Network Engineer: AI‑Driven, Cloud‑First Networking

Accenture; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 66,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

Long-term disability

401(k)

Bonus opportunities

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Accenture seeks seasoned network professionals to lead and deliver modern network transformations, translating business needs into scalable, secure networking solutions across enterprise environments.

The role emphasizes client relationships, problem solving, and collaboration to drive reliable, future-ready infrastructure. Travel may be required depending on engagements and client needs.

Qualifications

• 4+ years supporting large-scale network transformation and modernization programs.
• 4+ years designing infrastructure to support AI, analytics, data-intensive, and high-performance workloads.
• 2+ years with software-defined networking, intent-based networking, network digital twins, and autonomous operations concepts.
• 4+ years of experience with hybrid cloud, multi-cloud, and edge networking architectures.
• 2+ years working within DevOps, NetOps, SRE, and platform engineering operating models.
• 4+ years of experience integrating network infrastructure with cloud, security, observability, and enterprise management platforms.
• 4+ years of experience with data center fabrics, high-performance transport networks, and large-scale distributed systems
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience.

Responsibilities

• Assess and plan network design and implementation projects.
• Assess client network environments and identify gaps and performance improvement opportunities, based on leading industry practices.
• Develop implementation roadmaps and transition plans.
• Document findings and present to client managers and engineers.
• Develop network engineering solutions from concept through implementation.
• Create network detailed designs utilizing SDN, network segmentation, access control, security, and cloud networking components.
• Analyze and provide recommendations for emerging network technologies.
• Implement network infrastructures solutions (hands-on engineering, configuration, testing, deployment, and initial support).
• Establish and maintain relationships with clients.
• Drive internal and client-facing meetings and develop reports and presentations.

Skills

Network engineering

Consulting

Problem solving

Communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

SDN platforms

Cloud networking

Automation tooling

Job description

Accenture seeks seasoned network professionals to lead and deliver modern network transformations, translating business needs into scalable, secure networking solutions across enterprise environments.

The role emphasizes client relationships, problem solving, and collaboration to drive reliable, future-ready infrastructure. Travel may be required depending on engagements and client needs.