Enterprise AI Architect: Agentic & Generative Leadership

Cognizant; New York (NY); Remote; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

401(k) plan

Paid holidays & PTO

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Distinguished Frontier Engineer to drive AI architecture and governance for enterprise-scale transformations. You will lead design of agentic AI platforms, define guardrails, and guide executives through AI adoption across industries.

The role combines deep AI architecture expertise with enterprise governance, requiring strong consulting and client-facing experience. Visa-independence is required; relocation may be considered as applicable.

Qualifications

• 8 to 15 years of overall IT experience.
• Minimum 3+ years in Enterprise Architecture, AI Architecture, or Digital Transformation leadership roles.
• Proven experience designing and deploying enterprise-scale AI and Generative AI solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design AI-native enterprise architectures for large transformation programs.
• Define human-agent capability matrices and operating models for AI-enabled delivery.
• Architect multi-agent ecosystems that integrate enterprise applications, data platforms, and business processes.
• Develop scalable context engineering and knowledge orchestration frameworks.
• Define guardrails, policies, and boundary specifications for agentic AI systems.
• Establish governance models for AI autonomy, decision-making, and escalation controls.
• Design human oversight mechanisms for enterprise AI operations.
• Create standards for AI system traceability, transparency, and auditability.

Skills

Agentic AI

Generative AI

AI Functional Architecture

Enterprise Architecture

Responsible AI

LLMs

RAG

Multi-Agent Systems

AI Governance & Compliance

Cloud-native AI Architectures

AI Platform Strategy

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related discipline

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Distinguished Frontier Engineer to drive AI architecture and governance for enterprise-scale transformations. You will lead design of agentic AI platforms, define guardrails, and guide executives through AI adoption across industries.

The role combines deep AI architecture expertise with enterprise governance, requiring strong consulting and client-facing experience. Visa-independence is required; relocation may be considered as applicable.