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Accenture

Global professional services and technology consulting

AI Infrastructure Architect

Full-Time
No salary listed
Expert
Bachelor's
Pune, Maharashtra, India
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Requirements
  • A bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Information Technology or a related engineering discipline is required.
  • A minimum of 15 years of overall experience across software engineering, data engineering, artificial intelligence/machine learning engineering, cloud architecture, enterprise architecture or technology leadership is required.
  • At least 8 years of experience designing and deploying enterprise-grade advanced artificial intelligence, data, analytics or cloud-native solutions using at least one cloud vendor is required.
  • At least 2 years of experience in large language model and generative artificial intelligence solution architecture, including agentic systems, retrieval-augmented generation, prompt engineering, model integration and evaluation patterns is required.
  • At least 2 years of experience architecting and operationalizing large-language-model-driven application architecture patterns in enterprise-scale or production environments is required.
  • At least 6 years of experience in engineering, machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing solutions, data engineering or large-scale analytical engineering applications is required.
  • At least 6 years of experience as a machine learning, data or artificial intelligence architect designing large-scale analytical engineering solutions in industry contexts such as banking, insurance, healthcare, retail, telecom or capital markets is required.
  • Deep architecture and hands-on engineering experience with Amazon Bedrock, Bedrock Agents/AgentCore, Knowledge Bases, Bedrock Guardrails, Bedrock model evaluation, SageMaker, Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions, EventBridge, OpenSearch Serverless/Vector Engine, S3, IAM, VPC, KMS, CloudWatch, CloudTrail and AWS Well-Architected practices is required.
  • Strong expertise in enterprise artificial intelligence platform architecture covering retrieval-augmented generation, embeddings, vector databases, semantic retrieval, context engineering, model routing, agent orchestration, memory, tool calling, artificial intelligence gateways and model evaluation is required.
  • The candidate must be able to set enterprise non-functional requirements and architectural controls for performance, scalability, security, privacy, reliability, governance, observability, resiliency, cost optimization and operational readiness.
  • Experience making definitive, evidence-based decisions on design patterns, reference architectures, frameworks, technology selections, foundation models and deployment approaches is required.
  • Experience establishing agent registries and certification models, artificial intelligence control planes, access models, guardrails, production evaluation stacks, model risk controls and cross-platform governance is required.
  • Strong executive communication, architecture governance and thought leadership skills, with the ability to influence business, technology, security, product and delivery leadership teams, are required.
Responsibilities
  • Architect and build custom artificial intelligence infrastructure and hardware solutions.
  • Optimize artificial intelligence infrastructure and hardware performance, power consumption, cost and scalability of the computational stack.
  • Advise on artificial intelligence infrastructure technology and vendor evaluation, selection and full-stack integration.
  • Serve as the accountable architecture authority for enterprise artificial intelligence solutions on Amazon Web Services.
  • Own the complete, end-to-end architecture of advanced artificial intelligence platforms and solutions spanning classical machine learning, generative artificial intelligence, large language model applications, agentic systems, context engineering, model platforms, inference, artificial intelligence operations and enterprise integration.
  • Operate at executive level with chief information officers, chief technology officers, senior business leaders and practice leadership to shape artificial intelligence strategy, define transformation roadmaps and align investments to business outcomes.
  • Lead multiple domain architects and senior subject-matter experts across agentic application design, artificial intelligence security and trust, artificial intelligence operations and observability, data and knowledge engineering, model platforms and inference.
  • Partner with client executives and business leaders to define enterprise artificial intelligence strategy, target-state architecture and investment roadmaps.
  • Lead enterprise artificial intelligence assessments, technology comparisons, platform selection, reference architecture definition, modernization opportunities and implementation sequencing for complex transformations.
  • Set the Amazon Web Services-native enterprise artificial intelligence platform strategy, including Bedrock-led foundation architecture, federated agent systems, artificial intelligence gateway patterns, governed retrieval-augmented generation and secure model inference.
  • Make build-versus-buy decisions across Bedrock, SageMaker and open-source frameworks, and establish multi-account, security, observability, resilience and generative artificial intelligence FinOps standards.
  • Own complete end-to-end technical solutions for complex artificial intelligence platforms, ensuring each domain is designed cohesively against business objectives, enterprise standards and non-functional requirements.
  • Translate governing architecture principles into concrete technical solutions that platform, data, artificial intelligence/machine learning and application engineering teams can build against.
  • Set architectural direction for model- and tool-agnostic multi-agent systems, including orchestration, memory, tool and skill use, agent registry, artificial intelligence gateway/control plane, risk scoring and certification gates.
  • Define enterprise context-layer architecture across knowledge graphs, ontologies, vector search, semantic retrieval, prompt and context assembly, conversational state and reusable memory services.
  • Establish identity, authorization, layered guardrails, prompt-injection defense, personally identifiable information protection, audit logging, lineage and defense-in-depth controls for artificial intelligence agents, tools, data and models.
  • Mandate productized evaluation and observability practices covering accuracy, relevance, groundedness, model quality, latency, cost, safety, reliability, production support and continuous improvement.
  • Establish FinOps as a first-class artificial intelligence concern, including usage labelling, token budgets, gateway-enforced budgets, cost-per-archetype planning, threshold alerts and optimization levers.
  • Produce and steward authoritative architecture assets including enterprise artificial intelligence blueprints, architecture decision records, sequence diagrams, solution patterns, interface specifications, reference architectures and governance playbooks.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience with AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional, Machine Learning Specialty or generative artificial intelligence-related certifications.
  • Experience with AWS Cloud Development Kit or Terraform, Elastic Kubernetes Service, Bedrock AgentCore, Amazon Q, private connectivity, landing zones, regulated workloads and enterprise FinOps.
  • Exposure to open-source artificial intelligence and orchestration frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, Haystack, Semantic Kernel, MLflow, FastAPI, Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Experience with responsible artificial intelligence, model risk management, artificial intelligence governance boards, red-teaming, synthetic data, human-in-the-loop review, A/B testing and generative artificial intelligence FinOps.
  • Recognized thought leadership through enterprise reference architectures, internal capability building, client advisory, platform accelerators, publications, whitepapers, conference sessions or industry forums.

