Field CTO: Cloud Infrastructure & App Modernization

Accenture; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking an experienced cloud delivery leader with deep Google Cloud Platform expertise to architect and oversee large-scale migration programs. You will guide on GCP landing zones, microservices, and security-by-design while coordinating global teams to deliver production-ready platforms.

You will drive end-to-end delivery, define migration waves, and supervise CI/CD pipelines, testing, and observability to ensure rapid value realization for clients.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in hands-on, client-facing technology roles with 5+ years on Google Cloud Platform
• 5+ years architecting and delivering Google Cloud Platform projects
• 3+ years hands-on with Terraform, GKE, Apigee/API gateways, Cloud Run, CI/CD pipelines
• 3+ years implementing security-by-design principles (IAM, encryption, network segmentation)
• 5+ years leading distributed global engineering teams and communicating to executives
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience (12+ years if no degree)

Responsibilities

• Own delivery end-to-end for cloud infrastructure and application modernization workstreams
• Define migration waves & migration/refactoring patterns to minimize risk and maximize velocity
• Guide client leadership on GCP landing zones, container orchestration, and API gateways
• Lead onshore/offshore delivery teams, set priorities, remove blockers, review code
• Stand up delivery post-sale to deploy platform foundations and migrate workloads
• Establish automated deployment guardrails, CI/CD pipelines, testing strategies, and observability

Skills

Cloud architecture

GCP

GKE

Terraform

Security by design

Delivery management

Cross-functional leadership

CI/CD

APIs

Education

Bachelor's degree

Associate's degree

Tools

Terraform

GKE

Apigee

API gateways

Cloud Build

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Cloud Run

Job description

Accenture is seeking an experienced cloud delivery leader with deep Google Cloud Platform expertise to architect and oversee large-scale migration programs. You will guide on GCP landing zones, microservices, and security-by-design while coordinating global teams to deliver production-ready platforms.

You will drive end-to-end delivery, define migration waves, and supervise CI/CD pipelines, testing, and observability to ensure rapid value realization for clients.