AWS Technical Architect

Socket.dev; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking an AWS Technical Architect to lead end-to-end cloud architecture engagements for enterprise clients in North America. You will design scalable, secure AWS solutions, mentor delivery teams, and drive adoption of AI and data capabilities.

Travel up to 0-100% may be required across client sites. Strong collaboration with sales, engineering, and product teams to accelerate modernizations and deliver measurable business value.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years hands‑on AWS experience and enterprise cloud architecture skills.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience; strong communication and leadership abilities.
• Experience with AWS migrations, data & AI capabilities, and complex multi‑cloud strategies.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture design for AWS-based solutions across industries.
• Mentor delivery teams and define governance, standards, and best practices.

Skills

AWS Architecture

Cloud strategy

Enterprise-scale design

Technical leadership

Pre-sales & client delivery

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

CloudFormation

Terraform

Jenkins

Ansible

Puppet

Job description

We Are

Accenture AWS Business Group (AABG) is part of Accenture Cloud First, Accenture’s industry-leading organization dedicated to helping clients achieve total enterprise reinvention through cloud, data, and artificial intelligence. With more than 141,000 cloud professionals and 124,000 cloud certifications across Accenture, Cloud First brings unmatched scale andexpertiseto some of the world’s most complex business and technology transformations.

Within AABG, our AWS Practice brings together Accenture’s deepest AWSexpertise, including more than1,500 AWS-certified architectswho serve as the AWS SWAT team for the most complex and innovative AWS engagements. As AWS’ deepest strategic partner in the ecosystem, AABG leveragescutting-edgeengineering, high-performance computing (HPC), artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and advanced data analytics to design, build, and deploy custom cloud-native applications and services. Our teams help clients rapidly prototype, scale, and productionize transformative solutions while accelerating their journey to modern, serverless, and cloud-native architectures.

Joining AABG means working alongside some of the industry's top cloud practitioners to help the world’s leading organizations unlock new value and drive innovation at scale. Through our collaborative culture, unmatched client opportunities, and focus on continuous learning,you'llhave the chance to grow yourexpertise, advance your career, and shape the future of cloud transformation.

Learn more about Accenture's AWS capabilities: Accenture AWS Cloud Services

You Are

We are looking to expand ourAWSTechnicalArchitect team withthe best talentwho havea passion for driving growth, pre-sales, sales and client delivery andwho have experience in thelatest AWS Agentic AI services and can create valueacross the business suite, and across functions, that will enable us to continue to drive transformations at scale.

