AI Platform Architect & Agentic Systems Lead

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation; Teaneck Township (NJ); Remote; USD 175,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking an Associate Director – AI, Integration & Process Platforms to lead end-to-end architecture and engineering of Agentic and Generative AI solutions for enterprise clients. You will design scalable, secure, and responsible AI architectures built on LLMs and multi-agent systems.

You will collaborate with product, data science, security, and delivery teams to translate business use cases into blueprints, guide PoCs to production, and ensure

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, frontier engineering, AI engineering, or related technology leadership roles.
• Hands-on knowledge of large language models, prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation, vector databases, agentic workflows, and agent orchestration frameworks.
• Experience designing AI, machine learning, or GenAI systems on hyperscaler platforms (GCP, Azure, AWS).
• Strong understanding of API-driven architectures, microservices, event-driven systems, cloud-native platforms, containers, orchestration, MLOps, and LLMOps.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to business, technical, and executive audiences in client-facing or consulting environments.

Responsibilities

• Architect end-to-end Agentic and Generative AI solutions, including multi-agent systems, orchestration, and LLM selection.
• Embed Responsible AI principles and ensure governance, security, and regulatory compliance.
• Translate business use cases into AI solution blueprints, reference architectures, and implementation roadmaps; provide technical leadership to delivery teams.
• Support pre-sales, RFPs, solutioning, and deal credentialization by articulating AI value propositions to diverse audiences.
• Drive thought leadership and innovation; stay current with GenAI advances and mentor architects and engineering teams.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Generative AI

Agentic AI

APIs & microservices

Leadership

Education

Master's degree or PhD in CS/Engineering

Tools

Boomi

Kong

Pega

Appian

Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking an Associate Director – AI, Integration & Process Platforms to lead end-to-end architecture and engineering of Agentic and Generative AI solutions for enterprise clients. You will design scalable, secure, and responsible AI architectures built on LLMs and multi-agent systems.

You will collaborate with product, data science, security, and delivery teams to translate business use cases into blueprints, guide PoCs to production, and ensure