Field CTO: Cloud Infra & App Modernization

Accenture; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture in the United States seeks a senior cloud delivery leader to own end-to-end client engagements spanning cloud infrastructure, landing zones, and modernization programs. You will guide technical teams, review IaC, and coordinate offshore engineers to deliver production-grade platform foundations.

The role requires deep expertise in GCP, Terraform, GKE, Apigee, and CI/CD, with global delivery experience and strong stakeholder communication. Travel is expected.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7+ years in hands-on, client-facing technology roles with 5+ years on Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience owning client engagements from technical design through go-live.
• 3+ years hands-on with Terraform, GKE, Apigee, Cloud Run, CI/CD pipelines.
• 3+ years implementing security-by-design principles alongside modern software practices.
• 5+ years leading distributed global engineering teams with strong communication.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery end-to-end for cloud infrastructure and application modernization workstreams.
• Design migration waves, refactoring patterns, and deployment cadences to maximize velocity.
• Provide technical advisory on GCP landing zones, container orchestration, and API gateways.
• Lead cross-border teams to set priorities, review code, and maintain delivery pace.
• Stand up delivery post-sale to migrate workloads and refactor applications in weeks.
• Establish automated deployment guardrails, CI/CD pipelines, and SRE readiness.

Skills

Terraform

GKE

Apigee

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud security

Delivery management

Technical leadership

Client engagement

GCP

IaC scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Terraform

GKE

Apigee

Cloud Run

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

Job description

Accenture in the United States seeks a senior cloud delivery leader to own end-to-end client engagements spanning cloud infrastructure, landing zones, and modernization programs. You will guide technical teams, review IaC, and coordinate offshore engineers to deliver production-grade platform foundations.

The role requires deep expertise in GCP, Terraform, GKE, Apigee, and CI/CD, with global delivery experience and strong stakeholder communication. Travel is expected.