AWS Solution Architect

Job Description

Job Title: AWS Solution Architect

Locations: Manchester

Salary: Competitive salary and package dependent on experience

Career Level: Associate Manager

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:

We are one of the world's leading providers of Cloud Solutions.You'll work on innovative projects with colleaguesto drive collaboration from strategy through to implementation. You will be using the latest technologies 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 boundary less 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 global 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.

In our team you will:

• Work for tier-1 clients across industry sectors - helping them turn their cloud strategy into reality.
  
• Help design and deliver transformative cloud solutions - from migrating legacy applications onto Cloud, to building innovative, new cloud-native applications.
  
• Continue to learn and grow - we actively encourage and support continuous learning and certification.
  
• Serve as a cloud evangelist, educating customers on the value Cloud computing can bring to transform their business.
  

In your role, you will:

• Design, implement scalable, secure, and high-performing cloud solutions that power AI initiatives.
  
• Design and support cloud-native architectures
  
• Optimize cloud costs and performance for AI workloads, including GPU-based instances and serverless computing.
  
• Develop and maintain cloud infrastructure architecture, standards, and best practices.
  
• Provide technical guidance to the development team on cloud-related issues.
  
• Ensure optimal performance, security, and scalability of the cloud infrastructure.
  
• Lead and execute large end-to-end cloud migration projects.
  
• Implement and maintain cloud security measures to protect against unauthorized access and data breaches.
  
• Collaborate with data scientists, ML engineers, and software developers to deploy ML models and pipelines in production environments.
  
• Evaluate and recommend new Cloud services and features to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the cloud infrastructure.
  

Qualification

We are looking for the following experience:

• Cloud certification at Associate/Professional Level (e.g. Solutions Architect/DevOps/Developer/SysOps).
  
• Relevant experience in architecture, design, and implementation on Cloud.
  
• In-depth knowledge of Cloud services (e.g. EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, API Gateway, VPC, Route 53, IAM, and CloudFormation/Terraform).
  
• Experience with security and compliance frameworks (e.g. CIS, SOC 2, and HIPAA).
  
• Proven expertise in architecting and overseeing cloud migration strategies, (e.g. AWS Server Migration Service, and AWS Database Migration Service).
  
• Experience with DevOps tools (e.g.Git, Jenkins, Docker, and Kubernetes).
  
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
  

Set yourself apart:

• It would be advantageous to have multi-cloud experience (including but not limited to AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud), with an understanding of the various platforms and tools used to achieve interoperability, in order to extract value from data held in disparate environments.
  
• The ideal candidate will be familiar with hybrid cloud and on-premises environments and possess a strong understanding of how to leverage different technologies to achieve optimal performance across various cloud ecosystems.
  

What’s in it for you:

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will alsohave an extensive benefits package which includes 25 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and a generous pension plan.

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

Closing Date for Applications:
31/12/25

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

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Locations

Manchester

Additional Information

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