Senior Enterprise Architecture Lead
Accenturefederalservices · Washington, DC
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## Senior Enterprise Architecture Lead ### About Accenture Federal Services At Accenture Federal Services, nothing matters more than helping the US federal government make the nation stronger and safer—and life better for people. Join a collaborative, caring community where you’re empowered to grow through hands-on experience, certifications, and industry training. ### You Are A senior architecture leader operating across the FSA enterprise, responsible for driving architecture initiatives and setting technical direction across a large, complex account with a diverse technology footprint. You independently lead initiatives end-to-end—identifying where architecture needs to evolve, building consensus across teams and stakeholders, and carrying initiatives from concept through delivery. You’re a peer technical leader to the Architecture Lead with a defined portfolio of ownership. ### The Work - **Enterprise Architecture Leadership** - Drive architecture initiatives across the account’s technology portfolio (call center/contact center platforms, cloud infrastructure, networking/connectivity, and application modernization)—not limited to reviewing others’ designs. - Set and enforce technical direction aligned with security-first / FedRAMP Moderate / DISA STIG defaults (encryption, least-privilege IAM, secrets management). - Own architecture decisions and reviews for a defined scope with full authority (escalation is the exception). - Handle live technical and client escalations within your scope in real time. - **Cross-Account Coordination** - Connect engineering teams across the account’s technology stack, resolving integration and design conflicts between teams that don’t share a reporting line. - Build and maintain relationships with technical and non-technical stakeholders to drive initiatives across boundaries. - Represent architecture decisions and account-wide technical status in client/stakeholder settings. - **Cloud & DevOps Platform Ownership** - Guide IaC practices (Terraform preferred) across teams: module structure, state management, security scanning. - Own or heavily influence GitLab CI/CD pipeline standards and DevOps practices. - Drive AWS architecture decisions (GovCloud primary) using security-first and observability-forward standards (Dynatrace/Splunk). - **Networking & Connectivity** - Own or heavily influence enterprise networking architecture: site-to-site connectivity, hybrid/multi-cloud network design, VPN/Direct Connect strategy, segmentation, and routing. - Ensure networking designs meet the same security-first and compliance bar (FedRAMP/DISA STIG). - Serve as the account’s go-to technical authority for networking questions across team/cloud boundaries. - **AI Adoption Partnership** - Partner with teams driving AI/ML and GenAI initiatives (you don’t own the AI roadmap independently). - Evaluate where AI capabilities create real architectural/operational value, applying a security/compliance lens. - Connect AI-focused teams with the broader engineering organization to keep adoption aligned with account-wide architecture standards. ### Here’s What You Need - 12+ years of enterprise architecture, solution architecture, or technical leadership experience - 5+ years of cloud architecture experience across AWS, Azure, or GCP - Experience with Terraform, Infrastructure as Code, and CI/CD automation - Experience leading enterprise-wide architecture initiatives and influencing cross-fun
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