Cloud Enterprise Architect

Accenture Federal Services; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 111,000 - 188,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services is seeking an Enterprise Cloud Architect to define architecture direction for secure, resilient cloud and infrastructure environments serving federal customers. This technical leadership role sets standards and designs that engineering teams build to, guides modernization and migration work, and advises stakeholders—without managing a team.

You will drive reference architectures across AWS, Azure, hybrid, and Google Cloud, ensure availability and disaster recovery, and

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in cloud or infrastructure engineering and architecture.
• Deep design experience in AWS or Azure, with working knowledge of the other.
• Strong grounding in networking, compute, storage, virtualization, and Windows and Linux environments.
• Experience designing highly available, resilient architectures, including disaster recovery.
• Knowledge of NIST 800-53, FedRAMP, and ATO processes, plus identity and Zero Trust architecture.
• Understanding of infrastructure as code, CI/CD, and DevSecOps well enough to set standards and review designs.
• Working knowledge of ITIL and observability platforms.
• Ability to explain trade-offs clearly to executives and engineers.
• Active Top Secret clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Define reference architectures and standards for cloud and infrastructure across AWS, Azure, hybrid, and Google Cloud.
• Design for availability, resiliency, scalability, and disaster recovery.
• Lead architecture for cloud migration and infrastructure modernization initiatives.
• Design to NIST, FedRAMP, and Zero Trust requirements, and lead security architecture reviews with cybersecurity teams.
• Run architecture reviews, define governance, and set architecture requirements for service management and operational readiness.
• Advise program and executive stakeholders and mentor engineers and junior architects.

Skills

Cloud architecture leadership

AWS & Azure design experience

Networking & virtualization

Security architecture (NIST, FedRAMP,

IaC / CI/CD / DevSecOps

ITIL & observability

Executive communication

Education

AWS Solutions Architect Professional

Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Google Professional Cloud Architect

CISSP

ITIL Certification

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

Accenture Federal Services seeks an Enterprise Cloud Architect to define architecture direction for secure, resilient cloud and infrastructure environments serving federal customers. This technical leadership role sets standards and designs that engineering teams build to, guides modernization and migration work, and advises stakeholders—without managing a team.

What You'll Do

• Define reference architectures and standards for cloud and infrastructure across AWS, Azure, hybrid, and Google Cloud
• Design for availability, resiliency, scalability, and disaster recovery
• Lead architecture for cloud migration and infrastructure modernization initiatives
• Design to NIST, FedRAMP, and Zero Trust requirements, and lead security architecture reviews with cybersecurity teams
• Run architecture reviews, define governance, and set architecture requirements for service management and operational readiness
• Advise program and executive stakeholders and mentor engineers and junior architects

What You Need

• 7+ years of experience in cloud or infrastructure engineering and architecture, including 3+ years as an architect or senior technical lead
• Deep design experience in AWS or Azure, with working knowledge of the other
• Strong grounding in networking, compute, storage, virtualization, and Windows and Linux environments
• Experience designing highly available, resilient architectures, including disaster recovery
• Knowledge of NIST 800-53, FedRAMP, and ATO processes, plus identity and Zero Trust architecture
• Understanding of infrastructure as code, CI/CD, and DevSecOps well enough to set standards and review designs
• Working knowledge of ITIL and observability platforms
• Ability to explain trade-offs clearly to executives and engineers
• Active Top Secret clearance required

Nice to Have

• AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or Google Professional Cloud Architect certification
• CISSP or equivalent, and ITIL certification
• Experience in federal agencies or other highly regulated environments
• Experience with data center consolidation or enterprise modernization programs
• Familiarity with cloud cost management

$111,400–$187,500 USD annually. Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits.