Job description
Data Architect
Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne
Salary: Competitive + package (dependent on experience)
Please Note: Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory BPSS and SC security clearance which requires 5 years continuous UK address history at the point of application.
Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.
As a team:
Our Advanced Technology Centre is a thriving technology and innovation hub from where we deliver high quality services to a number of private and public sector clients.
You'll learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways.
If you’re looking for a challenging career working in a vibrant environment with access to training and a global network of experts, this could be the for you. As part of our global team, you'll be working with innovative technologies and will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job.
In our team you will learn:
How to provide solutions to real world problems across a variety of industries
How to help transform leading organisations and communities around the world. The sheer scale of our capabilities and client engagements and the way we collaborate, operate and deliver value provides an unparalleled opportunity to grow and advance
How best to develop your skills and hone your talents within an innovative technology environment
As a Data Architect, you will:
Work with client teams to design and implement modern, scalable data solutions using a range of new and emerging technologies
Using good communication skills to understand and deliver client requirements
Bring your experience and ideas to innovative engineering, design and strategy
Mentor and upskill fellow group members
Contribute to our internal networks and special interest groups
The following skills and experience are essential for this role:
Have a deep, hands-on design and engineering background in cloud platforms, across a wide range of cloud services
Have a broad knowledge of cloud infrastructure services
Have hands on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code technologies: Terraform, Ansible
Have a good understanding of Cloud Security
Experienced working on full life-cycle projects
Capable of working in either an agile or Waterfall development environment, both as part of a team and individually
Enjoy working in a dynamic, fast paced environment, collaborating with others, contributing to design and estimating discussions and utilising strong stakeholder management skills
Set yourself apart:
Have worked in a client facing environment
Hold industry relevant cloud certifications
Have managed teams and/or worked across multiple projects
Have a good experience of designing and implementing secure systems.
What’s in it for you
At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 25 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!
Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there may be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services we are known for.
About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. We combine unmatched experience and specialized capabilities across more than 40 industries — powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. With 509,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture brings continuous innovation to help clients improve their performance and create lasting value across their enterprises. Visit us at www.accenture.com
Closing Date for Applications:
Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.