Field CTO - Cloud Platform & App Modernization Leader

Accenture; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a seasoned cloud delivery leader to architect and drive Google Cloud Platform initiatives for enterprise clients. You will own end-to-end delivery, guide transformations of infrastructure and applications, and govern security and operations across global teams.

You will collaborate with client leadership and offshore engineers to ensure rapid value delivery, design landing zones, and implement modern platform engineering patterns at scale.

Qualifications

• Minimum 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.
• Minimum 7+ experience independently owning client engagements from technical design through go-live, with strong dual mastery in technical leadership and delivery management (scope, risk, dynamic client stakeholders).
• Minimum 3+ years experience hands-on proficiency with Terraform, VPC networking, Google Kubernetes Engine (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.
• Minimum 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).
• Minimum 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).

Responsibilities

• Own delivery end-to-end: single point of accountability for scope, schedule, engineering quality, platform security, and business outcomes across infrastructure and application modernization workstreams.
• Design migration waves, application refactoring patterns (e.g., strangler-fig), infrastructure deployment cadences, and team structures to minimize risk and maximize velocity.
• Provide technical advisory: guide client 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 engagement leadership with offshore engineering teams 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 rather than quarters.
• Enforce technical governance: establish automated deployment guardrails, CI/CD pipelines, testing strategies, SRE alerting, and operational readiness checkpoints.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Client engagement

Delivery governance

Leadership & mentorship

Cross-border coordination

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Terraform

Google Kubernetes Engine

Apigee/API gateways

Cloud Run

CI/CD tools

VPC design

Job description

Accenture is seeking a seasoned cloud delivery leader to architect and drive Google Cloud Platform initiatives for enterprise clients. You will own end-to-end delivery, guide transformations of infrastructure and applications, and govern security and operations across global teams.

You will collaborate with client leadership and offshore engineers to ensure rapid value delivery, design landing zones, and implement modern platform engineering patterns at scale.