Senior Application Platform Architect - 6163848

Accenture • St. Petersburg, FL

32d • $44 - $54 • Onsite

About The Position

Accenture Flex offers you the flexibility of local fixed-duration project-based work powered by Accenture, a leading global professional services company. Accenture is consistently recognized on FORTUNE's 100 Best Companies to Work For and Diversity Inc's Top 50 Companies For Diversity lists. As an Accenture Flex employee, you will apply your skills and experience to help drive business transformation for leading organizations and communities. In addition to delivering innovative solutions for Accenture's clients, you will work with a highly skilled, diverse network of people across Accenture businesses who are using the latest emerging technologies to address today's biggest business challenges. You will receive competitive rewards and access to benefits programs and world-class learning resources. Accenture Flex employees work in their local metro area onsite at the project, significantly reducing and/or eliminating the demands to travel. Role requires onsite client work 60% (3 days per week) in Jacksonville, FL Key Responsibilities: Platform & Application Architecture Define the overarching architecture, standards, patterns, and best practices for application and platform development. Architect end to end solutions using React/Remix/NodeJS, Python (FastAPI, Flask), GraphQL, and microservices. Design scalable containerized and cloud native solutions using Docker/Podman and Kubernetes. Establish architectural blueprints, reference architectures, and reusable frameworks. Technical Leadership Guide engineering teams through complex solution design decisions, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture. Conduct deep architecture reviews of applications, microservices, APIs, and data flows. Provide mentorship to developers, senior engineers, and application teams. Platform Engineering Architect, optimize, and evolve the internal application platform to support: UI frameworks, API gateways, Microservice orchestration, Observability and logging frameworks, CI/CD pipelines Ensure the platform supports high performance, multi tenancy, and scalability. Data & Integration Architecture Architect solutions that manage structured/unstructured data leveraging PostgreSQL, RDBMS concepts, and distributed data tools (e.g., Hadoop). Define API, integration, and GraphQL schemas ensuring consistency and maintainability. Work closely with data engineering teams to ensure metadata, lineage, and quality are integrated into platform services. Application Modernization Analyze existing applications and platforms to identify modernization opportunities. Lead refactoring, migration to microservices, and cloud native transformations. Establish principles for reusability, modularity, and standardized components. DevOps, Automation & Infrastructure Define and evolve platform CI/CD standards using Git based workflows. Collaborate with Infra teams on automation using Ansible, Shell scripting, and container orchestration patterns. Ensure platform security, reliability, performance tuning, and governance compliance. Collaboration & Strategy Partner with product owners to translate business requirements into technology roadmaps. Provide architectural input on major initiatives, platform investments, and technical debt reduction. Engage with cross functional teams to ensure solution alignment across the organization.

Requirements

• Technical Expertise Deep hands-on expertise in full stack engineering Frontend: React, Remix, NodeJS Backend: Python, FastAPI, Flask APIs: GraphQL, REST Strong experience designing and delivering microservices architectures Mastery in containers and orchestration: Docker, Podman, Kubernetes Solid understanding of Linux environments. Strong data and DB architecture experience: PostgreSQL, RDBMS fundamentals Distributed data concepts (Hadoop)
• Architectural Skills Experience designing large scale distributed systems Expertise in cloud native patterns, event driven systems, and service mesh (plus) Ability to create architecture diagrams, roadmaps, and technical documentation Strong knowledge of engineering best practices: testing strategies, coding standards, security controls
• Leadership & Soft Skills Ability to lead engineering teams through architectural and design decisions Strong communication skills to articulate complex concepts to both technical and non-technical partners Ability to influence stakeholders across product, engineering, infra, and security Proven track record of driving architectural transformation across the SDLC
• 7+ years of experience in application development and platform engineering
• 5+ years in an architect or principal engineer role
• Experience with platform‑as‑a‑product mindset
• Knowledge of cloud concepts (AWS/GCP/Azure)
• Experience establishing enterprise architectural governance
• Role requires onsite client work 60% (3 days per week) in Jacksonville, FL
• High School Diploma or GED

Nice To Haves

• Associate or bachelor's degree

Responsibilities

• Platform & Application Architecture Define the overarching architecture, standards, patterns, and best practices for application and platform development.
• Architect end to end solutions using React/Remix/NodeJS, Python (FastAPI, Flask), GraphQL, and microservices.
• Design scalable containerized and cloud native solutions using Docker/Podman and Kubernetes.
• Establish architectural blueprints, reference architectures, and reusable frameworks.
• Technical Leadership Guide engineering teams through complex solution design decisions, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture.
• Conduct deep architecture reviews of applications, microservices, APIs, and data flows.
• Provide mentorship to developers, senior engineers, and application teams.
• Platform Engineering Architect, optimize, and evolve the internal application platform to support: UI frameworks, API gateways, Microservice orchestration, Observability and logging frameworks, CI/CD pipelines Ensure the platform supports high performance, multi tenancy, and scalability.
• Data & Integration Architecture Architect solutions that manage structured/unstructured data leveraging PostgreSQL, RDBMS concepts, and distributed data tools (e.g., Hadoop).
• Define API, integration, and GraphQL schemas ensuring consistency and maintainability.
• Work closely with data engineering teams to ensure metadata, lineage, and quality are integrated into platform services.
• Application Modernization Analyze existing applications and platforms to identify modernization opportunities.
• Lead refactoring, migration to microservices, and cloud native transformations.
• Establish principles for reusability, modularity, and standardized components.
• DevOps, Automation & Infrastructure Define and evolve platform CI/CD standards using Git based workflows.
• Collaborate with Infra teams on automation using Ansible, Shell scripting, and container orchestration patterns.
• Ensure platform security, reliability, performance tuning, and governance compliance.
• Collaboration & Strategy Partner with product owners to translate business requirements into technology roadmaps.
• Provide architectural input on major initiatives, platform investments, and technical debt reduction.
• Engage with cross functional teams to ensure solution alignment across the organization.

Benefits

• Accenture Flex offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, and paid time off.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED