Data Engineering Associate Director

Job Description

Role: Data Engineering Associate Director
Location: London
Salary: Competitive salary and package dependent on experience
Career Level: Associate Director (CL5)

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.

We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.

“Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us.” - Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO

As a team:

Working across industry groups, our Data & AI team combines deep technology, business and industry expertise to design and deliver some of the largest, most challenging and highest profile technology solutions in the world.

You'll work on innovative projects with colleagues to drive collaboration from strategy through to implementation. You will be using the latest technologies, with a particular focus on AI and GenAI, with clients to help them get to the next level.

You'll learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture thatthrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunitiesthat candrive your career in new and exciting ways.

If you’re looking for a challenging career working in a vibrant environment with access to training and a global network of experts, this could be the role for you.As part of our team, you'll be working with cutting-edge technologies and will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job.

Your background will involve contributing across projects including data engineering, technology architecture solution implementation, product selection and application strategy definition, or the introduction of technology to drive business improvement into an operational organisation.

Our team has the remit to operate in multiple industries, including Financial Services, Resources, Products, Communications and Health & Public Services.

In our team, you will:

• Help clients harness data and AI technologies to solve business challenges, through the delivery of complex data programmes
  
• Help clients design, develop, deploy, and run high quality data engineering and AI solutions across a range of industries with varying business and organisational challenges
  
• Work with latest technology solutions from industry and academia and learn how to apply them to solve real world customer problems
  

As a Data Engineering Associate Director, you will:

• Help manage our wider Data Engineering practice and capability
  
• Oversee the development of use-case and platform technology solutions to tackle critical business challenges, using both reference and emerging technologies, engineering patterns, and AI Services.
  
• You will focus on formulating real-world problems into practical, efficient and scalable solutions that can appropriately leverage the full cloud technology and AI spectrum.
  
• Lead multi-disciplinary teams to deliver complex solutions from inception to production and operationalisation, ensuring alignment with client needs and technical excellence.
  
• Provide strategic and technical leadership, shaping technology roadmaps, mentoring other developers, and fostering team growth. While ensuring the correct data architecture and patterns are used to solve the required problem.
  
• Play a pivotal role in the Accenture Data & AI community, driving thought leadership by sharing insights and experiences from cutting-edge client projects and research initiatives.
  

Qualification

We are looking for significant experience in:

• Complex programme planning and delivery in the data and AI domains
  
• Data platform and engineering technologies and services such as Databricks, Snowflake, Palantir.
  
• Data services from major cloud providers such as Google Cloud, AWS, and Microsoft Azure.
  
• Designing and deploying robust, scalable, and secure cloud-based solutions (networking, security, storage, monitoring, scaling, disaster recovery/high availability) on one or more cloud platforms.
  
• Software Engineering, DevSecOps, and operational excellence in data solution delivery.
  

Set yourself apart:

• Proven ability to deliver enterprise-scale data and AI services that impact end-user experiences and business outcomes.
  
• Certified cloud credentials (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional).
  
• Experience in leading teams and influencing cross-functional stakeholders in delivering production-grade data and AI solutions.
  

What’s in it for you

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there may be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services we are known for.

About Accenture

Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Interactive, Technology and Operations services-all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our +700,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at .

Accenture is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, or gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law.

Closing Date for Applications: 28/11/2025

Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.

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