AI Infrastructure Lead

Job description

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. 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. Join us to drive positive, lasting change that moves missions and the government forward! **You Are:** The AI Infrastructure Lead is a senior technical strategist and hands‑on engineering leader responsible for designing, securing, modernizing, and operating the advanced AI infrastructure environments required to power mission‑critical Defense capabilities. This role drives infrastructure strategy, accelerates modernization across hybrid cloud and high‑performance computing (HPC) environments, and ensures secure, compliant, end‑to‑end orchestration of AI workloads from onboarding tools and datasets to operating compute clusters to deploying models into classified inference environments. This individual will shape and lead growth across major AI infrastructure opportunities including SUNet 2.0 modernization, HITS‑U, and JTSO JEDAI while supporting delivery excellence once pursuits are won. Their work directly enables the creation of modern digital cores, hybrid cloud ecosystems, high‑assurance AI pipelines, and enterprise‑scale secure environments aligned with AFS cloud modernization patterns and DoD AI‑first mission priorities. **Key Responsibilities** 1. **Lead AI Infrastructure Strategy for Major Defense Modernization Efforts** Drive infrastructure architecture and modernization strategy across: - **SUNet 2.0** – enabling secure, resilient, hybrid environments connecting cloud and on‑prem HPC resources. - **HITS‑U** – supporting classified mission data flows, compute orchestration, and modernized digital core environments. - **JTSO JEDAI** – shaping the infrastructure backbone for Joint AI enablement, cross‑domain access, and rapid model deployment. 1. **Drive AI Infrastructure Growth & Pursuit Strategy** Partner with portfolio leadership to shape growth strategy across AI infrastructure opportunities. Responsibilities include: - Developing pursuit strategies and infrastructure win themes. - Leading technical volumes and solution architecture for proposals. - Joining orals as enterprise AI infrastructure authority. - Supporting customer engagements and modernization vision briefings. 1. **Support Delivery Excellence Once Pursuits Are Won** Provide hands‑on technical leadership during delivery by: - Guiding engineering teams through environment setup. - Leading modernization plans and operating model transitions. - Overseeing performance, security, and reliability of inference environments. - Ensuring mission outcomes and operational readiness. **Here's What You Need:** - Deep knowledge of hybrid and multi‑cloud architectures, cloud‑native platforms, and secure infrastructure modernization patterns. - Experience with high‑performance computing, distributed training, and GPU‑accelerated workloads. - Expertise in secure data onboarding, cross‑domain operations, and AI pipeline orchestration. - Strong understanding of zero‑trust architectures, data governance, and compliant secure environments. - Proven ability to operate at the intersection of mission needs, infrastructure engineering, and AI strategy. **Success Criteria** - Modernized SUNet 2.0, HITS‑U, and JEDAI‑aligned infrastructure with measurable mission performance improvements. - Secure, scalable AI environments supporting rapid development, evaluation, and deployment of mission‑critical models. - Growth in AI infrastructure pipeline and increased PWIN for major pursuits. - Successful delivery execution across awarded AI infrastructure programs. - Partner and customer recognition as the authoritative lead for Defense AI infrastructure. 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The pay range for the states of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia, and the city of Cleveland is: $148,800—$306,500 USD ***What We Believe*** *As a company wholly dedicated to serving the US federal government, we bring together the best talent to help reinvent how federal agencies operate and deliver greater value for their mission and the American people. We have an unwavering commitment to creating a culture in which all our people are respected, feel a sense of belonging, and have equal opportunity. As a business imperative, every person at Accenture Federal Services has the responsibility to create and sustain a culture where everyone feels welcomed and included. 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