The Work

The AccentureTechnicalArchitect roleis a core growth driver within Accenture, focused on helpingcross industryorganizationsreinvent, scale, and compete with the agilityrequiredin today’s market.Organizations share boldambitionsandthey are undergoing a significant transformation, driven by the need to modernize operations, accelerate growth, and respond to evolving industry demands. Accenture brings the full strength of our global capabilities—deep industryexpertise, ecosystem partnerships, and proven innovation to makeenterprise‑gradesolutions accessible, scalable, and simplified.
Powered by curated offerings, preconfiguredsolutions, accelerators, andAI‑enableddelivery models, Accenture brings together teams across our global network to help clients drive real ROI, innovate faster, and transform with confidence.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop reusable Enterprise Cloud Architecture, Data & AI, Migration & Agentic AIsolution assets including reference architectures, accelerators, frameworks, and proof-of-concept templatesthat enable delivery teams todemonstratevalue quickly and shorten time-to-value for client engagements.
• Serve as the primary subject matter expert on AWS Business Group (AABG) solutions during sales pursuits, participating in client-facing presentations, orals, solution workshops,demo development,labor estimates / staffing model design, AWS cost estimation,and RFP/RFI responses to articulate Accenture's technical vision and differentiated capabilities.
• Provide hands‑on technical leadership during project delivery, guiding solution design,validatingarchitectural decisions,staffing projects,and advising delivery teams on best practices for data platforms, analytics, machine learning, and generative AI implementations.
• Conduct independent quality assessments and architecture reviews of in-flight projects to evaluate solution soundness, adherence to enterprise standards, risk posture, and alignment with client businessobjectives— providing actionable recommendations for remediation.
• Author technical whitepapers, solution briefs, and case studies that position Accenture's Cloud Architecture, Agentic AI, Migration, andData & AI capabilities in the marketplace and support business development efforts.
• Build andmaintainstrategic relationships with key technology partners (including architecture, data platformvendorsand AI/ML tooling providers) to ensure proposed solutionsleveragethe latest platform capabilities and partnership incentives.
• Mentor and upskill delivery architects and technical staff on emerging Enterprise Cloud, Data & AI, Agentic AI, Migrationtrends, patterns, and technologies — raising the overall technical acumen of the practice.
• Establish and evangelize architecture standards, design patterns, and governance frameworks forAWS Cloud Architecture,Data & AI solutions that ensure consistency, scalability, and quality across engagements.
• Build lasting partnerships with our AWS Partner sales, account teams, and solution architect teams.
• Monitor industry trends, emerging technologies, and competitivelandscapeinCloud, Agentic AI, Migration, andData & AI to inform Accenture's investment priorities, point-of-view development, and strategic positioning.
• Support pursuit teams in estimating level of effort, defining delivery approaches, and shaping statements of work for Cloud Architecture, and Data & AI engagements — ensuring technical feasibility and realistic scoping.
• Champion innovation byidentifyingopportunities to embedAWS AgenticAIservicesand advanced analytics into client solutions, driving measurable businessoutcomesand reinforcing Accenture's reputation as a market leader in Enterprise Cloud Architecture and Data & AI.

Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on businessneed and client requirements.

Here's what you need

• Minimum 8 years hands‑on keyboard AWS experience, with deeper capabilities and interests in specific services. Including in-depth knowledge and technical expertise of cloud, enterprise networking, with depth in AWS specific services and technology
• Must have hands‑on AWS experience with at least 1 implementation and/or Migration into AWS (preferred in an Enterprise scale environment)
• Minimum of 4 years proven scripting capability and the ability to develop AWS EAC (environments as code)
• Minimum 1 year of experience with Automation/IAC (infrastructure As Code) Solutions– CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Jenkins, etc.
• Minimum required AWS certification must include AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional)
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. If Associate’s Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience
• Minimum 5 years of experience with core AWS platform architecture, including areas such as:

Organizations, Account Design, VPC, Subnet, segmentation strategies

Cloud Endure, MGN, Data Sync

Backup and Disaster Recovery approach and design

Environment and application automation

CloudFormation and third‑party automation approach/strategy

Network connectivity, Direct Connect and VPN

AWS Cost Management and Optimization

Bonus points if you have

• A system engineering or developer background with the ability to learn quickly and share your knowledge with the broader team.
• A mindset ofautomateeverything, with experiencedemonstratingthis.

Leadership essentials

While delivering results is essential,howyou lead is equally important. These are the eightleadership essentialsthat we value and expect from our leaders:

• Always do the right thing in every decision and action
• Lead with excellence, confidence and humility asdemonstratedby being a learner, building great teams and being naturally collaborative
• Exemplify client-centricity and a commitment to Client Value Creation
• Act as a true partner to each other, our clients, ourecosystemand our communities
• Care deeply for all our people to help them achieve their aspirations professionally and personally
• Have the courage to change and the ability to bring our people along the journey
• Live our unwavering commitment to inclusion and diversity asdemonstratedby personal impact and overall results
• Actively innovate—seeking new answers, applying a tech, AI and data first mindset, looking internally across Accenture and outside—to partners, competitors, start-ups, clients, academia and analysts—to learn, respectfully challenge our assumptions and apply the innovation, and cultivate and reward our people for doing the same

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below.