Senior Network Engineering Architect

Accenture•St. Louis, MO

4d•$112,900 - $271,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Accenture helps the world's leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed for organizations across industries. Our strategy is to be the reinvention partner of choice for our clients and lead in the safe, widespread adoption of AI, and to be the most client-focused, AI-enabled, great place to work in the world. We bring together the talent of our approximately 814,000 people with proprietary assets and platforms, deep process and industry expertise, and leading ecosystem relationships to deliver end-to-end solutions and measurable outcomes at scale. Through our Reinvention Services, we offer broad expertise across Cybersecurity, Digital Core, Finance, Industry and Enterprise, Song, Supply Chain and Engineering, and Talent, with advanced capabilities in AI and Data, Industry and Process, and Technology. We serve approximately 9,000 clients and generated approximately $74 billion in FY26 revenue. Visit us at accenture.com. A successful Network Engineer Architect combines deep technical expertise with strong consulting and leadership skills. They can translate business objectives into practical technology strategies, lead complex transformation initiatives, simplify operational challenges through automation, and deliver secure, scalable, and future-ready networking solutions that enable innovation across the enterprise.

Requirements

Minimum 8 years of experience designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise network solutions across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.
Minimum 8 years of experience with network architecture principles including routing, switching, wireless, network security, segmentation, application connectivity, and traffic engineering.
Minimum 8 years of experience designing and supporting large-scale enterprise, service provider, cloud, or mission-critical infrastructure environments.
Minimum 3 years of experience network automation, orchestration, and Infrastructure-as-Code methodologies.
Minimum 3 years of experience with scripting and automation technologies such as Python, APIs, and automation frameworks.
Minimum 8 years of experience of cloud networking concepts including connectivity, segmentation, security, load balancing, and multi-cloud architectures.
Minimum 3 years of experience of modern security architectures including Zero Trust, micro-segmentation, identity-based access, encryption, and secure remote access.
Minimum 3 years of experience with network observability, monitoring, telemetry, analytics, and performance management platforms.
Minimum 3 years of experience of virtualization, container networking, edge computing, and modern application delivery architectures.
Minimum 2 years of experience developing business-aligned technology strategies, roadmaps, and transformation.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate’s Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience)

Nice To Haves

Industry certifications in networking, cloud, cybersecurity, enterprise architecture, automation, or infrastructure engineering are a plus.

Responsibilities

Experience leading large-scale network transformation and modernization programs.
Experience designing infrastructure to support AI, analytics, data-intensive, and high-performance application workloads.
Knowledge of software-defined networking, intent-based networking, network digital twins, and autonomous operations concepts.
Experience with hybrid cloud, multi-cloud, and edge networking architectures.
Familiarity with DevOps, NetOps, SRE, and platform engineering operating models.
Experience integrating network infrastructure with cloud, security, observability, and enterprise management platforms.
Understanding of data center fabrics, high-performance transport networks, and large-scale distributed systems.
Experience developing enterprise technology standards, governance frameworks, and architecture review processes.