Azure Agentic AI Architect for GenAI & RAG Systems

Cognizant; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Stock purchase plan

Parental leave

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an experienced Microsoft Azure Agentic AI Solution Architect to lead architecture, design, and deployment of enterprise-grade Agentic AI and Generative AI on Azure. You will translate business requirements into secure, scalable architectures and drive PoCs through production-ready deployments.

The role spans Foundry/Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, RAG, multi-agent orchestration, and responsible AI, delivering end-to-end patterns, governance, and security controls across

Qualifications

• 12+ years of technology experience with enterprise architecture responsibilities.
• 5+ years designing on Microsoft Azure including security, data, and integration.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end Agentic AI architectures using Azure Foundry and Azure OpenAI.
• Establish reusable architecture patterns for agents, prompts, tools, grounding, and enterprise integrations.
• Lead architecture reviews and collaborate with stakeholders across engineering, security, and operations.

Skills

Azure Architecture

Agentic AI

LLMs

RAG

Security

Governance

CI/CD

Python/Java

Docker/Kubernetes

Communication

Tools

Microsoft Foundry/Azure AI Foundry

Azure OpenAI

LangChain/Semantic Kernel

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an experienced Microsoft Azure Agentic AI Solution Architect to lead architecture, design, and deployment of enterprise-grade Agentic AI and Generative AI on Azure. You will translate business requirements into secure, scalable architectures and drive PoCs through production-ready deployments.

The role spans Foundry/Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, RAG, multi-agent orchestration, and responsible AI, delivering end-to-end patterns, governance, and security controls across