Are you ready to step up to the New and take your technology
 
expertise
 
to the next level? 
 

 
 

Accenture is looking for passionate and customer
 
obsessed
 
AWS cloud developers and AWS solutions architects to join our AWS Practice. You will help drive innovation, build differentiated solutions, and define new customer experiences for our customers (and customers, customers).
 
You’ll
 
work with smart people across our
 
industry,
 
specialist organizations, and technology groups to help our customers get the most out of AWS in their cloud journey. 
 

 
 

The AWS Practice within is home to our deepest AWS experts and supports Accenture’s more than 1,500 certified AWS architects across the company. Join our team and be among Accenture’s most talented AWS practitioners, our AWS SWAT team. The group
 
is responsible for
 
Accenture’s most complex AWS projects and provides our delivery capability for the Accenture AWS Business Group (AABG). AABG is the deepest relationship Amazon Web Services has with any partner in the ecosystem. Choosing Accenture and the AWS Practice will take your AWS experience and skills to the next level and allow you to work in an innovative and collaborative environment. At Accenture, you can lead the world’s largest enterprises on the path to native cloud transformation and serverless, on the leading edge of cloud. 
 

 

Join Accenture and help transform leading organizations 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. Choose Accenture and make delivering innovative
 
work
 
part of your extraordinary career. 
 

 

Learn more about our AABG and AWS at Accenture here:
 

https://www.accenture.com/us-en/service-aws-cloud

 

 

 

You Are:

 

 
As a Mainframe Modernization Architect, you will play a critical role in helping enterprise clients transform their legacy mainframe environments into modern, cloud-native architectures. You will
 
leverage
 
your deep
 
expertise
 
in mainframe technologies and modernization strategies to design scalable, secure, and cost-effective solutions on leading cloud platforms. This position requires strong technical leadership, hands-on experience with mainframe systems, and a passion for driving innovation through cloud adoption.
 

Key
 
Responsibilities
:

 
 
1. Solution Architecture & Design
:
 

Define target-state architectures for migrating mainframe workloads using approaches such as
 
replatforming
, refactoring, and re-architecting. 
 

Create
 
modernization
 
roadmaps and reference architectures aligned with client business
 
objectives
. 
 

Design hybrid solutions integrating mainframe systems with distributed and cloud-native environments. 
 

2. Client Engagement & Advisory
:
 

Act as a trusted advisor to enterprise customers, guiding them through modernization strategies and cloud best practices. 
 

Conduct assessments of legacy systems and recommend
 
optimal
 
migration patterns (e.g., Rehost,
 
Replatform
, Refactor, Retire, Replace). 
 

Lead technical workshops, proof-of-concepts (POCs), and migration readiness assessments. 
 

3. Implementation Leadership
:
 

Collaborate with professional services teams, partners, and client teams to deliver end-to-end modernization projects. 
 

Establish CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and automated testing frameworks for modernized applications. 
 

Ensure compliance with security, governance, and regulatory requirements throughout the migration process. 
 

4. Risk & Performance Management
:
 

Identify
 
and mitigate risks associated with large-scale mainframe migrations. 
 

Optimize
 
performance, scalability, and cost efficiency using cloud-native services and architectures. 
 

5. Thought Leadership & Knowledge Sharing
:
 

Develop reusable technical assets, whitepapers, and best-practice guides. 
 

Mentor teams and contribute to community events, blogs, and technical forums.

 
 

 
 

Travel may be required for role. Travel is 0-100% depending on client requirements.