- Location
- Kolkata, KDC1A, India
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Engineering
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Education
- Associate
- Source
- Workday
Description
Overview
The primary responsibility of this role is to act as a Forward Deployment Engineer in
medium-to-large opportunities for mid-sized clients; that may involve solutioning including
but not limited to understanding client requirements, deployment planning, environment
configuration, integration design, testing, and go-live execution of AI-native and agentic AI
solutions. Mid-market companies increasingly require rapid deployment of AI capabilities
that can generate measurable business outcomes while integrating seamlessly with existing
technology landscapes. These organizations require scalable, repeatable, and right-sized
deployment approaches that accelerate time-to-value and minimize implementation risk.The role requires the
ability to rapidly configure integrations, validate architecture assumptions, resolve
deployment challenges, and accelerate realization of business value.
As a Forward Deployment Engineer, you will assist sales, delivery, architecture,
engineering, and client teams in deploying AI-native solutions, agentic workflows, and
automation capabilities within client environments. Your goal is to establish trusted
relationships with internal teams and customers while ensuring successful implementation,
rapid adoption, and value realization.
The successful candidate will bring a Forward Deployment Engineering mindset, combining
technical expertise, cloud engineering knowledge, architecture awareness, rapid
prototyping capabilities, and innovation-led thinking to solve complex deployment
challenges and accelerate business outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
Solution Deployment, Integration & Forward Deployment Engineering
Translate deployment requirements into executable implementation plans using deep
knowledge of AI-native solutions, cloud platforms, APIs, and enterprise integrations.
Collaborate with Sales Pursuit, Solution Architects, Engineering, and Delivery Teams to
ensure successful deployment and adoption of AI solutions.
Deploy and configure pre-built agentic AI solutions within client environments while
preserving solution integrity and performance standards.
Act as the technical bridge between architecture, engineering, delivery, and client teams
during implementation activities.
Identify deployment risks and develop mitigation strategies to support successful go
live execution.
Ensure solutions meet security, compliance, scalability, and operational requirements.
Client Environment Integration & Configuration
Adapt integrations, data connections, APIs, and workflows to align with client-specific
technical landscapes.
Deploy AI solutions into AWS and GCP environments while ensuring optimal
performance and reliability.
Configure authentication, access controls, monitoring, and operational support
requirements.
Integrate AI assets with enterprise systems, data platforms, collaboration tools, and
business applications.
Validate deployment readiness through testing, performance assessment, and
environment verification.
Go-Live Execution & Operational Readiness
Lead deployment activities and support rapid go-live execution for AI solutions and
agentic workflows.
Conduct deployment validation, smoke testing, and operational readiness assessments.
Drive issue identification, troubleshooting, and resolution during implementation and
stabilization phases.
Ensure seamless handoff to operations and delivery teams through documentation and
knowledge transfer.
Develop reusable deployment accelerators, templates, and best practices that improve
implementation efficiency.
Client Engagement & Advisory
Establish trusted advisor relationships with client stakeholders, architects, engineers,
and operations teams.
Conduct deployment workshops, technical assessments, and implementation planning
sessions.Qualifications
Experience
Minimum 5 8 years of experience in cloud engineering, solution deployment, systems
integration, or platform implementation.
Experience deploying applications and services within AWS and or GCP environments.
Experience integrating enterprise applications using APIs, middleware, and cloud
native services.
Experience leading deployment planning, implementation activities, testing, and go live
support.
Demonstrated ability to translate architecture designs into production ready
implementations.
Experience troubleshooting deployment issues and optimizing application performance.
Experience supporting AI, automation, analytics, or digital transformation initiatives.
Education
Bachelor s degree or equivalent minimum 12 years of work experience .
Associate degree with at least 6 years of relevant work experience.
Preferred Skills
Deep understanding of cloud deployment architectures, DevOps practices, and system
integrations.
Experience with AWS and GCP services, networking, security, and deployment
automation.
Strong knowledge of APIs, microservices, data integration, and enterprise application
connectivity.
Experience supporting AI native, agentic AI, automation, or intelligent workflow
solutions.
Understanding of CI CD pipelines, monitoring frameworks, and operational support
models.
Strong communication, troubleshooting, and stakeholder engagement skills.
Ability to lead complex deployment efforts across multiple teams and environments.
Strong analytical and problem solving capabilities.
The candidate should have PE VC mentality.
Bonus Points
Proven track record deploying AI native or cloud native solutions in client
environments.
Experience building reusable deployment accelerators, automation assets, and
operational frameworks.
Experience with Agile, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or platform engineering
practices.
Knowledge of Generative AI, agentic archi
About Accenture
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Skills
AWSGCPAgileDevOpsMicroservicesPrototypingCompliance