Field CTO, Cloud Infra & App Modernization

Accenture; Beaverton (OR); On-site; USD 120,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking an experienced cloud architect to own end-to-end delivery of cloud infrastructure modernization for enterprise clients. You will shape migration strategies, review IaC, and lead cross-border teams to deploy platform foundations and migrate workloads using Terraform, GKE, Apigee, and CI/CD pipelines.

The role requires deep GCP expertise, security-first design, and the ability to engage C-suite stakeholders while coordinating onshore and offshore engineering teams to maintain

Qualifications

• 7+ years in hands-on, client-facing technology roles with at least 5 years architecting and delivering on Google Cloud Platform, with deep expertise in cloud infrastructure, networking, application development, microservices, and modern platform engineering.
• 7+ years owning client engagements from technical design through go-live, with strong dual mastery in technical leadership and delivery management (scope, risk, dynamic client stakeholders).
• 3+ years hands-on proficiency with Terraform, VPC networking, GKE, Apigee/API gateways, Cloud Run, compute services, and CI/CD pipelines (Cloud Build, Jenkins, GitHub Actions)—including the ability to design landing zones, write Terraform modules, review PRs, and debug broken deployments.
• 3+ years experience implementing security-by-design principles (IAM, org policies, encryption, network segmentation, compliance controls) alongside modern software engineering practices (clean code, testing strategies, observability, 12-factor apps).
• 5+ years experience leading distributed global engineering teams and clear communication skills across technical whiteboarding with engineers or presenting to C-suite executives.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience (minimum 12 years of work experience if no degree; minimum 6 years of work experience required with an Associate's degree).
• Google Cloud Certifications: Active Google Cloud Professional certifications (Cloud Architect, Cloud Network Engineer, Cloud Security Engineer, or Cloud Developer).

Responsibilities

• Own delivery end-to-end: single point of accountability for scope, schedule, engineering quality, platform security, and business outcomes across infrastructure and modernization workstreams.
• Design migration waves, refactoring patterns (e.g., strangler-fig), infrastructure deployment cadences, and team structures to minimize risk and maximize velocity.
• Provide technical advisory: guide leadership and technical teams on GCP landing zones, container orchestration, microservice architectures, API gateways, security controls, and cloud operating models.
• Lead cross-border delivery teams: coordinate onshore client leadership with offshore engineering to set priorities, clear blockers, review code/modules, and maintain delivery pace.
• Drive rapid time-to-value: stand up delivery post-sale to deploy platform foundations, migrate workloads, and refactor applications in weeks.
• Enforce technical governance: establish automated deployment guardrails, CI/CD pipelines, testing strategies, SRE alerting, and operational readiness checkpoints.

Skills

Terraform

GKE

Apigee

VPC design

Microservices

CI/CD pipelines

Security governance

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Google Cloud Certifications (optional)

Tools

Cloud Build

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Cloud Run

Job description

Accenture is seeking an experienced cloud architect to own end-to-end delivery of cloud infrastructure modernization for enterprise clients. You will shape migration strategies, review IaC, and lead cross-border teams to deploy platform foundations and migrate workloads using Terraform, GKE, Apigee, and CI/CD pipelines.

The role requires deep GCP expertise, security-first design, and the ability to engage C-suite stakeholders while coordinating onshore and offshore engineering teams to maintain