AWS Cloud-Native Solution Architect Associate Director

We are:
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 801,000 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. We are one of the world's leading providers of Amazon Web Services Solutions.

You are:
A motivated, driven AWS Cloud-Native Solution Architect with experience shaping both the approach to implementation and estimating the effort to deliver desired outcomes with AWS technologies for clients. You enjoy using your AWS Cloud-Native development experience to create and estimate the effort to deliver innovative, cutting-edge solutions. Driven by curiosity, you explore how new technologies can be applied to solve challenging business problems. You thrive in a collaborative, creative, and productive team environment where ideas are freely exchanged, and innovative concepts evolve into practical solutions.

The work:

• Specialized Technical Sales for solutions utilizing AWS technologies.

• Drive full end-to-end Technical Solutioning and effort estimation from sales origination and initial client conversations, through discovery, design, and transitioning a signed SOW to delivery teams.

• Develop compelling proposals, deliver client-facing presentations, response documents, and business cases which resonate with senior client stakeholders and deliver value.

• Lead solution planning teams, including multiple solution architects, subject matter experts, and delivery experts to shape deals that balance winnability and deliverability.

• Collaborate on a strategic and tactical level with our strategic partner AWS.

 

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 12 of years of experience and extensive knowledge of cloud industry trends, including public, private, and hybrid cloud platforms and technologies with specialization in AWS.
• Minimum 10 of years of AWS systems engineering skills in support of estimating Application modernization, Data Modernization, containerization, and re-engineering solutions on AWS.
• Minimum 8 of years of experience and a proven track record (wins) in architecting, solutioning, and selling AWS-centric transformation and migration solutions for leading global enterprises.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate’s Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience)
• AWS Solution Architect Associate Certification

Professional Skills Requirements

• Experience creating commercially compelling solutions and business cases. - Can't be basic requirement as this is not identifiable through resume review alone
• Strong oral and written communication skills.

Bonus points if you have:

• AWS Solution Architect Professional, would be bonus/preferred
• Understanding and experience of the challenges associated with managing the creation of end-to-end solutions balancing the objectives of both sales and delivery teams
• Knowledge of operational and security challenges associated with taking a client on a journey to the Cloud utilizing an “As a Service” model.
• Evidence of personal development relating to AWS.
• Proven ability to build and lead outcome-driven teams.
• Demonstrated commitment, teamwork, and collaboration in a professional setting.
• Experience working with ecosystem partners and hyper scalers.
• High energy level, focus, and ability to work well in demanding client environments.
• Strong leadership, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
• Unquestionable professional integrity, credibility, and character.

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 12/31/2026.

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: https://www.accenture.com/us-en/careers/local/benefits

Role Location                                     Annual Salary Range

California                                           $163,000 to $434,000

Colorado                                             $163,000 to $375,000

Connecticut                                        $163,000 to $375,000

District of Columbia                          $173,500 to $399,300

Illinois                                              $150,900 to $375,000

Maine                                                 $138,800 to $319,400

Maryland                                             $163,000 to $375,000

Massachusetts                                  $163,000 to $399,300

Minnesota                                           $163,000 to $375,000

New York                                             $150,900 to $434,000

New Jersey                                         $173,500 to $434,000

Ohio                                                 $150,900 to $347,200

Virginia                                              $150,900 to $399,300

Washington                                       $173,500 to $399,300

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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.

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