Senior Network Architect & Transformation Lead

Accenture; New York (NY); On-site; USD 87,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Network Engineer Architect who can translate business objectives into practical technology strategies and lead complex transformations. You will design infrastructure to support AI and data-intensive workloads, while ensuring secure, scalable networking across on‑prem, cloud, and hybrid environments.

Expect collaboration with DevOps, NetOps, SRE, and platform engineering teams; contribute to standards, governance, and architecture reviews.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise network solutions across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Minimum 8 years of experience with network architecture including routing, switching, wireless, security, segmentation, and traffic engineering.
• Minimum 8 years designing and supporting large-scale enterprise, service provider, cloud, or mission-critical infrastructures.
• Minimum 3 years in network automation, orchestration, and IaC methodologies.
• Minimum 3 years scripting and automation using Python, APIs, and automation frameworks.
• Minimum 8 years cloud networking concepts including connectivity, segmentation, security, load balancing, and multi-cloud architectures.
• Minimum 3 years modern security architectures: Zero Trust, micro-segmentation, identity-based access, encryption, secure remote access.
• Minimum 3 years observability, telemetry, analytics, and performance management platforms.
• Minimum 3 years virtualization, container networking, edge computing, and modern app delivery architectures.
• Minimum 2 years developing business-aligned technology strategies and roadmaps.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience (12 years) or 6 years if Associate’s Degree.

Responsibilities

• Lead large-scale network transformation and modernization programs.
• Design infrastructure to support AI, analytics, data-intensive, and high-performance workloads.
• Integrate network with cloud, security, observability, and enterprise management platforms.
• Develop and enforce enterprise technology standards and governance.
• Guide architecture reviews and engineering teams.

Skills

Network architecture

Hybrid cloud networking

DevOps/NetOps

Automation

Python scripting

Security architecture

SD-WN/intent-based networking

Automation frameworks

Data center fabrics

High-performance networks

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years)

Tools

Python

APIs

Job description

Accenture is seeking a Network Engineer Architect who can translate business objectives into practical technology strategies and lead complex transformations. You will design infrastructure to support AI and data-intensive workloads, while ensuring secure, scalable networking across on‑prem, cloud, and hybrid environments.

Expect collaboration with DevOps, NetOps, SRE, and platform engineering teams; contribute to standards, governance, and architecture reviews.