Field CTO, Cloud Infra & App Modernization

Accenture; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture seeks an accomplished cloud leader to own delivery of complex GCP infrastructure and modernization programs. You will guide onshore and offshore teams, shape migration strategies, and ensure secure, scalable platform foundations. Expect hands-on architecture depth with governance and rapid value delivery.

You will mentor engineers, review deployments, and drive modern engineering practices across microservices, API gateways, and DevOps pipelines. This role travels 25%–100% as needed.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7+ years in hands-on, client-facing technology roles with at least 5 years architecting and delivering on Google Cloud Platform.
• Minimum 7+ experience independently owning client engagements from technical design through go-live.
• Minimum 3+ years experience hands-on with Terraform, VPC networking, GKE, Apigee/API gateways, Cloud Run, CI/CD pipelines.
• Minimum 3+ years experience implementing security-by-design principles (IAM, org policies, encryption, network segmentation).
• Minimum 5+ years experience leading distributed global engineering teams and communicating with executives.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; 12 years experience if no degree; 6 years with Associate's degree.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery end-to-end: single point of accountability for scope, schedule, and outcomes.
• Design migration waves, refactoring patterns, and deployment cadences to maximize velocity.
• Provide technical advisory on GCP landing zones, microservices, and API gateways.
• Lead cross-border delivery with onshore and offshore teams; review code and blockers.
• Drive time-to-value: stand up platform foundations and migrate workloads in weeks.
• Enforce governance: automated deployments, CI/CD, testing, and SRE readiness.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Technical leadership

Delivery management

Client engagements

GCP expertise

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Terraform

VPC networking

Google Kubernetes Engine

Apigee/API gateways

Cloud Run

CI/CD (Cloud Build, Jenkins, GitHub Actions)

Job description

Accenture seeks an accomplished cloud leader to own delivery of complex GCP infrastructure and modernization programs. You will guide onshore and offshore teams, shape migration strategies, and ensure secure, scalable platform foundations. Expect hands-on architecture depth with governance and rapid value delivery.

You will mentor engineers, review deployments, and drive modern engineering practices across microservices, API gateways, and DevOps pipelines. This role travels 25%–100% as needed.