AI Transformation Lead: Agentic & Cloud Architect

Accenture; Walnut Creek (CA); On-site; USD 94,000 - 266,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Long-term disability

401(k) plan

Bonus opportunities

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Cloud Architect to design multi-agent systems and AI-native architectures for enterprise AI transformation. You will blend AI with distributed systems, evolve legacy cores, and deliver scalable, secure cloud environments across industries.

This role requires hands-on expertise in AI workloads, DevOps for AI, and leadership of agile teams, with travel up to 100% as needed to meet client engagements.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years hands-on experience building innovative applications, with at least 1 year with AI/LLM systems.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience explaining complex AI concepts to executive audiences.
• Minimum of 2 years designing and building software systems, including AI-native architectures.
• Minimum of 5 years leading an agile team and managing AI development challenges.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience designing engineering systems and DevOps for AI workloads.
• Minimum of 1 year understanding the economics of AI systems (token costs, latency, fine-tuning vs prompts).
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience (minimum 12 years of work).

Responsibilities

• Designing multi-agent architectures that blend AI with distributed systems.
• Building AI-native, composable architectures for enterprise scale.
• Transforming legacy cores into event-driven, human-AI collaborative systems.
• Mapping dependencies and learning production patterns to ensure reliable changes.
• Leading battle-hardened AI transformation efforts and guiding teams from front.

Skills

AI/LLM systems

Architecting AI systems

Agile leadership

Executive communication

DevOps for AI workloads

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Event-driven architectures

Microservices

Kubernetes

Vector databases

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience

Tools

Claude API

Neo4j

Qdrant

PostgreSQL

Kafka

Kinesis

EventBridge

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Accenture is seeking a Cloud Architect to design multi-agent systems and AI-native architectures for enterprise AI transformation. You will blend AI with distributed systems, evolve legacy cores, and deliver scalable, secure cloud environments across industries.

This role requires hands-on expertise in AI workloads, DevOps for AI, and leadership of agile teams, with travel up to 100% as needed to meet client engagements.