AI Infrastructure Architect - Senior Manager

Huron Consulting Group Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 175,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

Huron Consulting Group Inc. is seeking an AI Infrastructure Architect to lead the design and implementation of a governed AI operations platform within AI Operations.

You will craft patterns for model access, identity, networking, and infrastructure as code, guiding platform engineers and collaborating with security and governance functions. The role emphasizes hands-on platform engineering, reusable runbooks, telemetry, cost reporting, and scalable patterns for secure production deployments

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience designing and building production cloud platforms, AI platforms, developer platforms, data platforms, or distributed systems, including 4+ years with AWS or equivalent cloud infrastructure.
• Strong AWS architecture experience, including identity, networking, logging, observability, infrastructure as code, security boundaries, and production operations.
• Strong hands-on engineering skills in at least one modern programming language and infrastructure automation framework.
• Demonstrated ability to use AI tools as a practical system-building accelerator for platform engineering, automation, code generation, code review, testing, or documentation.
• Experience with APIs, service integration, secure deployment patterns, event-driven systems, or platform automation.
• Ability to design for security, auditability, cost visibility, operational reliability, and reuse.
• Experience translating business, governance, and risk requirements into pragmatic engineering patterns.

Responsibilities

• Serve as hands-on technical lead for AI reference architecture, workload patterns, control-plane boundaries, model access, agent execution, and integration decisions.
• Define and build approved patterns for Amazon Bedrock, model access, networking, identity, logging, data flow, and production deployment.
• Design core AI control-plane patterns for registration, policy enforcement, usage tracking, attribution, quotas, audit reporting, and exception handling.
• Build reusable infrastructure as code, deployment templates, automation, sandbox patterns, MCP or equivalent service mediation, and operational tooling.
• Lead implementation of usage telemetry, token reporting, user attribution, project attribution, and cost-management data pipelines.
• Provide technical direction and mentorship to AI infrastructure engineers, including design and code review.
• Partner with security, governance, knowledge, and observability functions to implement controls, knowledge access, evaluation, and audit evidence through automation.
• Partner with the AI Capability Center under the Chief AI Officer to deliver the infrastructure and platform foundations, with targeted prototyping, behind solutions for Huron's go-to-market teams.
• Use AI tools hands-on to accelerate architecture design, infrastructure coding, code review, testing, documentation, troubleshooting, and operational improvement.
• Review and guide priority workload onboarding to ensure use cases follow approved architecture and operating patterns.
• Document reference architectures, implementation patterns, runbooks, and engineering standards.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Platform engineering

Infrastructure as code

Security & governance

Cost visibility

Tools

AWS

Bedrock

Kubernetes

Job description

Huron Overview

Huron is redefining what a global consulting organization can be. Advancing new ideas every day to build even stronger clients, individuals and communities. We're helping our clients find new ways to drive growth, enhance business performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. And, we're developing strategies and implementing solutions that enable the transformative change they need to own their future. As a member of the Huron corporate team, you'll help to evolve our business model to stay ahead of market forces, industry trends and client needs. Our accounting, finance, human resources, IT, legal, marketing and facilities management professionals work collaboratively to support Huron's collective strategies and enable real transformation to produce sustainable business results. Join our team and create your future.

Role Summary

The AI Infrastructure Architect will serve as the technical architect and lead builder for the AI operations platform. This role defines and builds the platform patterns for governed model access, identity, networking, infrastructure as code, usage telemetry, project attribution, sandbox deployment, service mediation, and operational tooling. This is an expert builder/architect role who must be able to design the platform, implement critical components, guide technical decisions, provide day-to-day technical direction to platform engineers, and turn governance requirements into reusable infrastructure patterns. The emphasis is infrastructure and platform engineering, building the foundations that application and solution teams rely on, with hands-on contribution to application-adjacent components where needed.

Reporting / Organization

This role sits within AI Operations in Corporate IT, part of the CIO organization, and reports to the Director, AI Operations.

