[ref. r86332218] AWS Data & AI Solution Architect - Manager - Scottsdale
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 over 738,000 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 with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise, and global delivery capability.
There is never a typical day at Accenture, but that’s why we love it here! This is an extraordinary chance to create a rewarding career at Accenture Technology. Working in a digitally driven, innovation-led environment where you can help clients shift to the “New” using leading-edge technologies on some of the coolest projects you can imagine.
You Are (Hiring Group):
Accenture Cloud First helps companies reinvent their enterprise with a strong digital core, powered by cloud, to accelerate growth and optimize operations. We help companies get to cloud, utilize the power of cloud and operate on the Cloud Continuum—to get to value faster and take the world by cloud.We’re a multi-service organization dedicated to helping companies’ re-platform their business in the cloud. Our full spectrum of services connects every aspect of the cloud to help clients realize value from their investments. Because cloud is more than just technology, our solutions encompass the fundamental organizational changes needed to sustain success in a cloud environment.
Accenture AWS Business Group (AABG) is one of the Cloud First’s leading Ecosystem Partners. As the leaders in cloud and global services, we don't just keep pace with the latest technology; we're pioneering it. Through 15+ years of strategic collaboration, AABG has consistently delivered outstanding results and pioneering solutions that drive tangible business impact for our clients.Step inside and discover how our relentless commitment to customer satisfaction is driving innovation forward.
The Work:
You will be a value architect for mid to large-sized engagements involving Apps maintenance, Systems integration, Apps development, and Apps-Infra support engagements. As a Solution Architect, you will leverage your deep solutioning/delivery experience to individually create solutions and also to develop solutions collaboratively with the client stakeholders (either advising or co-creating the solutions). As part of this role, you will/may need to:
- Lead the technical solutioning of Data/AI workstreams for RFPs/RFIs, helping shape winning proposals that align with client expectations and showcase our competitive edge
- Understand Data and AI business requirements and convert them into technology requirements / use cases
- Analyze current state architecture, define the target dispositioning strategy, and define target-state technical architecture diagrams
- Utilize deep knowledge of AWS services, including but not limited to, AWS Glue, EMR, Redshift, RDS, Aurora, S3, DMS, Kinesis, MSK, SageMaker, Lambda, Lake Formation, Athena, Quicksight, and more, to build scalable and secure data pipelines and AI models.
- Leverage internally built Data & AI reusable assets, tools, and accelerators to craft innovative and differentiated solutions, ensuring we deliver the best value to our clients
- Collaborate with practice teams and external vendors (AWS, Snowflake, Databricks, Informatica, IBM, Collibra, Salesforce, SAP, etc.) to provide a comprehensive data solution
- Work with SME’s and leads for estimation signoffs
- Conduct solution reviews with Global sales leadership, account leads, and commercial directors
- Conduct delivery reviews with internal and client stakeholders
- Act as a bridge between sales and delivery teams
- Provide inputs for client-facing proposal documents (i.e., Why this solution? Why this tech component? Why Accenture for this solution?)
- Participate in client orals to defend the solution (architecture, estimates, staffing etc.) in various internal and external forums, including Client presentations, Capability/delivery/sales MD reviews
- Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.