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Accenture

Advises businesses and runs their technology

Custom Software Engineer

Full-Time
No salary listed
Mid
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
In Person
DevOps & InfrastructureDatabase Administration

About the job

Requirements
  • At least 3 years of experience is required.
  • 15 years of full-time education is required.
  • Hands-on experience administering databases in enterprise environments.
  • Experience in database design, implementation, administration, and performance optimization.
  • Experience supporting business-critical applications and highly available database platforms.
  • Experience working in global and cross-functional organizations.
  • Experience with Oracle, including Single Instance, Data Guard, or standby databases; Microsoft SQL Server; MySQL; or PostgreSQL.
  • Experience with Linux/Unix administration or Microsoft Windows Server.
  • Experience with Ansible.
  • Experience with Python, PowerShell, JavaScript, or Shell/Bash.
  • Experience with AWS RDS, cloud-native database services, or Database-as-a-Service concepts.
  • Experience with enterprise backup solutions and database-native backup tools such as RMAN, pg_dump, or mysqldump.
  • Ability to monitor database health, availability, and performance and resolve alerts, anomalies, and degradation.
  • Experience using enterprise IT service management tools to manage incidents, service requests, problems, and tickets in accordance with service-level agreements.
  • Ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues independently.
  • Ability to work effectively in global and cross-functional teams.
  • Ability to collaborate across different cultures, countries, and business functions.
Responsibilities
  • Design, implement, and maintain enterprise database environments according to business requirements and enterprise standards.
  • Develop database architectures supporting high availability, scalability, performance, and security requirements.
  • Partner with software vendors, solution architects, and internal stakeholders to define and implement standardized database solutions.
  • Contribute to platform modernization, cloud transformation, and database standardization initiatives.
  • Administer and support enterprise databases across development, test, and production environments.
  • Ensure the stability, availability, performance, and continuous improvement of the enterprise database landscape.
  • Monitor database health and proactively identify and resolve potential issues.
  • Perform root cause analysis and implement preventive measures to minimize operational risks.
  • Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation after onboarding and knowledge transfer.
  • Monitor, analyze, and optimize database performance and resource utilization.
  • Perform capacity planning for business growth and increasing transaction volumes.
  • Identify and resolve database and application performance bottlenecks.
  • Develop and implement performance-tuning strategies to improve efficiency and scalability.
  • Design, implement, and maintain high-availability solutions using replication and standby database technologies.
  • Develop and maintain backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies.
  • Conduct backup validation and recovery testing to meet business continuity requirements.
  • Support disaster recovery planning and execution activities.
  • Implement and maintain database security standards, controls, and best practices.
  • Manage user access, authentication, authorization, and auditing requirements.
  • Ensure compliance with corporate security policies and regulatory requirements.
  • Identify security risks and implement mitigation measures.
  • Drive automation initiatives to improve operational efficiency, reliability, and service quality.
  • Develop and maintain automation solutions using scripting languages and configuration-management tools.
  • Automate routine database administration and operational processes.
  • Contribute to the enhancement of the organization's Database-as-a-Service platform.
  • Provide technical guidance to development teams on database architecture, design, performance, and best practices.
  • Advise project teams and business stakeholders on database-related solutions and infrastructure requirements.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support business initiatives and digital transformation programs.
  • Serve as the primary database expert within the organization.
  • Develop and maintain operational procedures, technical documentation, standards, and service descriptions.
  • Collaborate with enterprise architects to define and improve database governance and operational standards.
  • Promote knowledge sharing and mentor team members on database technologies and best practices.
  • Support continuous improvement initiatives and operational excellence programs.
  • Monitor database environments using monitoring tools and centralized monitoring platforms.
  • Analyze monitoring events and correlate system metrics to detect incident root causes.
  • Configure and maintain alerting thresholds, notifications, and escalation paths.
  • Create, update, and resolve tickets according to service-level agreements and operational procedures.
  • Perform initial triage, classification, and prioritization of database-related tickets.
  • Collaborate with support teams, application owners, and infrastructure teams to resolve incidents.
  • Document resolutions, known errors, and workarounds in the ticketing system.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement of incident-management and problem-management processes.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience with Microsoft SQL Server.
  • Experience with Commvault.

About the company

Accenture advises large businesses and public agencies on strategy, builds their technology systems and runs ongoing operations. Its teams connect business planning with implementation, covering areas such as cloud migration, cybersecurity and customer experience. Consultants work with clients to redesign processes, while engineers integrate software from technology partners and maintain the resulting systems for multinational organizations. Clients pay for project work or continuing services, including application support and business processes such as finance and customer service. Accenture was founded in 1989 and has its headquarters in Dublin, Ireland.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Dublin, Ireland

Founded

1989

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What believers are saying

  • Business demand grew: October 2026 results showed $74.2 billion annual revenue, up 5% in local currency.
  • Eligible US employees buy discounted stock: Accenture's purchase plan sells shares at 15% below market price.
  • Client relationships run deep: Accenture has worked with 195 of its top 200 customers for more than ten years.

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  • Bookings are not guaranteed revenue: most Accenture contracts let clients cancel quickly with little or no penalty.
  • Promotions require AI adoption: Accenture's CEO said in March 2026 that employees must use its tools effectively.
  • Federal hiring practices proved costly: Accenture settled discrimination allegations for $25 million in September 2026, without a liability finding.

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  • Its AI platform switches models: AI Refinery selects among prebuilt models according to cost, performance and other requirements.
  • Accenture owns specialist Microsoft expertise: it cofounded the Microsoft-focused Avanade consultancy with the software maker.
  • Consulting includes creative agencies: Accenture Song owns businesses spanning advertising, digital product design and customer engagement.

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Accenture reported revenue of nearly $74.2 billion for fiscal year 2026, up 6.5% year-over-year, with net income of roughly $8.5 billion. The professional services firm serves approximately 9,000 clients globally with 814,000 employees. Microsoft generated revenue of nearly $331.8 billion in FY 2026, a 17.8% increase, with net income of approximately $133.7 billion. The company's net margin reached close to 40.3%. Both companies maintained a debt-to-equity ratio of approximately 0.3x. Microsoft's free cash flow reached nearly $67.0 billion, whilst Accenture's was roughly $11.6 billion. Accenture recently addressed a $25 million settlement with the Department of Justice regarding federal contracting practices. Microsoft faces securities fraud class action lawsuits involving AI and Copilot claims, alongside antitrust scrutiny and an IRS tax audit.

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