AWS Solution Architect; Data & AI Specialist Assoc Manager

Overview

Role
: AWS Solution Architect (Data & AI Specialist)
Location
:
Birmingham
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 recognised 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 colleagues to 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 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.

• 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.

• Design and implement AWS workloads using modern cloud patterns such as serverless, containerised, and microservices architectures.
• Develop scalable application solutions aligned with best practice for performance, resilience, and cost efficiency.
• Configure and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks to support rapid delivery.
• Apply cloud security principles, including identity and access management, encryption, and compliance controls.
• Optimise architectures for scalability, reliability, and operational excellence.
• Produce high-quality design documentation and contribute to architecture reviews.
• Execute testing strategies for functional and non-functional requirements (performance, security, reliability).
• Collaborate with clients and internal teams to deliver robust, cloud-first solutions.

• Significant hands-on experience designing and implementing solutions using AWS cloud services.

• AWS Professional and/or Associate certification (e.g., Solutions Architect, Dev Ops Engineer).
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.

• Ability to translate business requirements into scalable, secure cloud architectures.
• Experience in cost optimisation and familiarity with cloud best practices.

• Strong understanding of data platforms and analytics solutions.
• Experience designing AI/ML-driven solutions and data lifecycle management.

• Proficiency in designing application workloads using modern cloud patterns (e.g., serverless, containerised, microservices).
• Familiarity with CI/CD and Dev Ops practices.

• Deep knowledge of identity, access…