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Accenture

Advises businesses and runs their technology

Data Architect

Full-Time
No salary listed
Senior
Bachelor's
Kolkata, West Bengal, India+4 moreMore locations: Gurugram, Haryana, India | Hyderabad, Telangana, India | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
In PersonThe position is based at the Bengaluru office.
Data & AnalyticsData Engineering

About the job

Requirements
  • A minimum of 7.5 years of experience with the Databricks Unified Data Analytics Platform is required.
  • Fifteen years of full-time education is required.
  • Excellent programming and debugging skills in Python are required.
  • Strong hands-on experience with PySpark for data transformation and validation logic is required.
  • Proficiency in at least one cloud platform—Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, or Microsoft Azure—is required.
  • Experience with cloud-based services for data engineering, data storage, data processing, data warehousing, real-time streaming, and serverless computing is required.
  • Hands-on experience applying performance optimization techniques is required.
  • Understanding of data modeling and data warehousing principles is required.
Responsibilities
  • Define the data requirements and structure for applications.
  • Model and design application data structures, storage, and integration.
  • Develop scalable extract, transform, and load/extract, load, and transform pipelines using Databricks technologies, including Delta Lake, Auto Loader, and Delta Live Tables.
  • Create modular Databricks functions for transformation, personally identifiable information masking, and validation logic reusable across Delta Live Tables and notebook pipelines.
  • Implement Auto Loader ingestion patterns with checkpointing and schema evolution for structured and semi-structured data.
  • Build secure and observable Delta Live Tables pipelines with Delta Live Tables Expectations and Bronze, Silver, and Gold medallion layers.
  • Configure Unity Catalog, including catalogs, schemas, user and group access, audit logging, and personally identifiable information field masking.
  • Enable secure data access across domains and workspaces using Unity Catalog External Locations, Volumes, and lineage tracking.
  • Access and use data assets from the Databricks Marketplace for enrichment, model training, or benchmarking.
  • Collaborate with data-sharing stakeholders to implement Delta Sharing internally and externally.
  • Integrate Power BI, Tableau, and Looker with Databricks using optimized Open Database Connectivity/Java Database Connectivity connectors and Unity Catalog security controls.
  • Build stakeholder-facing SQL dashboards in Databricks to monitor key performance indicators, data pipeline health, and operational service-level agreements.
  • Prepare generative-artificial-intelligence-compatible datasets, manage vector embeddings, index them with Databricks Vector Search, and use Feature Store with MLflow.
  • Package and deploy pipelines using Databricks Asset Bundles through continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines in GitHub or GitLab.
  • Troubleshoot, tune, and optimize jobs using the Photon engine and serverless compute to support cost efficiency and service-level-agreement reliability.
  • Ensure that the data architecture is robust, scalable, efficient, and aligned with business objectives and technical specifications.
Desired Qualifications
  • Databricks Certified Professional certification or similar certification.
  • Knowledge of machine learning concepts and experience with popular machine learning libraries.
  • Knowledge of big data processing technologies such as Apache Spark, Hadoop, Hive, and Kafka.
  • Experience with Apache Airflow for data orchestration.
  • Knowledge of continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines and DevOps practices in a cloud environment.
  • Experience with extract, transform, and load tools such as Informatica, Talend, Matillion, or Fivetran.
  • Familiarity with dbt (Data Build Tool).

About the company

Accenture advises large businesses and public agencies on strategy, builds their technology systems and runs ongoing operations. Its teams connect business planning with implementation, covering areas such as cloud migration, cybersecurity and customer experience. Consultants work with clients to redesign processes, while engineers integrate software from technology partners and maintain the resulting systems for multinational organizations. Clients pay for project work or continuing services, including application support and business processes such as finance and customer service. Accenture was founded in 1989 and has its headquarters in Dublin, Ireland.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Dublin, Ireland

Founded

1989

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What believers are saying

  • Business demand grew: October 2026 results showed $74.2 billion annual revenue, up 5% in local currency.
  • Eligible US employees buy discounted stock: Accenture's purchase plan sells shares at 15% below market price.
  • Client relationships run deep: Accenture has worked with 195 of its top 200 customers for more than ten years.

What critics are saying

  • Bookings are not guaranteed revenue: most Accenture contracts let clients cancel quickly with little or no penalty.
  • Promotions require AI adoption: Accenture's CEO said in March 2026 that employees must use its tools effectively.
  • Federal hiring practices proved costly: Accenture settled discrimination allegations for $25 million in September 2026, without a liability finding.

What makes Accenture unique

  • Its AI platform switches models: AI Refinery selects among prebuilt models according to cost, performance and other requirements.
  • Accenture owns specialist Microsoft expertise: it cofounded the Microsoft-focused Avanade consultancy with the software maker.
  • Consulting includes creative agencies: Accenture Song owns businesses spanning advertising, digital product design and customer engagement.

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Oct 13th, 2026
Accenture shares up 77% from June low as Oct. 14 Investor Day nears

Accenture will hold an Investor Day on October 14, where it is expected to detail its long-term strategy, AI monetisation plans, growth guidance, and margin expansion goals. The event follows a rebound in its shares after fears that AI would erode traditional consulting work. The stock hit a low of $118.15 in June, down from a January high of $291.09. It has since gained nearly 77%, helped by fourth-quarter results on October 1 and an expanded collaboration with Dell Technologies. Fourth-quarter revenue rose 6% to $18.7 billion, and new bookings reached $22.2 billion. Accenture expects fiscal 2027 revenue growth of 3% to 6% in local currency. It raised its quarterly dividend by 5% to $1.71 per share, payable November 13, 2026. Its market capitalisation is about $139.6 billion.

Yahoo Finance
Oct 13th, 2026
Accenture buys UK data firm Sagacity, adding more than 140 AI customer intelligence specialists

Accenture has acquired Sagacity, a London-based data and customer intelligence firm, to strengthen Accenture Song's AI-powered customer services. The deal brings more than 140 professionals to Accenture Song's UK and Ireland operations. Terms were not disclosed. Founded in 2005 by Anita Dougall, Malka Townshend, and Harry Dougall, Sagacity offers data assets, AI-enabled technology, and customer intelligence expertise. Accenture says clients want to connect data, AI, and operations into unified programmes that deliver measurable results. The move targets industries with large customer bases, such as utilities, retail, banking, and telecommunications. "Sagacity's deep expertise and outcome-focused approach will enhance our ability to help clients turn insight into action," said Sohel Aziz, senior managing director of Accenture Song, UK and Ireland.

Associated Press
Oct 6th, 2026
TM Forum and Accenture launch industry's first AI trust certification for telcos

TM Forum has launched a multi-year Trustworthy AI programme with Accenture to help telecoms deploy autonomous operations with verifiable trust standards. The initiative will deliver the industry's first Trustworthy AI Governance Certification, providing a benchmark for trusted AI deployment. Recent TM Forum research found that whilst 72% of communications service providers believe their AI capabilities are trustworthy, only 14% can verify their claims. The programme aims to transform AI trust from aspiration into measurable operational capability. The certification will help organisations assess governance maturity, workforce readiness, and operational accountability needed to scale AI autonomously. It will operate through TM Forum's AI-Native Collaboration Studios, where telecoms operators, vendors, and partners will contribute real-world use cases to shape the framework.

Yahoo Finance
Oct 4th, 2026
Microsoft tops Accenture as AI infrastructure scales faster than consulting services

Accenture reported revenue of nearly $74.2 billion for fiscal year 2026, up 6.5% year-over-year, with net income of roughly $8.5 billion. The professional services firm serves approximately 9,000 clients globally with 814,000 employees. Microsoft generated revenue of nearly $331.8 billion in FY 2026, a 17.8% increase, with net income of approximately $133.7 billion. The company's net margin reached close to 40.3%. Both companies maintained a debt-to-equity ratio of approximately 0.3x. Microsoft's free cash flow reached nearly $67.0 billion, whilst Accenture's was roughly $11.6 billion. Accenture recently addressed a $25 million settlement with the Department of Justice regarding federal contracting practices. Microsoft faces securities fraud class action lawsuits involving AI and Copilot claims, alongside antitrust scrutiny and an IRS tax audit.

Yahoo Finance
Oct 2nd, 2026
Accenture surges 17% on Q4 beat with $18.7B revenue, but analyst warns stock fully priced at 15x forward earnings

Accenture shares surged 17% on Thursday after reporting strong fourth-quarter results. The company posted revenue of $18.7 billion, up 6% year-over-year, while earnings per share jumped 46% to $3.29. Management's full-year revenue growth forecast of 4.5% exceeded analyst expectations of 4%. Net bookings rose 4% to $22.2 billion. The company plans to return at least $9.5 billion to shareholders this financial year. However, TD Cowen analyst Bryan Bergin maintained a hold rating, citing concerns that the stock is fully priced at 15 times forward earnings. He cautioned that one strong quarter may represent a cyclical bounce rather than structural growth acceleration. Despite this, Wall Street remains optimistic, with a "moderate buy" consensus rating. Accenture currently offers a 3.05% dividend yield.