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As an Accenture Flex employee, you will apply your skills and experience to help drive business transformation for leading organizations and communities. In addition to delivering innovative solutions for Accenture's clients, you will work with a highly skilled, diverse network of people across Accenture businesses who are using the latest emerging technologies to address today's biggest business challenges.
You will receive competitive rewards and access to benefits programs and world-class learning resources. Accenture Flex employees work in their local metro area onsite at the project, significantly reducing and/or eliminating the demands to travel.
We are seeking a Senior Java / AWS Cloud Technical Lead (Cloud Modernization & Digital Platforms to lead the design, modernization, and ongoing delivery of enterprise digital platforms and backend services using Java, Spring Boot, microservices, and AWS. Own technical architecture and implementation across cloud migration (including re-platforming/refactoring), API integration, workflow automation, and DevOps enablement. Partner with product, business, and operations teams to deliver secure, scalable solutions with strong operational excellence.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead end-to-end delivery of cloud-native services and platform components, from discovery and design through build, test, release, and production support.
Define target architecture for modernization initiatives (7Rs), including refactoring monoliths/EJB apps to Spring Boot microservices and migrating data and workloads to AWS.
Design and implement REST APIs and integration patterns (API Gateway, event-driven workflows, async messaging) with a focus on reliability, performance, and security.
Own AWS infrastructure and application runtime design across services such as ECS/EC2, S3/EFS, RDS, IAM, CloudWatch, ALB, Lambda, EventBridge, Step Functions, SQS/SNS, and related services.
Establish CI/CD pipelines and deployment standards using Jenkins, Maven, Git, and AWS code services; drive automation for builds, testing, releases, and environment provisioning.
Provide technical leadership through design reviews, coding standards, mentoring, task planning, and cross-team collaboration; support on-call/production issue resolution when needed.
Drive observability and operational excellence (monitoring, alerting, log analytics, dashboards) and ensure adherence to SLAs.
Collaborate with business stakeholders and BAs to translate business requirements into technical requirements, estimates, and delivery plans.
Contribute to workflow/BPM solutions where applicable (IBM BPM/BAW, jBPM, Drools) and ensure process automation integrates cleanly with core services.
Identify opportunities to improve time-to-market and productivity through automation (including developer tooling and responsible use of GenAI for code transformation/modernization where appropriate).
Role requires 100% onsite Scottsdale, AZ
Strong experience in Java application support and maintenanceHands on experience with ReactJS for UI support and enhancementsExperience with Application Maintenance AMS delivery modelKnowledge of REST APIs, SQL, and basic database troubleshootingFamiliarity with ITIL processes Incident, Problem, Change ManagementGood to Have
Basic Qualifications:
Minimum 8+ years of software engineering experience, including technical leadership for enterprise applications.
Strong Java/J2EE expertise with Spring Boot, Spring MVC, and ORM frameworks (Hibernate/JPA).
Hands-on AWS experience designing and operating production workloads (e.g., ECS/EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, CloudWatch, API Gateway, EventBridge, Step Functions, Lambda).
Experience with microservices architecture, API design, and integration patterns (synchronous and asynchronous).
Proficiency with CI/CD and DevOps practices using tools such as Jenkins, Maven, Git, and automated release processes.
Strong database fundamentals and experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server) and performance troubleshooting.
Experience supporting production systems, triaging incidents, and implementing durable fixes under SLA expectations.
Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across engineering, product, and business stakeholders.
HS Diploma / GED
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with large-scale cloud migrations and modernization programs, including legacy application decomposition and re-platforming.
Exposure to CMS/search/e-commerce platforms and related ecosystem tooling (e.g., TeamSite, Solr) and/or modern front-end collaboration (e.g., React).
Background in Banking/Financial Services or other regulated environments (security, auditability, compliance).
Experience with BPM/workflow engines (IBM BPM/BAW, jBPM) and business rules (Drools).
Familiarity with application performance monitoring tools (e.g., AppDynamics, Splunk/New Relic) and capacity/performance testing practices.
AWS cost optimization and tagging strategies; FinOps collaboration.
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We anticipate this job posting will be posted until 06/01/2026
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