Project Role : Custom Software Engineer

Project Role Description : Develop custom software solutions to design, code, and enhance components across systems or applications. Use modern frameworks and agile practices to deliver scalable, high-performing solutions tailored to specific business needs.

Must have skills : Machine Learning Operations

Good to have skills : NA

Minimum 7.5 Year(s) Of Experience Is Required

Educational Qualification : BTECH

Summary:

We re looking for an automation-first engineer who can operate across both application and infrastructure layers—similar to our US-based systems team.

In this role, you will own customer environments end-to-end, ensuring reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency. Your focus will be on eliminating manual work through automation and leveraging AI tools to accelerate troubleshooting and operations.

You will work closely with our SRE team, who manage shared platform reliability and core infrastructure, while you focus on customer-specific environments.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Own customer environments across application and infrastructure layers (configs, deployments, patching, scaling)

Execute and automate runbook-driven tasks (SQL scripts, queue management, data fixes, restores)

Build automation using PowerShell, Python, and GitHub Actions to convert manual processes into self-service workflows

Use AI tools (Copilot, Claude AI) for code generation, log analysis, and faster root cause analysis

Monitor system health using Datadog (APM, logs, dashboards, monitors)

Respond to alerts via on-call tools (PagerDuty, Opsgenie, ServiceNow) and ensure timely incident resolution

Troubleshoot and resolve incidents across both application and infrastructure layers

Partner with SRE to ensure overall platform reliability

Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation

Document processes and mentor junior engineers





Continuously identify and eliminate operational toil through automation

Professional & Technical Skills:

Automation Mindset: You instinctively automate repetitive tasks and improve processes

OS Administration:

- Windows Server (RDP, IIS, Services, Task Scheduler)
- Linux (SSH, systemctl, bash, cron)

Database Operations: Strong SQL skills (SSMS, backups, restores, troubleshooting, data fixes)

Monitoring & Incident Response:

- Hands-on experience with Datadog (APM, logs, dashboards, monitors)
- Experience with on-call/incident tools like PagerDuty, Opsgenie, or ServiceNow
- Strong alert triaging and incident handling skills

Configuration Management: XML, JSON, property files

Scripting & Automation: PowerShell, Python, or Bash

AI-Assisted Development: Comfortable using tools like Copilot to write/debug code and accelerate troubleshooting

Infrastructure Fundamentals:

- Cloud (AWS/Azure basics)
- Server resizing, patching
- Networking basics (TLS/certificates, load balancing)
- Web servers (IIS, Apache Tomcat)

Version Control: Git and GitHub workflows

Incident Management: Ability to troubleshoot under pressure across app + infra layers

Process Discipline: Strong attention to detail follows and improves runbooks

Nice to Have

Experience with infrastructure automation tools (Terraform, Ansible)

Familiarity with AI/ML-based observability or predictive alerting

Experience

Experience in teams that blend engineering and operations responsibilities

5–10 years in systems, operations, or platform engineering roles

Hands-on experience across both application and infrastructure domains

Proven experience in production support, monitoring, and incident management

Robust interest in using AI to reduce operational effort and improve system reliability

Additional Information:

You will be working with a Trusted Tax Technology Leader, committed to delivering reliable and innovative solutions

📌 Custom Software Engineer (Secunderabad)
🏢 Accenture
📍 Secunderabad