Enterprise Architect

Accenture; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 74,000 - 214,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services seeks a senior architecture leader to translate mission and business strategy into executable technology direction across cloud, data, integration, security and platforms.

You will define target-state architectures, lead enterprise and solution discussions with clients and delivery teams, assess current-state environments, and mentor architects while guiding modernization programs.

Qualifications

• Experience leading architecture for enterprise, cloud, application, integration, data, platform, or modernization initiatives.
• Experience creating roadmaps, target states, standards and design patterns.
• Broad understanding of cloud platforms, APIs, security and delivery constraints.

Responsibilities

• Define target-state architectures, modernization roadmaps, standards, integration patterns and governance for complex federal systems.
• Lead enterprise and solution architecture discussions with client leaders, engineering teams, platform teams, security, product stakeholders, and delivery leadership.
• Assess current-state environments, technical debt, dependencies, risks, and modernization opportunities.

Skills

Architecture leadership

Enterprise architecture

Cloud platforms

Stakeholder management

Mentoring

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

At Accenture Federal Services, nothing matters more than helping the US federal government make the nation stronger and safer and life better for people.Our 13,000+ people are united in a shared purpose to pursue the limitless potential of technology and ingenuity for clients across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations.

Join Accenture Federal Services, a technology company within global Accenture. Recognized as a Glassdoor Top 100 Best Place to Work, we offer a collaborative and caring community where you feel like you belong and are empowered to grow, learn and thrive through hands-on experience, certifications, industry training and more.

Join us to drive positive, lasting change that moves missions and the government forward!

You are:

A senior architecture leader who connects mission and business strategy to executable technology direction. You bring broad technical depth, systems thinking, and strong stakeholder judgment to guide complex federal modernization efforts across applications, cloud, data, integration, security, and platforms. This opportunity spans a range of experienced architecture scope. Depending on your background, you may lead architecture for complex programs or operate across multiple programs and portfolios, establishing standards, governance, modernization patterns, and strategic technology direction.

The work:

• Define target-state architectures, modernization roadmaps, technology standards, integration patterns, and architectural governance for complex federal systems and programs.
• Lead enterprise and solution architecture discussions with client leaders, engineering teams, platform teams, security, product stakeholders, and delivery leadership.
• Assess current-state environments, technical debt, dependencies, risks, vendor/platform options, modernization opportunities, and architecture tradeoffs.
• Guide cloud transformation, application modernization, enterprise integration, API strategy, data architecture, security alignment, and scalable product/platform patterns.
• Create and communicate architecture artifacts, decision records, reference architectures, standards, principles, roadmaps, and implementation guidance.
• Align architecture decisions to mission outcomes, business priorities, security constraints, delivery realities, cost, maintainability, and long-term technical strategy.
• Mentor architects and technical leaders and help teams resolve ambiguity and complex cross-domain technical decisions.
• Use AFS-approved AI-assisted tools and workflows to accelerate architecture analysis, documentation, option assessment, and technical research while applying expert judgment and validating outputs.
• At broader scope, establish architecture governance and standards across programs or portfolios and advise senior stakeholders on transformation investments and enterprise technology direction.

Here's what you need:

• Professional experience leading architecture for enterprise, cloud, application, integration, data, platform, or modernization initiatives, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience creating architecture roadmaps, target states, standards, design patterns, decision records, and technical strategies.
• Broad understanding of cloud platforms, application architecture, APIs, data, enterprise integration, security, platform engineering, and delivery constraints.
• Experience evaluating technical tradeoffs, modernization paths, risk, dependencies, and solution options across complex environments.
• Experience communicating architecture decisions to engineering teams, client stakeholders, delivery leaders, security teams, and executive audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex architecture work, mentor technical leaders, resolve ambiguity, and influence standards beyond a single application or team.
• For candidates with broader experience, demonstrated success setting technology direction across multiple teams, programs, portfolios, or major transformation initiatives.

Bonus points if you have:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Architecture, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience with TOGAF, DoDAF, Zachman, Federal Enterprise Architecture, architecture review boards, or technology governance.
• Experience with multi-cloud or hybrid cloud, cloud migration, FinOps, zero trust, DevSecOps, data platforms, or enterprise integration.
• Experience with federal clients, regulated environments, mission systems, COTS/GOTS integration, or large-scale modernization programs.
• Architecture, cloud, security, or delivery certifications.
• Experience mentoring architects, engineering leaders, or technical communities of practice across programs.

Eligibility Requirements:

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Ability to work with federal clients and comply with applicable AFS, client, security, and program requirements.
• Ability to work in a hybrid, remote, or client-site environment as program needs require.

As required by local law, Accenture Federal Services provides reasonable ranges of compensation for hired roles based on labor costs in the states of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia, and the city of Cleveland. The base pay range for this position in these locations is shown below. Compensation for roles at Accenture Federal Services varies depending on a wide array of factors, including but not limited to office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits. You can find more information on benefits here. (https://www.accenture.com/us-en/careers/your-future-rewards-benefits) We accept applications on an on-going basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply.

The pay range for the states of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia, and the city of Cleveland is:

$73,900-$213,600 USD

What We Believe

As a company wholly dedicated to serving the US federal government, we bring together the best talent to help reinvent how federal agencies operate and deliver greater value for their mission and the American people. We have an unwavering commitment to creating a culture in which all our people are respected, feel a sense of belonging, and have equal opportunity. As a business imperative, every person at Accenture Federal Services has the responsibility to create and sustain a culture where everyone feels welcomed and included. This is grounded in our core values and our experience that hiring and developing great people who reflect different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds is key to driving innovation and delivering the results that our clients and the country count on.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

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