AWS Solution Architect (Data & AI Specialist - Manager)

Location: London

Career Level: Manager

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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 as a Manager you will:

• Design end-to-end AWS solutions across business, data, and application domains, ensuring scalability and resilience.
• Lead delivery teams and ensure solutions adhere to architectural best practice and governance standards.
• Apply cost optimisation principles and manage budgets effectively to deliver value-driven solutions.
• Drive cloud-first strategies, including modernisation of legacy workloads and adoption of serverless and containerised architectures.
• Implement robust security and governance controls, ensuring compliance with organisational and regulatory requirements.
• Guide and mentor consultants, ensuring technical quality and consistency across deliverables.
• Manage strategic cloud initiatives, such as migration programmes, network optimisation, and sovereignty compliance.

Qualification We are looking for the following:

• Experience: Significant hands-on experience designing and implementing solutions using AWS cloud services.
• Certification & Education: AWS Professional and/or Associate certification (e.g., Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer). Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• Business Architecture: Ability to translate business requirements into scalable, secure cloud architectures. Experience in cost optimisation and familiarity with cloud best practices.
• Data & AI Architecture: Strong understanding of data platforms and analytics solutions. Experience designing AI/ML-driven solutions and data lifecycle management.
• Application Architecture: Proficiency in designing application workloads using modern cloud patterns (e.g., serverless, containerised, microservices). Familiarity with CI/CD and DevOps practices.
• Security Architecture: Deep knowledge of identity, access management, encryption, and compliance frameworks. Ability to implement security best practices across cloud environments.
• Integration Architecture: Understanding of integration patterns and event-driven architectures. Ability to design APIs and hybrid connectivity solutions.
• Non-Functional Requirements: Experience designing highly available, fault-tolerant, and scalable solutions. Knowledge of disaster recovery strategies. Ability to design for performance, resilience, and observability. Familiarity with monitoring and optimisation practices.
• Governance & Compliance: Awareness of cloud governance, account management, and compliance standards. Ability to enforce auditing and cost allocation strategies.

It would be advantageous to have:

• Advanced Certification: AWS Specialty certifications (e.g., Advanced Networking, Machine Learning, Security).
• Multi-Cloud: Advantageous to have experience with other cloud platforms (Azure, Google Cloud).

As a Data & AI Specialist, we are also looking for the following:

• Deep understanding of AWS data services (e.g., Redshift, RDS, DynamoDB, Lake Formation).
• Experience building data lakes and analytics pipelines (e.g., Glue, Kinesis, EMR).
• Experience delivering AI/ML solutions (e.g., Bedrock, SageMaker, Comprehend, Rekognition).
• Ability to design data governance and lifecycle management strategies for compliance and scalability.
• Knowledge of real-time and batch data processing patterns for large-scale analytics.

What’s in it for you as a Manager 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 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: 31/05/2026

Locations: London

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