Cloud Enterprise Architect

Accenture Federal Services • Washington, DC

4d • $111,400 - $187,500

About The Position

Accenture Federal Services is seeking an Enterprise Cloud Architect to set architecture direction for secure, resilient cloud and infrastructure environments serving federal customers. The architect will define the standards and designs engineering teams build to, guide modernization and migration work, and advise technical and executive stakeholders. The role leads through technical direction rather than team management.

Requirements

• 7 or more years of experience in cloud or infrastructure engineering and architecture, including 3 or more years as an architect or senior technical lead.
• Deep design experience in AWS or Azure, with working knowledge of the other.
• Strong grounding in networking, compute, storage, virtualization, and Windows and Linux environments.
• Experience designing highly available, resilient architectures, including disaster recovery.
• Knowledge of NIST 800-53, FedRAMP, and ATO processes, plus identity and Zero Trust architecture.
• Understanding of infrastructure as code, CI/CD, and DevSecOps sufficient to set standards and review designs.
• Working knowledge of ITIL and observability platforms.
• Ability to explain trade-offs clearly to executives and engineers.
• Must have an active Top Secret clearance.

Nice To Haves

• AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or Google Professional Cloud Architect certification.
• CISSP or equivalent, and ITIL certification.
• Experience in federal agencies or other highly regulated environments.
• Experience with data center consolidation or enterprise modernization programs.
• Familiarity with cloud cost management.

Responsibilities

• Define reference architectures and standards for cloud and infrastructure across AWS, Azure, hybrid environments, and Google Cloud.
• Design for availability, resiliency, scalability, and disaster recovery.
• Lead architecture for cloud migration and infrastructure modernization.
• Design to NIST, FedRAMP, and Zero Trust requirements, and lead security architecture reviews with cybersecurity teams.
• Run architecture reviews and governance, and define architecture requirements for service management and operational readiness.
• Advise program and executive stakeholders.
• Mentor engineers and junior architects.

Benefits

• Collaborative and caring community.
• Hands-on experience, certifications, industry training, and other opportunities to grow, learn, and thrive.
• A wide variety of benefits; details are available through the company benefits information.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed