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Accenture

Advises businesses and runs their technology

Technology Architect

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/23/2026
No salary listed
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Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
In PersonBased at the Mumbai office.
Software EngineeringAI Application Engineering

About the job

Requirements
  • At least 18 years of SAP Generative AI experience.
  • At least 10 years of SAP implementation, architecture, or SAP delivery experience.
  • Strong experience with SAP S/4HANA and enterprise SAP implementations.
  • Experience across multiple SAP functional and technical domains.
  • Strong understanding of SAP implementation methodologies and delivery processes.
  • Experience with SAP BTP, APIs, integration, and SAP extensions.
  • Experience building and leading AI/Generative AI platform teams that provide reusable AI capabilities, frameworks, agents, APIs, and services to application implementation and support teams.
  • Experience defining the team structure, roles, skills, engineering practices, governance, operating model, and delivery processes needed to establish and scale an enterprise AI capability.
  • Experience building AI/Agentic AI platforms and reusable components for multiple SAP implementation and Application Maintenance & Support engagements, rather than isolated AI solutions or proofs of concept.
  • Ability to move AI use cases from concept or proof of concept into production application support, integrating AI with IT service management, SAP monitoring, knowledge repositories, and enterprise systems to improve mean time to resolution, automation, support productivity, and cost-to-serve.
  • Ability to convert technology concepts into measurable productivity improvements.
  • At least 3 years of practical experience with Generative AI and enterprise AI.
  • Hands-on experience designing or implementing AI applications and/or AI agents.
  • 15 years of full-time education.
Responsibilities
  • Define the AI and Agentic AI strategy for SAP implementation and application management services.
  • Assess the complete SAP delivery lifecycle, including Discover, Requirements, Design, Build, Integration, Data Migration, Testing, Deployment, Hypercare, and Application Management/Product Support.
  • Develop an SAP AI productivity roadmap aligned to measurable business outcomes.
  • Create and lead a portfolio of AI use cases and agents for SAP delivery.
  • Ensure AI solutions can securely interact with SAP and non-SAP enterprise systems.
  • Partner with SAP functional and technical teams to redesign delivery processes and support execution of the designed roadmap.
  • Provide technical leadership across Generative AI, retrieval-augmented generation, prompt engineering, embeddings, vector search, large language model selection, agent orchestration, multi-agent architectures, AI evaluation, guardrails, human-in-the-loop controls, AI observability, AI security, and responsible AI.
  • Develop the SAP Delivery Operating Model within the AI Technology Delivery Life Cycle.
  • Establish and lead an SAP AI Platform/Enablement team that provides reusable AI capabilities, tools, agents, frameworks, and services for SAP implementation and application support teams.
  • Define the AI platform architecture, engineering standards, reusable components, governance, security, integration patterns, and deployment model to accelerate AI adoption across SAP delivery.
  • Build a scalable AI Factory/platform that enables implementation and support teams to rapidly develop, deploy, and consume AI solutions without building each use case from scratch.
  • Partner with SAP functional, technical, implementation, and application management services teams to identify opportunities, prioritize use cases, and provide the platform, engineering, and AI expertise needed to industrialize successful proofs of concept.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience with SAP Cloud ALM and/or SAP's modern development and delivery ecosystem.
  • Experience with SAP Business AI, Joule, Joule Studio, or equivalent SAP AI capabilities.
  • Experience integrating AI solutions with enterprise applications.
  • AI/cloud certifications from major cloud or AI platforms.
  • SAP certifications in relevant architecture or technology areas.

About the company

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Accenture

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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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  • 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.
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  • 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.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Professional Development Budget
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • 401(k) Company Match

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