Federal Technical Architecture Lead (TS Cleared, Onsite DC)

Accenture PLC; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 110,000 - 224,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services seeks a Technical Architecture Lead to drive end-to-end architecture that aligns solutions with mission needs. You will manage a cross-functional engineering team, oversee DevSecOps practices, migrations, and patching, and coordinate planning, accreditation, and audits to ensure resilient, compliant operations for a TS-cleared federal program.

The role requires hands-on leadership, strong documentation, and experience with C&A processes, capacity planning, and release

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing, building, refactoring, and operating large-scale IT systems.
• 5+ years across the full solution delivery lifecycle and managing engineering teams (≥5).
• Strong technical documentation and standards management.
• Experience with federal Certification & Accreditation (C&A) processes.
• Active Top Secret clearance and willingness to work onsite in Washington, DC.
• AWS Solutions Architecture Associate Certification.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end IT architecture aligned to mission needs.
• Manage a cross-functional engineering team of 5+ engineers.
• Oversee DevSecOps practices, code migrations, and security patching.
• Coordinate capacity planning, PI planning, accreditation, audits, and contingency testing.
• Ensure resilient, compliant operations for a TS-cleared federal program.

Skills

Large-scale IT systems

Engineering leadership

DevSecOps

C&A processes

AWS cloud proficiency

Documentation standards

Top Secret clearance

Capacity planning

PI planning

Release governance

Tools

AWS Solutions Architecture Associate Certification

Job description

Accenture Federal Services seeks a Technical Architecture Lead to drive end-to-end architecture that aligns solutions with mission needs. You will manage a cross-functional engineering team, oversee DevSecOps practices, migrations, and patching, and coordinate planning, accreditation, and audits to ensure resilient, compliant operations for a TS-cleared federal program.

The role requires hands-on leadership, strong documentation, and experience with C&A processes, capacity planning, and release