AI & Data Architect

Accenture Infrastructure and Capital Projects, LLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking an AI & Data Architect/Senior Manager in London to align complex business objectives with scalable cloud solutions. You will drive data, AI, and multi-cloud strategies, design architecture patterns, and lead teams from strategy to production.

The role requires strong leadership, security focus, and collaboration with senior stakeholders, with ongoing learning and certification encouraged.

Qualifications

• Experience designing AI/ML-driven solutions and data lifecycle management.
• Ability to design scalable and secure cloud-based data architectures.
• Hands-on experience with modern data platforms and multi-cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Align complex business objectives with scalable, secure cloud solutions.
• Drive data, AI, security, and multi-cloud strategies for digital transformation.
• Design architecture patterns and platforms to solve key business challenges.
• Lead and mentor architectural teams from inception through production.
• Engage executives with cloud strategies and governance reviews.

Skills

AI/ML architecture

Cloud architecture

Data lifecycle

Security

Multi-cloud

Stakeholder comms

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Job Title: AI & Data Architect/AI & DataSeniorArchitect

Location: London

Career Level:Manager (CL7)

Salary: Competitive salary and package dependent on experience

Please Note: Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory BPSS and SC security clearance which typicallyrequires 5 years continuous UK address history usually including no periods of 30 consecutive days or more spent outside of the UK and declaration of being a British passport holder with no dual nationalism at the point of application.

Note: The above information relates to a specific client requirement

Accenture is a leading global professional services company,providinga broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities acrossall ofthese services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industryexpertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.

We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core valuescompriseof Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for theIndividualand Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.

“Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us.” – Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO

As a team:

Accenture’s Secure Transformation Services teamprovidesthe UK withdigitalexpertiseon sovereign transformation where it matters most, making a meaningful impact across government, defence, Critical National Infrastructure, and regulated industries.

https://www.accenture.com/gb-en/services/technology-transformation/technology-strategy/uk-sovereign-transformation

With proven experience in sovereign, mission-critical settings, our team specialises in developing and delivering secure solutions that make our country safer, unlocking value for citizens and customers.

You’llwork on innovative projects with colleagues to drive collaboration from strategy through to implementation. You will be using the latest technologies, with a particular focus on AI and GenAI, with clients to help them get to the next level.

We nurture technologists and industry specialists who have passion for our clients, curiosity, and an appetite to learn.You’lllearn,growand advance in an innovative culture thatthrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunitiesthat candrive your career in new and exciting ways.

Ifyou’relooking for a challenging career working in a vibrant environment with access to training and a global network of experts, this could be the role for you.As part of our global team,you’llbe working withcutting-edgetechnologies and will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job.

In our team you will:

• Work forpublic sector and adjacentclientssupporting their missions associated with UK sovereign transformation

• Work with clients through strategy,solutionand delivery, using bespoke methods to research, test and deploy securely at scale

• Learn and grow - we actively encourage and support continuous learning and certification

• Serve as a cloud, data, and AIevangelist, educating customers on the valuesuch technologies and approachescan bring to transform their business

As an AI& DataArchitecture Senior Manager, you will:

• Align complex businessobjectiveswith scalable, secure cloud solutions, ensuring alignment with organisational goals

• Drive innovation across data, AI, security, and multi-cloud strategies, enabling digital transformation

• Design use-case and platform technology architectures to solve key business challenges using reference andcutting-edgetechnologies and architectural patterns

• Work in multi-disciplinary teams to refine and deliver architecture, supporting the delivery frominceptionthrough to production

• Provide technical leadership to shape technology strategy and solution design, managing and supporting other architects and engineers

• Contribute to theSTSand widerData & AI community, sharing insights and experience guiding the creation and establishment of standard patterns and templates for emerging technologies based on client delivery experience and research

• Drive innovation across data, AI, security, and multi-cloud strategies, enabling digital transformation

• Mentor managers and consultants, building technical capability and leadership within the team

• Engage senior stakeholders, presenting cloud strategies and architectures to executive boards and governance forums

Priority Skill

• AI

We are looking for experienceacross several of the following skills and experience:

• AI/ML architectural patterns,best practices, and platform technologies

• Experience designing AI/ML-driven solutions and data lifecycle management

• Data solution design,selecting theappropriate cloud-nativeservices for dataprocessing, management, and storage,with an emphasis on serverlessmicroservices

• Cloud infrastructure (networking, security, monitoring, scaling)

• Experience being a hands-on data architect (only when needed)with programme languageslikeJava, Scala,Python, or architecture-as-code such aslinkml, turtle, owl

• Experience with both open source and vendor data platforms

• Experience with data architecture, architectural concepts,methodologiesand approaches

• Experience with microservices architecture

• Experience of designing for both structured and unstructured data

As a technology consultancy, we look for people who can deliver both exceptional technical solutions and work as true partners to the organisations we support. To do this you must be able to:

Communicate effectively verbally and in writing,demonstratedthrough:

• Effectively explain complex technical solutions to a non-technical audience

• Writing meaningfully to deliver clear information, and guidance

• Giving impactful presentations, articulating clearly key points

Demonstrate critical thinking by:

• Analysing and evaluating information

• Using information gathered to present solutions and reach decisions

• Displaying familiarity and comfort with a breadth of technologies (appropriate tothe level of the role) and an appreciation of how they can be combined and applied to solve customer problems

Work in partnership with others to:

• Effectively manage both internal and external stakeholders to ensuresynergy

• Collaborate meaningfully with all parties to ensure outcomes are reached effectively

Whilst having experience in a consultancy is beneficial, demonstrable experience in working with clients/external partners in other settings will always be considered.

Set yourself apart:

• Foundational certifications in AWS and/or GCP

• Specialist certifications in AWS and/or GCP on data engineering and/or AI/ML(e.g., AWS Certified Machine Learning – Specialty)

What’s in it for you

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will alsohave an extensive benefits package which includes up to 30 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services we are known for.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimise their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

Visit us at www.accenture.com

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