Data Platform Architect — Lead Secure Cloud Platform

Accenture Federal Services; Clearfield (UT); On-site; USD 124,000 - 246,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services seeks a Data Platform Architect to set the technical vision for a common data platform and broader mission cloud ecosystem in a secure, regulated environment.

This hands-on leadership role influences delivery, enforces architecture standards, and drives data quality, lineage, and observability while ensuring security and compliance from the start. Active Top Secret clearance is required.

Responsibilities

• Own technical vision and roadmap for the data platform (data lake/lakehouse, ingestion, modeling, governance, analytics).
• Translate vision into design decisions, standards, and reference patterns for engineering.
• Present and defend architecture positions to the Architecture Review Board; communicate approved decisions to the team.
• Design/build data pipelines and platform services in Python and related tools, focusing on performance and reliability.

Job description

Accenture Federal Services seeks a Data Platform Architect to set the technical vision for a common data platform and broader mission cloud ecosystem in a secure, regulated environment.

This hands-on leadership role influences delivery, enforces architecture standards, and drives data quality, lineage, and observability while ensuring security and compliance from the start. Active Top Secret clearance is required.