Regional Lead Agentic Architect - Digital Engineer

Atos; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension Scheme - contributions matched

Private medical cover

Income Protection

Life Assurance

25 days paid leave + National Holidays

Flex benefits program

Job summary

Atos is seeking a senior architect to lead the design and optimization of production-grade agentic solutions deployed regionally. You will ensure scalability, safety, and performance meet enterprise requirements while guiding teams through the transition from consumer-grade to production-grade agent designs.

The role demands 8–15+ years in architecture, deep knowledge of AI architectures, APIs, and orchestration, plus experience with regulated environments.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing complex enterprise platforms or AI-driven systems.
• 8–15+ years in architecture roles (solution, systems, or platform architecture).
• Ability to balance innovation with control in regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Translate business and operational requirements into agentic system designs.
• Guide teams in moving from consumer-grade to production-grade agent design.
• Review and optimize agent workflows, decision logic, and system interactions.
• Ensure compliance with platform architecture, governance, and security standards.
• Support client-specific or sensitive solution design, including restricted data environments.
• Act as a regional SME and escalation point for complex agent design challenges.
• Collaborate with central platform and governance teams.

Skills

Agentic AI architectures

Distributed systems design

APIs & workflow orchestration

Trade-off analysis

Tools

LangGraph

n8n

Orchestration frameworks

Job description

Atos is the Atos Group brand dedicated to AI-powered, secure, end-to-end digital services. Atos designs, develops, and operates critical digital environments that drive performance, resilience and sovereignty, helping public and private organizations worldwide retain control over their data and infrastructures, while meeting regulatory requirements.

With more than 54,000 employees serving over 4,500 clients across 54 countries, Atos helps modernize core IT systems, accelerate cloud and data transformation, strengthen cybersecurity, and deliver secure digital workplace environments to support its clients, its employees and society. Atos also provides consulting and advisory services through its Atos Amplify brand.

A trusted partner in operating complex and mission-critical environments, Atos supports organizations across highly regulated and sovereign contexts.

About Atos Group

Atos Group is a global leader in digital transformation with c. 56,000 employees and annual revenue of c. €7.2 billion (at the go-forward perimeter), operating in 54 countries under two brands - Atos for services and Eviden for products and systems. European number one in cybersecurity and a leader in cloud, Atos Group is committed to a secure and decarbonized future and provides tailored AI-powered, end-to-end solutions for all industries. Atos Group is listed on Euronext Paris.

Mission / Role Summary

Lead the design and optimization of production-grade agentic solutions in regional deployments, ensuring that AI agents meet enterprise requirements for scalability, safety, and performance.

Where purpose meets career

Work at the forefront of AI, agentic technology and automation - practical roles applying emerging technology to real operational and customer challenges.

Build skills and a career in a fast-growing area - supported by structured learning, specialist enablement and hands-on delivery experience.

Help shape a new capability and make a visible impact - an opportunity to influence how these capabilities develop, create reusable solutions and help shape the future of service delivery within Atos.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate business and operational requirements into agentic system designs
• Guide teams in moving from consumer-grade to production-grade agent design
• Review and optimize agent workflows, decision logic, and system interactions
• Ensure compliance with platform architecture, governance, and security standards
• Support client-specific or sensitive solution design, including restricted data environments
• Act as a regional SME and escalation point for complex agent design challenges
• Collaborate with central platform and governance teams

Required Skills

• Deep understanding of agentic AI architectures and frameworks
• Experience designing production-grade distributed systems
• Strong knowledge of system design, APIs, and workflow orchestration
• Ability to assess trade-offs (autonomy vs control, cost vs performance, etc.)

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience with tools like LangGraph, n8n, orchestration frameworks
• Knowledge of AI observability and evaluation frameworks
• Experience in sovereign or restricted deployment environments
• Background in ITSM or managed services automation

Experience Profile

• 8-15+ years in architecture roles (solution, systems, or platform architecture)
• Proven experience designing complex enterprise platforms or AI-driven systems

Candidate Persona

A forward-looking architect who balances innovation with control. Able to challenge naive AI approaches and elevate designs to production-grade standards, especially in regulated or client-specific environments.

Essential Criteria - SC Eligibility

To be eligible for SC clearance, you must have lived and worked in the UK continuously for the past 5 years.

Benefits

• Pension Scheme - contributions matched up to 10%
• Private medical cover
• Income Protection
• Life Assurance
• 25 days paid leave + National Holidays
• Flex benefits program

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