Senior AI/ML Architect & Forward‑Deployed Leader

Accenture PLC; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 141,000 - 311,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Bonuses

Paid time off

Health insurance

Job summary

Accenture plc is seeking an AI/ML Sr Architect to deliver full-stack AI architecture on public, private, or sovereign clouds. You will design agent frameworks, reference architectures, and guide engineering teams from use-case to production rollout across major cloud providers and AI platforms.

In this hybrid Dallas-based role, you will collaborate with clients to shape scalable AI foundations, ensure governance and cost efficiency, and lead architecture workshops while advising on TCO and

Qualifications

• 10+ years in Python/Java or equivalent tech stack.
• 6+ years with AI technologies from public cloud/open source/tools.
• 4+ years designing large-scale AI/ML solutions on major public clouds.
• 4+ years operating AI platforms (OpenAI/Claude/Vertex AI) and MLOps/LLMOps practices.
• 3+ years designing scalable Agentic AI and Generative AI platforms.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent; 12+ years experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Architect enterprise-ready AI agent systems: retrieval, orchestration, governance, evaluation, lifecycle observability.
• Lead architecture workshops with client and Accenture teams; finalize requirements and TCO for AI solutions.
• Evaluate technologies for full-stack AI platforms; build financial-viability models.
• Design architectural blueprints (multi-agent, AI security, runtime, governance, DevOps, data layer).
• Design knowledge architecture (knowledge graphs, semantic layers) for enterprise-scale agents.
• Architect for scalability, security, governance, and performance on public/private clouds.
• Design reusable AI components, agents, and solution patterns for repeatable delivery.
• Run AgentOps, LLMOps, AI Governance, AI Security, and Observability; drive MLOps pipelines.

Skills

Python

Java

AI technologies

LLMOps

Agent frameworks

Cloud architectures

Security governance

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

12 years work experience

Tools

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore

Azure AI Foundry

Vertex AI

Anthropic Claude Agent SDK

LangGraph

CrewAI

AutoGen

Agent SDKs

Job description

Accenture plc is seeking an AI/ML Sr Architect to deliver full-stack AI architecture on public, private, or sovereign clouds. You will design agent frameworks, reference architectures, and guide engineering teams from use-case to production rollout across major cloud providers and AI platforms.

In this hybrid Dallas-based role, you will collaborate with clients to shape scalable AI foundations, ensure governance and cost efficiency, and lead architecture workshops while advising on TCO and