Cloud Operations Engineer

Role: Cloud Operations Engineer

Location: Cheltenham

Salary: Competitive salary and package dependent on experience; includes shift premium for unsociable hours.

Career Level: Analyst & Senior Analyst

Security Clearance: Offer of employment subject to satisfactory BPSS and SC clearance. Requires 5 years continuous UK address history and declaration of being a British passport holder with no dual nationality.

The Accenture Secure Cloud Infrastructure Support team operates in an internet disconnected environment to support critical national infrastructure for a secure government client. The role includes a 24/7/365 rota, with a shift premium for non standard hours.

• Provide frontline support to secure cloud users, troubleshooting and resolving critical technical issues.
• Manage tickets that track user queries and support requests, documenting effective diagnosis, resolution, or escalation.
• Develop product knowledge in cutting edge air gapped cloud technology to support users with how to questions.
• Support internal reviews to identify opportunities for continuous improvement and reduce toil.
• Follow documented runbooks and procedures for high priority incident management for potential UK critical workloads.

• Experience working with computer systems and networks, specifically Linux.
• Willingness to learn deep skills in air gapped cloud architecture and operations.
• Experience in a production support or operations role ensuring a live service for users.
• Experience with IaC tools including Terraform.
• Experience with Kubernetes.
• Experience troubleshooting issues and identifying potential bugs or failures.
• Experience understanding network architectures and troubleshooting network related issues using Linux tools.

• Competitive basic salary.
• Up to 25 days vacation per year.
• Private medical insurance.
• 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of choice.

Closing Date for Applications: 31st May 2026. Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.

We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of differences. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis protected by applicable law.

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