Enterprise Technology Architect - Amsterdam, Edge Olympic

The work

Are you passionate about the disruptive impact of digital transformation while bringing the best to our clients every day and stay relevant to their changing needs. Do you get energy from solving complex puzzles and working in teams? Are you proactive, results-oriented and above all do you have the ambition to deliver results together with the client? Accenture Cloud First Design may just be the place for you!

As seen today, digital transformation requires a combination of capabilities & practices, product mindset, industry knowledge and - of course - the right technology platform. This is why Accenture is bringing together the people, skills and partnerships in Cloud First, a global team working with our clients on planning and accelerating their cloud journey.

We are investing significantly into Cloud First over the next couple of years to help clients across all industries rapidly become Cloud First businesses and realize greater value at speed and scale.

Joining the team means becoming part of a close-knit group of consultants that serves Accenture’s clients with the best and brightest insights regarding business and technology strategy. Our values include challenging our clients’ norms, building trusted relationships, and embracing diversity as a source of creativity and inspiration. In your job as enterprise technology architect, you will work with enterprise executives, business owners and product management to define the North Star, formulate the strategic themes and vision; and identify portfolio level enablers.

These form the basis of solution intent and architectural runways for end-to-end solutions in Accenture’s large transformational initiatives involving major cloud infrastructure, software and platforms-as-a-services providers and hyperscalers.

Typical initiatives leverage new technologies in migrating infrastructure workloads, refactoring solutions, decoupling systems and unlocking data through custom engineering, quality assurance, event driven architectures, integration platform as a service (iPaaS) and application performance monitoring.

• People You’ll be leading or be part of projects with diverse, international teams, serving clients across various industries, mainly collaborating with mid to senior level clients.
  • You will for example communicate the ‘why’ of technology and cloud first to epic owners at the client and get the architecture transformation projects sold and delivered.
  • You understand the impact and assist client enterprise architects on modern architecture ways of working, due to the adoption of, among others, dual-speed IT operating models, the SAFe framework, Design Thinking, Test-Driven Design and DevSecOps.
• Processes Your role involves being an integral part of the process and taking responsibility for delivering expert advice and implementing specific stages of our clients' cloud journeys.
  • You have deep hands-on technical expertise in application design, migration, modernisation and decoupling.
  • You will collaborate with Accenture advisory, engineering and operations team members across business agility, application modernisation, infrastructure, custom engineering, quality engineer, data and AI.
• Technology At Accenture Cloud First, we pride ourselves on being cloud technology agnostic, meaning we are not bound to any single cloud provider or technology. This makes us the go-to consultancy for multi- or hybrid cloud assignments.
  • You will articulate enterprise, solution and system architectures with, among others, SAP, Salesforce, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Service (AWS) and/or Google Cloud Platform (GCP) as part of the solution which demonstrates significant and quantifiable business value to the client.
  • You will architect a compelling and competitive solution involving public and private cloud component(s).

With all our roles, there is some in-person time for collaboration, learning and building relationships with clients, peers, leaders, and communities. As an employer, we will be as flexible as possible to support your specific work/life needs.

Who we are – Accenture (Technology)

Through unmatched industry experience, leading technologies from our ecosystem partners and startups, and the largest delivery network in the world, we provide a powerful range of capabilities that can be tailored to our client’s most complex business needs. With over 100 innovation hubs deployed around the world, we help clients continuously innovate at speed and at scale so they can outpace their peers. You will bring innovation, intelligence, and industry experience together with the newest technologies to help clients innovate at scale and transform their businesses.

Technology is one of five services that make up one Accenture – the others are Strategy & Consulting, Operations, Song and Industry X.

Here’s what you’ll need

• Results-oriented and eager to be challenged to learn new technologies, frameworks and methodologies.
• Five to ten years knowledge and experience in architectural roadmapping, planning, analysis, design and implementation in one or many of the following:
  • Large-scale and complex cloud business, application, information and / or infrastructure architectures
  • Cloud hyperscalers, such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Service (AWS) and / or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
  • Legacy application migration to cloud infrastructure, virtualization, containerisation, storage and networking
  • Legacy application modernisation and rationalisation to Platforms-as-a-Service (PaaS), Software-as-a-Service SaaS, Serverless Computing and / or Microservice-based solutions
  • Legacy application decoupling through API Management, Event Driven Architectures (EDA) and modern integration patterns (REST, Eventing, SOAP, Pub/Sub) leveraging Integration-Platforms-as-a-Service (IPaaS) vendors such as MuleSoft, Boomi, Solace and Apigee.
• Strong interest in new and innovative technologies with desire to work on pioneering engagements.
• Supporting Solutions Architecture certification track record in one or more of these: Kubernetes, AWS, GCP or Azure.
• Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Engineering or related technical field
• Fluent in English and proficient in Dutch
   

Bonus points if you have

• Supporting certifications track record in Scrum, SAFe, DevSecOps, Design Thinking and / or Test-Driven Design (TDD)
• Fluent in Dutch

What’s in it for you?

Accenture is a global company with a world-class brand and reputation. Our people are Change Makers, and to support them as an employer, we make five promises:

Work with flexibility, in a culture based on trust Embrace a sustainable growth mindset Live a human-led culture of Inclusion & Diversity by caring deeply for all our people. Lead and transform our clients with technology Connect with our global network of 700.000 colleagues.

These promises are reflected through our excellent employee benefits, including:

Flexible working hours (4x9) & work location, FlexMoment leave of absence program (50% paid leave of absence for 3 months) and FlexDay; a flexible day you can take off to celebrate what matters to you – from EidalFitr to a birthday. Paid leave: Parental leave, Partner leave for all non-birthing parents, Bereavement leave, and Gender affirmation leave. 26 vacation days per year Paid transport (budget for electric bicycle or car, NS-Business card) Pension scheme, Accenture shares, annual bonus, collective health insurance scheme

What we believe

Accenture is an equal opportunity employer. Our leaders are committed to building a better, stronger and more equitable company for future generations to create positive, long-lasting change. Inclusion and diversity are fundamental to our culture and core values. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative and creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities.

Our position as partner to many of the world’s leading businesses, organizations and governments affords us both an extraordinary opportunity and a tremendous responsibility to make a difference. Sustainability is one of our greatest responsibilities, which we embed it into everything we do and for everyone we work with.

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