AWS Technical Architect

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113K-302K Annually
Senior level
Information Technology
The Role
Designs reusable AWS cloud, migration, data, and AI architecture assets; supports sales pursuits, proposals, estimates, workshops, and demonstrations; provides technical leadership during delivery; conducts architecture reviews; establishes governance standards; mentors architects; manages AWS partner relationships; and promotes Agentic AI and analytics solutions.
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We Are 

 
Accenture AWS Business Group (AABG) is part of Accenture Cloud First, Accenture’s industry-leading organization dedicated to helping clients achieve total enterprise reinvention through cloud, data, and artificial intelligence. With more than 141,000 cloud professionals and 124,000 cloud certifications across Accenture, Cloud First brings unmatched scale and expertise to some of the world’s most complex business and technology transformations. 

Within AABG, our AWS Practice brings together Accenture’s deepest AWS expertise, including more than 1,500 AWS-certified architects who serve as the AWS SWAT team for the most complex and innovative AWS engagements. As AWS’ deepest strategic partner in the ecosystem, AABG leverages cutting-edge engineering, high-performance computing (HPC), artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and advanced data analytics to design, build, and deploy custom cloud-native applications and services. Our teams help clients rapidly prototype, scale, and productionize transformative solutions while accelerating their journey to modern, serverless, and cloud-native architectures. 

Joining AABG means working alongside some of the industry's top cloud practitioners to help the world’s leading organizations unlock new value and drive innovation at scale. Through our collaborative culture, unmatched client opportunities, and focus on continuous learning, you'll have the chance to grow your expertise, advance your career, and shape the future of cloud transformation. 

Learn more about Accenture's AWS capabilities: Accenture AWS Cloud Services  
 

You Are

We are looking to expand our AWS Technical Architect team with the best talent who have a passion for driving growth, pre-sales, sales and client delivery and who have experience in the latest AWS Agentic AI services and can create value across the business suite, and across functions, that will enable us to continue to drive transformations at scale. 

The Work
The Accenture Technical Architect role is a core growth driver within Accenture, focused on helping cross industry organizations reinvent, scale, and compete with the agility required in today’s market. Organizations share bold ambitions and they are undergoing a significant transformation, driven by the need to modernize operations, accelerate growth, and respond to evolving industry demands. Accenture brings the full strength of our global capabilities—deep industry expertise, ecosystem partnerships, and proven innovation—to make enterprisegrade solutions accessible, scalable, and simplified. 
 
Powered by curated offerings, preconfigured solutions, accelerators, and AIenabled delivery models, Accenture brings together teams across our global network to help clients drive real ROI, innovate faster, and transform with confidence.  
 

Key Responsibilities

 

  • Design and develop reusable Enterprise Cloud Architecture, Data & AI, Migration & Agentic AI solution assets including reference architectures, accelerators, frameworks, and proof-of-concept templates that enable delivery teams to demonstrate value quickly and shorten time-to-value for client engagements. 

  • Serve as the primary subject matter expert on AWS Business Group (AABG) solutions during sales pursuits, participating in client-facing presentations, orals, solution workshops, demo development, labor estimates / staffing model design, AWS cost estimation, and RFP/RFI responses to articulate Accenture's technical vision and differentiated capabilities. 

  • Provide hands-on technical leadership during project delivery, guiding solution design, validating architectural decisions, staffing projects, and advising delivery teams on best practices for data platforms, analytics, machine learning, and generative AI implementations. 

  • Conduct independent quality assessments and architecture reviews of in-flight projects to evaluate solution soundness, adherence to enterprise standards, risk posture, and alignment with client business objectives — providing actionable recommendations for remediation. 

  • Author technical whitepapers, solution briefs, and case studies that position Accenture's Cloud Architecture, Agentic AI, Migration, and Data & AI capabilities in the marketplace and support business development efforts. 

  • Build and maintain strategic relationships with key technology partners (including architecture, data platform vendors and AI/ML tooling providers) to ensure proposed solutions leverage the latest platform capabilities and partnership incentives. 

  • Mentor and upskill delivery architects and technical staff on emerging Enterprise Cloud, Data & AI, Agentic AI, Migration trends, patterns, and technologies — raising the overall technical acumen of the practice. 

  • Establish and evangelize architecture standards, design patterns, and governance frameworks for AWS Cloud Architecture, Data & AI solutions that ensure consistency, scalability, and quality across engagements. 

  • Build lasting partnerships with our AWS Partner sales, account teams, and solution architect teams. 

  • Monitor industry trends, emerging technologies, and competitive landscape in Cloud, Agentic AI, Migration, and Data & AI to inform Accenture's investment priorities, point-of-view development, and strategic positioning. 

  • Support pursuit teams in estimating level of effort, defining delivery approaches, and shaping statements of work for Cloud Architecture, and Data & AI engagements — ensuring technical feasibility and realistic scoping. 

