. In this role, you will lead small engineering teams to design, build and operate secure, scalable Google Cloud solutions that enable Google-scale services for our clients.
Security Clearance Requirement
Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory BPSS and SC security clearance. This requires a minimum of 5 years continuous UK address history at the point of application, typically including no periods of 30 consecutive days or more spent outside of the UK.
About Accenture
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 these services. With a strong culture of innovation and industry expertise, we help clients solve their most complex challenges.
We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values include Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity.
Our Team
Together we engineer and build the infrastructure, tools, access and telemetry for systems that enable orchestration of Google-scale services. Join us and help build what matters.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead a small team of Google Cloud platform or data engineers to deliver Google Cloud solutions
- Design, deploy and operate secure Google Cloud solutions for client environments and internal reference implementations
- Provide technical leadership, guidance and mentorship to engineers, ensuring high-quality delivery
- Contribute to and lead the design of Google Cloud components within larger programmes
- Input into technical blueprints, standards and solution designs aligned to client and Accenture requirements
Required Skills and Experience
- At least one Google Cloud Professional-level certification
- Strong expertise across Google Cloud services such as Compute Engine, App Engine, Cloud Storage and GKE
- Hands-on experience implementing foundational cloud platforms including landing zones, IAM, VPC and networking, or data platforms such as pipelines, storage and databases
- Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Set Yourself Apart
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform), CI/CD pipelines and scripting languages such as Bash or Python
- Hands-on experience producing technical documentation including architecture diagrams, design specifications and operational runbooks
- Strong understanding of cloud security best practices including IAM, encryption and firewalling
- Hands-on experience with networking across cloud and on-premise systems
- Proven experience leading small technical teams and mentoring junior engineers
- Experience in site reliability engineering or production operations, including incident troubleshooting
- Excellent problem-solving skills with examples of technical innovation or delivery improvement
- Minimum of 5 years uninterrupted residency in the UK and eligibility for UK SC clearance
What’s In It For You
- Competitive basic salary
- 25 days’ annual leave
- Private medical insurance
- Three additional days’ leave per year for charitable work
- Opportunities to work on high-impact public sector programmes
Flexibility and mobility are required for this role, including time spent onsite with clients and partners to deliver the first-class services Accenture is known for.