About the company

Accenture is a global professional services firm that helps companies navigate technology-driven change. It offers strategies and services across consulting, digital, technology, and operations, with a strong emphasis on cloud, artificial intelligence, security, and enterprise reinvention. Accenture works by delivering end-to-end solutions, combining advisory work with implementation, technology platforms, and managed services to transform how organizations operate and compete in today’s digital world. The company differentiates itself through its long history as a dedicated tech-advisory arm that gained independence in 2001, its scale, and its active acquisitions—particularly since 2013—to expand capabilities in digital, cloud, and security. Its goal is to help the world’s largest corporations rethink and reshape their operations to stay ahead of rapid technological shifts.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Dublin, Ireland

Founded

1989

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What believers are saying

  • Q3 fiscal 2026 revenue reached $18.72 billion, and operating margin widened to 17%.
  • Accenture logged 104 bookings above $100 million through Q3 fiscal 2026, up 13%.
  • Cybersecurity revenue hit $10 billion in fiscal 2025, and Edge expands that momentum.

What critics are saying

  • Q3 fiscal 2026 bookings fell 3% locally, signaling softer demand despite 2025 AI hype.
  • Consulting grew only 1% locally in Q3 fiscal 2026; federal spending and geopolitics dragged results.
  • June 2026 securities investigation and repeated restructuring costs pressure sentiment and distract management.

What makes Accenture unique

  • Accenture combines strategy, delivery, and managed services across 40-plus industries globally.
  • June 2026 launch of Accenture Edge targets mid-market firms with AI-ready, prebuilt solutions.
  • August 2026 COMWARE acquisition and Dragos stake deepen SAP and critical-infrastructure cybersecurity capabilities.

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Accenture trades 37% below its 52-week high after falling 27% over the past year. In fiscal Q3 2026, new bookings declined and some managed services deals slipped into fiscal 2027. The company generated $73.1 billion in revenue over the past twelve months, with operating margins widening to 17% in Q3. Managed services revenue grew 5% in local currency. In the first nine months of fiscal 2026, clients made 104 quarterly bookings exceeding $100 million, up 13% year-on-year. Consulting revenue grew just 1% in local currency in Q3. Management attributes the slowdown to the Middle East conflict affecting regional and discretionary spending. The CEO acknowledged that client budgets have not been growing, with spending simply being redirected rather than increased.

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Sep 8th, 2026
Accenture appoints Emma Chalwin as chief marketing officer

Accenture has appointed Emma Chalwin as Chief Marketing Officer, effective 1 October 2026. She will oversee global marketing and communications, reporting to Chair and CEO Julie Sweet. Chalwin joins from Workday, where she served as CMO. She previously held senior marketing roles at Salesforce, Adobe, McAfee, and Macrovision, bringing over 30 years of global marketing leadership experience. Sweet said Chalwin is a "proven growth leader" who understands how to translate breakthrough technologies into client value. Chalwin expressed excitement about helping shape Accenture's next chapter as organisations reimagine growth in the age of AI. Chalwin has been recognised on Forbes' World's Most Influential CMOs list and is a member of the Fortune Most Powerful Women network.

Yahoo Finance
Sep 3rd, 2026
Accenture drops LearnVantage focus, shifts $9B to cybersecurity and mid-market expansion

Accenture is shifting its growth strategy, de-emphasising LearnVantage, a learning and training business it built and promoted heavily in 2024. The company mentioned LearnVantage only once on its June 2026 earnings call, listing it amongst AI enablers rather than highlighting it as a standalone growth driver. Meanwhile, Accenture is redirecting resources toward cybersecurity, which has grown from $700 million in fiscal 2016 to $10 billion in fiscal 2025. The company is acquiring a majority stake in an operational technology security specialist, alongside two smaller firms, combining them into a platform for critical infrastructure. These assets generate $208 million in annual recurring revenue, growing at 48%. Accenture's acquisition budget for fiscal 2026 is approximately $9 billion against $73.1 billion in trailing twelve-month revenue. The company has also launched Accenture Edge, targeting mid-market companies. The stock is down 24.3% over the past year.

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Business Wire
Aug 27th, 2026
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Accenture has agreed to acquire COMWARE Co., Ltd., a Tokyo-based provider of end-to-end technology services for mid-market companies.