Cloud Architect (AWS/Azure) - Manchester

Job Title: Cloud Architect (AWS/Azure)

Locations: Leeds Or Manchester

Salary: Competitive salary and package dependent on experience

Career Level: Specialist or Associate Manager

Please Note: Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory BPSS and SC security clearance which requires 5 years continuous UK address history at the point of application.

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.

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:

Accenture are one of the world's leading System Integrators and a key supplier of Technical and Business Solutions to the UK Government, Healthcare bodies and the wider public sector. In multi-functional teams we deliver innovative projects to drive collaboration from strategy through to implementation. You will be using the latest technologies with our health and public sector clients to help them deliver solutions to help them meet their business challenges/needs.

You'll learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive 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 with our global delivery network to implement large scale Business Transformations across the UK government.  Accenture provides e2e Business Transformations, not just technical solutions to point business challenges.

• Help design and deliver ground-breaking cloud solutions - from migrating legacy applications onto Cloud, to building innovative, new cloud-native applications.

• Provide solutions to real world problems facing the UK government, working at the forefront of the most topical areas.

• Lead the design, development and deployment of cloud-based solutions on Cloud.

• Develop and maintain cloud infrastructure architecture, standards, and best practices.

• Ensure optimal performance, security, and scalability of the cloud infrastructure.

We are looking for the following experience:

• Experience within a Technical Cloud Architecture or a Lead Developer role.

• Experience understanding the business needs, user needs and good software architecture principles. Experience working with business analysts, SMEs and developers to collaboratively design solutions. Able to discuss the solution blueprint with stakeholders with different degrees of technical knowledge and different interests in the solution.

• Experience leading the design, development and deployment of complex solutions on Cloud.

• Continually identifying new technologies and approaches and forming opinions on where and when they could be applied.

• Experienced as a subject matter expert in one or more tools, cloud technologies (AWS/Azure) or industries. Able to identify requirements and translate into actionable design documentation.

• Understand key software and integration design patterns.

• Experience with DevOps tools (e.g.Git, Jenkins, Docker, and Kubernetes).

• Excellent problem-solving, communication and collaboration skills.

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.

Experienced with one or more of the following: Infrastructure as Code, API implementations, Containerisation, C++, Java, Spring Framework (including Spring Boot), Microservices, Oracle, Oracle Golden Gate, Kafka, Security Architecture Principles.

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 25 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 will 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 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. We combine unmatched experience and specialized capabilities across more than 40 industries — powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. With 509,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture brings continuous innovation to help clients improve their performance and create lasting value across their enterprises.