AI Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Consultant

Role: AI SDLC Consultant

Role: AI SDLC Consultant

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.

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• Supporting AI SDLC maturity assessments, analysing current engineering practices, toolchains and delivery metrics to identify where AI can add the most value
• Supporting the design of AI-enabled engineering ways of working, including how developers, testers and product teams work alongside AI coding assistants and agents
• Supporting the evaluation and selection of AI development tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, Amazon Q Developer, AI-driven testing platforms) against client requirements, security and cost
• Helping plan and run pilots and proofs of value, defining success measures and capturing results to inform scale-up decisions
• Supporting the definition and baselining of productivity and quality measures (e.g. DORA metrics, cycle time, defect rates, developer experience), and the value cases built on them
• Supporting the design of governance and guardrails for AI-assisted development, covering secure coding, code review, IP and licensing, data privacy and responsible AI
• Supporting the application of AI to legacy modernisation, including code comprehension, documentation and migration
• Supporting the development of adoption roadmaps and change plans, including engineer enablement, training and communities of practice
• Staying abreast of the fast-moving AI engineering landscape - new tools, agentic development patterns and emerging practices - and sharing insights with clients and the team

Location: London, Manchester, Edinburgh

Mobility: Up to 100%

Career Level: Consultant (ML9)

We are looking for individuals with the following skills and experience:

• Have hands-on experience in software engineering, DevOps, platform engineering or quality engineering, or have advised on engineering transformation, and are keen to apply this to AI-enabled delivery
• Have practical experience using AI coding assistants or agentic development tools, and understand their strengths and limitations
• Understand the modern software development lifecycle and practices such as Agile, DevOps, CI/CD and DevSecOps
• Are familiar with how large language models and AI agents work in practice, including prompting, context management and evaluating outputs
• Are curious and passionate about exploring emerging technologies (agentic AI, multi-agent systems, Cloud Native, Platform Engineering, etc.)

• Can connect changes in engineering practice to business outcomes such as speed to market, quality and cost
• Can simplify and explain complex technical topics for non-technical stakeholders
• Exposure to measuring engineering performance or developer productivity

• Ability to inspire and work across teams and build consensus in high-pressure situations
• Are comfortable working with both engineering teams and technology leaders, building credibility with practitioners and executives alike
• Have proven stakeholder management and communication skills, leveraged to influence and persuade client stakeholders

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