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We Are

Accenture is recognized as a global leader in cloud transformation, helping businesses across industries migrate, manage, and optimize their cloud environments. Through partnerships with leading cloud providers such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud, Accenture offers end-to-end services that drive innovation and business agility.

The Cloud Advisory Practice focuses on helping organizations define, plan, and implement innovative cloud strategies that drive business value. Leveraging deep expertise across cloud platforms and technologies, this practice works collaboratively with clients to design scalable, secure, and resilient cloud environments. The practice offers guidance in key areas such as modern cloud foundation, security and resiliency, full-stack FinOps, and cloud-native development approaches, ensuring that clients achieve agility, operational efficiency, and long-term growth. By aligning cloud initiatives with business goals, the practice helps organizations realize the full potential of cloud innovation while navigating industry-specific challenges and regulations.

The Work

As a Cloud Strategy and Advisory Manager, you will guide organizations through complex cloud transformations. With a proven track record in both stakeholder relationship management and cloud strategy definition, you will ensure that cloud strategies are aligned with broader business goals. You will lead cloud projects, from strategy development to execution, ensuring that solutions meet security, scalability, and financial targets, while working effectively in uncertain, dynamic environments.

Professional Skills Requirements

As part of this role, you are expected to have:

• Basic knowledge of one or more industry areas (e.g. Hospitality, Banking, Aerospace, Retail, Supply Chain)

• Strong Critical Thinking, Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills

• Excellent Communication and Interpersonal Skills. You will be expected to communicate business value for all technical solutions all the way to the C-Suite in some cases.

• Demonstrated leadership, comradery, and teamwork in a multi-cultural professional setting

• Experience working in a technology environment in designing and implementing solutions that meet the business need within project timelines

• Have provided estimations, project plans and resource requirements for designed solutions

• Have led and guided technical leads, engineers and developers according to architecture and have conducted technical reviews

• Basic understanding of Servers, Cloud, & Hybrid Networking

• Understanding and experience of operational process & tools

Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.

Key Areas of Expertise:

• Cloud Strategy, Cloud Advisory, Cloud Transformation, Cloud Optimization

• Cloud Solutions Design, Applications Cloud Architecture, Application Integration

• IT Infrastructure, Datacenters, Network, Edge

• IT Operating Model, FinOps

• IaaS, SaaS, PaaS

• AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, OCI, ServiceNow

• IT Security and Compliance

• Project and Program Management

• Data & AI, Snowflake, Fabric, Databricks

• Cloud Automation, DevSecOps

  Here’s what you need

  · Certification in at least one major cloud provider (Azure, OCI, Google, AWS) or equivalent industry experience

  · Minimum of 3 years of hands-on experience the creation of cloud, data center, or infrastructure architecture blueprints and designs

  · Minimum of 2 years of implementation experience for cloud or infrastructure architectures and explaining the benefits and draw backs of various cloud and infrastructure design choices.

  · Minimum of 1 years of experience working with an operations team and the associated tool sets such as ServiceNow

  · Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate’s Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience)

  Bonus points if you have

  · Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Math preferred

  · Experience with major Firewall and Security tools

  · An understanding of TCP/IP routing / switching

  · Experience with at least one major RDBMS (Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, Postgres) or a Non-Relational DBMS (Mongo DB, Couch, Neo4j, Dynamo, Cosmos)

  · Industry specific experience (Financial Services, Health & Public Services, Resources, Products, Communications and Media Tech)

  · Experience with Cloud Native, Containers and Serverless Architectures

  · Strong understanding of Cloud Security, Cloud Managed Services frameworks, tools and solutions

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New York or Washington as set forth below.We accept applications on an on-going basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply.

Information on benefits is here. (https://www.accenture.com/us-en/careers/local/total-rewards)

Role Location Annual Salary Range

California $73,800 to $218,800

Colorado $73,800 to $189,000

District of Columbia $78,500 to $201,300

Illinois $68,300 to $189,000

Minnesota $73,800 to $189,000

Maryland $68,300 to $175,000

New York $68,300 to $218,800

Washington $78,500 to $201,300

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Inclusion and diversity are fundamental to our culture and core values. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities. Read more here (https://www.accenture.com/us-en/about/inclusion-diversity/us-workforce)

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