Key Responsibilities

Serve as hands-on technical lead for AI reference architecture, workload patterns, control-plane boundaries, model access, agent execution, and integration decisions. Define and build approved patterns for Amazon Bedrock, model access, networking, identity, logging, data flow, and production deployment. Design core AI control-plane patterns for registration, policy enforcement, usage tracking, attribution, quotas, audit reporting, and exception handling. Build reusable infrastructure as code, deployment templates, automation, sandbox patterns, MCP or equivalent service mediation, and operational tooling. Lead implementation of usage telemetry, token reporting, user attribution, project attribution, and cost-management data pipelines. Provide technical direction and mentorship to AI infrastructure engineers, including design and code review. Partner with security, governance, knowledge, and observability functions to implement controls, knowledge access, evaluation, and audit evidence through automation. Partner with the AI Capability Center under the Chief AI Officer to deliver the infrastructure and platform foundations, with targeted prototyping, behind solutions for Huron's go-to-market teams. Use AI tools hands-on to accelerate architecture design, infrastructure coding, code review, testing, documentation, troubleshooting, and operational improvement. Review and guide priority workload onboarding to ensure use cases follow approved architecture and operating patterns. Document reference architectures, implementation patterns, runbooks, and engineering standards.

Required Qualifications

8+ years of experience designing and building production cloud platforms, AI platforms, developer platforms, data platforms, or distributed systems, including 4+ years with AWS or equivalent cloud infrastructure. Strong AWS architecture experience, including identity, networking, logging, observability, infrastructure as code, security boundaries, and production operations. Strong hands-on engineering skills in at least one modern programming language and infrastructure automation framework. Demonstrated ability to use AI tools as a practical system-building accelerator for platform engineering, automation, code generation, code review, testing, or documentation. Experience with APIs, service integration, secure deployment patterns, event-driven systems, or platform automation. Ability to design for security, auditability, cost visibility, operational reliability, and reuse. Experience translating business, governance, and risk requirements into pragmatic engineering patterns.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Amazon Bedrock or equivalent enterprise model access platforms. Experience with MCP or comparable governed tool/service mediation patterns. Experience with durable agentic AI orchestration platforms for platform automation, agent workflows, or long-running AI operations. Experience with sandboxed execution, coding agents, secure agent runtimes, or developer workspaces. Experience with token/cost telemetry, usage attribution, chargeback, showback, or FinOps data pipelines. Experience with regulated or client-confidential workloads. Experience mentoring engineers or leading small technical workstreams. Flexible living locations across the US. Ability to travel as needed.

The estimated base salary for this job is $175,000 - $245,000. The actual salary paid to an individual will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to specific skills or certifications, years of experience, market changes, and required travel. This job is also eligible to participate in Huron's annual incentive compensation program, which reflects Huron's pay for performance philosophy. Inclusive of annual incentive compensation opportunity, the total estimated compensation range for this job is $210,000 - $294,000. The job is also eligible to participate in Huron's benefit plans which include medical, dental and vision coverage and other wellness programs.

Position Level Senior Manager Country United States of America

About Huron

At Huron, we're redefining what a consulting organization can be. We go beyond advice to deliver results that last. We inherit our client's challenges as if they were our own. We help them transform for the future. We advocate. We make a difference. And we intelligently, passionately, relentlessly do great work...together. Are you the kind of person who stands ready to jump in, roll up your sleeves and transform ideas into action? Then come discover Huron. Whether you have years of experience or come right out of college, we invite you to explore our many opportunities. Find out how you can use your talents and develop your skills to make an impact immediately. Learn about how our culture and values provide you with the kind of environment that invites new ideas and innovation. Come see how we collaborate with each other in a culture of learning, coaching, diversity and inclusion. And hear about our unwavering commitment to make a difference in partnership with our clients, shareholders, communities and colleagues.

Benefits & Compensation

Huron Consulting Group offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage to employees and dependents; a 401(k) plan with a generous employer match; an employee stock purchase plan; a generous Paid Time Off policy; and paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Our Wellness Program supports employee total well-being by providing free annual health screenings and coaching, bank at work, and on-site workshops, as well as ongoing programs recognizing major events in the lives of our employees throughout the year. All benefits and programs are subject to applicable eligibility requirements.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Huron is fully committed to providing equal employment opportunity to job applicants and employees in recruitment, hiring, employment, compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, training, and all other terms and conditions of employment. Huron will not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, religion, veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, creed, citizenship or any other status protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. We endeavor to maintain a drug-free workplace.