  • Champion innovation by identifying opportunities to embed AWS Agentic AI services and advanced analytics into client solutions, driving measurable business outcomes and reinforcing Accenture's reputation as a market leader in Enterprise Cloud Architecture and Data & AI. 

Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements. 

Here's what you need

  • Minimum 8 years hands-on keyboard AWS experience, with deeper capabilities and interests in specific services. Including in-depth knowledge and technical expertise of cloud, enterprise networking, with depth in AWS specific services and technology

  • Must have hands-on AWS experience with at least 1 implementation and/or Migration into AWS (preferred in an Enterprise scale environment)

  • Minimum of 4 years proven scripting capability and the ability to develop AWS EAC (environments as code)

  • Minimum 1 year of experience with Automation/IAC (infrastructure As Code) Solutions– CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Jenkins, etc.

  • Minimum required AWS certification must include AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional)

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. If Associate’s Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience

  • Minimum 5 years of experience with core AWS platform architecture, including areas such as:

Organizations, Account Design, VPC, Subnet, segmentation strategies

Cloud Endure, MGN, Data Sync

Backup and Disaster Recovery approach and design

Environment and application automation

CloudFormation and third-party automation approach/strategy

Network connectivity, Direct Connect and VPN

AWS Cost Management and Optimization

Bonus points if you have 

  •  A system engineering or developer background with the ability to learn quickly and share your knowledge with the broader team. 

  • A mindset of automate everything, with experience demonstrating this. 

Leadership essentials: 
 
While delivering results is essential, how you lead is equally important. These are the eight leadership essentials that we value and expect from our leaders: 

  • Always do the right thing in every decision and action 

  • Lead with excellence, confidence and humility as demonstrated by being a learner, building great teams and being naturally collaborative 

  • Exemplify client-centricity and a commitment to Client Value Creation 

  • Act as a true partner to each other, our clients, our ecosystem and our communities 

  • Care deeply for all our people to help them achieve their aspirations professionally and personally 

  • Have the courage to change and the ability to bring our people along the journey 

  • Live our unwavering commitment to inclusion and diversity as demonstrated by personal impact and overall results 

  • Actively innovate—seeking new answers, applying a tech, AI and data first mindset, looking internally across Accenture and outside—to partners, competitors, start-ups, clients, academia and analysts—to learn, respectfully challenge our assumptions and apply the innovation, and cultivate and reward our people for doing the same 

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below.
We anticipate this job posting will be posted until 10/31/2026.
Accenture offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off. See more information on our benefits here:

U.S. Employee Benefits | Accenture

Role Location Annual Salary Range
California $132,500 to $302,400
Cleveland $122,700 to $241,900
Colorado $132,500 to $261,300
District of Columbia $141,100 to $278,200
Illinois $122,700 to $261,300
Maine $112,900 to $222,500
Maryland $132,500 to $261,300
Massachusetts $132,500 to $278,200
Minnesota $132,500 to $261,300
New York $122,700 to $302,400
New Jersey $141,100 to $302,400
Virginia $122,700 to $278,200
Washington $141,100 to $278,200

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

Visit us at www.accenture.com 

What We Believe 

We have an unwavering commitment to diversity with the aim that every one of our people has a full sense of belonging within our organization. As a business imperative, every person at Accenture has the responsibility to create and sustain an inclusive environment. 

Inclusion and diversity are fundamental to our culture and core values. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities. Read more here 

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Accenture is an EEO and Affirmative Action Employer of Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.

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Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States.

Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.

Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process. Further, at Accenture a criminal conviction history is not an absolute bar to employment. 

The Company will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. Additionally, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the Company's legal duty to furnish information.

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Skills Required

  • At least 8 years of hands-on AWS experience
  • Hands-on experience implementing or migrating at least one solution into AWS
  • At least 4 years of scripting experience and ability to develop AWS environments as code
  • At least 1 year of experience with infrastructure-as-code or automation solutions such as CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, or Jenkins
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect certification at the Associate or Professional level
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, with at least 12 years of work experience
  • Associate’s degree holders must have at least 6 years of work experience
  • At least 5 years of experience with core AWS platform architecture
  • System engineering or developer background
  • Demonstrated experience automating processes and infrastructure
  • U.S. work authorization without current or future visa sponsorship

Accenture Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Accenture and has not been reviewed or approved by Accenture.

  • Healthcare Strength Pay is considered competitive when paired with robust insurance options and other perks that compare well with large consulting and IT services peers. Multiple national medical plan options plus dental and vision are positioned as a core strength of the overall package.
  • Retirement Support Retirement support is positioned as a standout feature through a 401(k) dollar-for-dollar match up to a set percentage after eligibility. The package is reinforced by additional financial programs such as savings tools and related resources.
  • Parental & Family Support Parental and caregiving supports are presented as a meaningful benefit differentiator through substantial paid parental leave and multiple caregiver-oriented programs. Backup care and fertility/adoption/surrogacy navigation and reimbursements add breadth to family support beyond leave alone.

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