Senior Platform Engineer

<div class="content-intro"><div> <div> </div> <div>At Accenture Federal Services, nothing matters more than helping the US federal government make the nation stronger and safer and life better for people. Our 13,000+ people are united in a shared purpose to pursue the limitless potential of technology and ingenuity for clients across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations. </div> <div> </div> <div>Join Accenture Federal Services, a technology company within global Accenture. Recognized as a Glassdoor Top 100 Best Place to Work, we offer a collaborative and caring community where you feel like you belong and are empowered to grow, learn and thrive through hands-on experience, certifications, industry training and more. </div> <div> </div> <div>Join us to drive positive, lasting change that moves missions and the government forward!</div> <div> </div> </div></div><p>Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Data Platform Architect to set technical vision for a common data platform and broader mission cloud ecosystem in a secure, regulated environment. This is a hands-on technical leadership role, influencing the delivery team as the platform expands. Architecture governance is collective, with this role as a key voice on data architecture.<span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"201341983":2,"335559740":300}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none"><strong>What You Will Do</strong></span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"201341983":2,"335559740":300}">:</span></p> <ul> <li><span data-contrast="none"> Own technical vision and roadmap for the data platform (data lake/lakehouse, ingestion, modeling, governance, analytics)</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none"> Translate vision into design decisions, standards, and reference patterns for engineering</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none"> Present and defend architecture positions to the Architecture Review Board; communicate approved decisions to the team</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none"> Influence architectural direction beyond the data platform as the program matures</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none"> Identify and retire technical debt with clear rationale</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none"> Remain hands-on: prototype, review code, build reference implementations, set engineering quality standards</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none"> Design/build data pipelines and platform services in Python and related tools, focusing on performance, reliability, maintainability</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none"> Establish data quality, lineage, and observability practices</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none"> Ensure security and compliance requirements are met from the start</span></li> </ul> <p><span data-contrast="none"><strong>Stakeholder Engagement</strong></span></p> <ul> <li><span data-contrast="none"> Engage government customers and mission stakeholders to clarify direction and requirements</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none"> Communicate technical vision, tradeoffs, and risks to senior stakeholders in actionable language</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none"> Ensure technical team understands both what to build and why</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none"> Represent the data platform in customer and partner discussions</span></li> </ul> <p>&l