Associate Director - GenAI Solution Architect

Cognizant; New Jersey; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays + PTO

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a GenAI Solution Architect to drive AI-first engineering strategy and design scalable Generative AI solutions across enterprise programs. You will collaborate with business, engineering, architecture, and technology teams to build cloud-native AI solutions.

In this role, you will design scalable architectures using LLMs, AI agents, APIs, microservices, and DevOps practices, leveraging AWS and Bedrock, and contribute to secure, maintainable AI platforms for enterprise use.

Qualifications

• Strong experience designing Generative AI solution architectures incl. LLM-powered apps.
• Hands-on experience with LLMs, AI agents, prompt engineering and context engineering.
• Experience delivering GenAI solutions using GPT-4/4o, Claude, Gemini, Llama.

Responsibilities

• Drive AI-first engineering strategy and lead architecture and delivery of enterprise GenAI solutions.
• Design scalable, cloud-native architectures leveraging LLMs, AI agents, APIs, and microservices.
• Build GenAI-powered applications using GPT-4/4o, Claude, Gemini, Llama and advanced prompt techniques.

Skills

GenAI architecture

LLMs

AI agents

cloud-native

CI/CD

DevOps

stakeholder leadership

prompt engineering

Tools

AWS

Bedrock

GitHub Copilot

APIs

Job description

GenAI Solution Architect

Location: Charlotte, NC or Parsippany, NJ - Hybrid

Employment Type: Full-Time

Remote - United States

Job ID: 00070873271

Associate Director - GenAI Solution Architect

About The Role

As a GenAI Solution Architect, you will make an impact by driving AI-first engineering strategy and designing scalable Generative AI solutions across enterprise programs. You will work collaboratively with business, engineering, architecture, and technology teams to build cloud-native AI solutions leveraging LLMs, AI agents, orchestration frameworks, APIs, microservices, and modern DevOps practices.

In This Role, You Will

• Drive AI-first engineering strategy and lead the architecture and delivery of enterprise Generative AI solutions.
• Design scalable, cloud-native architectures leveraging LLMs, AI agents, orchestration frameworks, APIs, and microservices.
• Build and deploy GenAI-powered applications using GPT-4/4o, Claude, Gemini, Llama, and advanced prompt and context engineering techniques.
• Leverage GitHub Copilot, Claude, and AI-assisted development tools to accelerate software delivery and improve developer productivity.
• Define and promote engineering standards across CI/CD, DevOps, API integration, and cloud-native application development.
• Design AI solutions leveraging AWS and Amazon Bedrock and support the development of scalable AI platforms and services.
• Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to translate complex requirements into secure, scalable, and maintainable AI solutions.

Work model

We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a hybrid position in Charlotte, NC or Parsippany, NJ. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs. The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you’re engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured, we will always be clear about role expectations.

What You Need To Have To Be Considered

• Strong experience designing and delivering Generative AI solution architectures, including LLM-powered applications and AI agents.
• Hands-on experience with LLMs, AI agents, prompt engineering, and context engineering.
• Experience developing GenAI solutions using technologies such as GPT-4/4o, Claude, Gemini, and Llama.
• Strong experience with AWS, Amazon Bedrock, cloud-native architecture, APIs, and microservices.
• Experience leveraging GitHub Copilot and AI-assisted development tools within enterprise software engineering environments.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD, DevOps, and modern software engineering practices.
• Experience with AI platform engineering and integrating AI capabilities into enterprise applications.
• Strong stakeholder leadership and the ability to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.

These will help you stand out

• Experience with Palantir.
• Knowledge of the insurance domain and associated business processes.
• Experience leading AI-first engineering or enterprise GenAI transformation initiatives.
• Experience designing reusable AI platforms, orchestration frameworks, or agent-based solutions.
• Ability to provide technical leadership and influence architecture and engineering decisions across cross-functional teams.

Salary And Other Compensation

Applicants will be accepted till 12/03/2026

Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship.

Please note, this role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future*

The annual salary for this position will be in the range of $140,000 - $160,000 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.

Benefits:

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Our strength is built on our ability to work together. Our diverse backgrounds offer different perspectives and new ways of thinking. It encourages lively discussions, creativity, productivity, and helps us build better solutions for our clients. We want someone who thrives in this setting and is inspired to craft meaningful solutions through true collaboration.

If you are content with ambiguity, excited by change, and excel through autonomy, we’d love to hear from you!