Senior AI Infra Architect for Defense Cloud

Accenture Federal Services; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 149,000 - 307,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services is seeking an AI Infrastructure Lead to design, secure, modernize, and operate advanced AI infrastructure for mission-critical defense programs. You will drive hybrid cloud architectures, HPC, and secure data workflows across classified environments.

You will partner with leadership to shape growth, develop pursuit strategies, and provide hands-on leadership during delivery, ensuring mission outcomes and secure, scalable AI environments.

Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of hybrid and multi-cloud architectures and secure infrastructure modernization.
• Experience with high-performance computing, distributed training, and GPU-accelerated workloads.
• Expertise in secure data onboarding, cross-domain operations, and AI pipeline orchestration.

Responsibilities

• Lead AI infrastructure strategy for defense modernization efforts.
• Drive architecture modernization across SUNet 2.0, HITS-U, and JEDAI-aligned environments.
• Develop pursuit strategies, lead solution architecture for proposals, and participate in enterprise AI infrastructure discussions.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership during delivery, guiding environment setup and modernization plans.
• Ensure performance, security, and reliability of inference environments for mission readiness.

Skills

Hybrid multi-cloud

HPC

GPU-accelerated workloads

Secure data onboarding

Cross-domain operations

AI pipeline orchestration

Zero-trust architecture

Data governance

Mission-focused strategy

Tools

SUNet 2.0

HITS-U

JEDAI backbone

Job description

Accenture Federal Services is seeking an AI Infrastructure Lead to design, secure, modernize, and operate advanced AI infrastructure for mission-critical defense programs. You will drive hybrid cloud architectures, HPC, and secure data workflows across classified environments.

You will partner with leadership to shape growth, develop pursuit strategies, and provide hands-on leadership during delivery, ensuring mission outcomes and secure, scalable AI environments.