Accenture
Senior Enterprise Architecture Lead
$139K–$282K
Washington, DC +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 27, 2026
- Location
- Washington, DC
Arlington, Virginia, United States - Experience
- 12+ years in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, or technical leadership; 5+ years in cloud architecture.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must have US work authorization that does not now or in the future require visa sponsorship. US citizenship is required; ability to obtain and maintain a government clearance is required.
About the job
Leads enterprise architecture initiatives and sets technical direction across a federal account, coordinating cloud, networking, DevOps, modernization, and secure AI adoption efforts.
What you'll do
- Own architecture decisions, reviews, and technical escalations within a defined scope; set security- and compliance-aligned standards.
- Coordinate engineering teams and stakeholders across the account, resolving integration conflicts and representing architecture decisions to clients.
- Guide cloud, Terraform/IaC, CI/CD, networking, and connectivity architecture; partner with AI teams on secure adoption.
What they ask for
- 12+ years of enterprise architecture, solution architecture, or technical leadership experience.
- 5+ years of cloud architecture experience across AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Experience with Terraform, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD automation, enterprise-wide architecture initiatives, and cross-functional influence.
- Knowledge of FedRAMP, NIST, DISA STIG, security-first architecture, and enterprise networking or hybrid/multi-cloud connectivity.
Nice to have
- Experience supporting large federal programs; familiarity with AI/ML, Generative AI, observability platforms, or call center modernization.
- Cloud, TOGAF, SAFe, or related architecture certifications; master's degree in a related field.
Pay
$139,300 — $282,500 USD (base salary)
Tools
AWS, Azure, GCP, Terraform, GitLab CI/CD, Splunk, Dynatrace, FedRAMP
AI focus
Partners with AI/ML and Generative AI teams to assess architectural and operational value, apply security and compliance considerations, and align adoption with account-wide standards; does not independently own the AI roadmap.
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