Enterprise AI Architect & Strategy Leader

Cognizant; Irving (TX); Hybrid; USD 230.000 - 290.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Cognizant Consulting is seeking a Consulting Principal, Enterprise AI to guide enterprise-wide AI architecture strategy and deliver scalable, governed AI solutions across SaaS, fintech, payments, and Hi-Tech clients.

You will collaborate with executives, solution architects, engineering leaders, product teams, and client leadership to drive AI transformation at enterprise scale, defining reference architectures and accelerating outcomes with governance and security in mind.

Qualifikationen

• 12–15+ years of Enterprise Architecture experience delivering large-scale technology transformations.
• Proven experience architecting enterprise-grade AI, GenAI, ML, and agentic AI solutions.
• Deep expertise with TOGAF ADM and Enterprise Architecture governance frameworks.
• Significant client-facing consulting experience, including executive engagement, solutioning, and pre-sales.
• Strong experience designing cloud-native architectures across AWS, Azure, and/or GCP.
• Expertise in microservices, Kubernetes, Docker, event-driven architecture, Kafka, REST APIs, and integration.
• Experience designing GenAI solutions including RAG architectures, vector databases, LLM onboarding, and orchestration frameworks.
• Strong understanding of AI governance, privacy, and regulatory compliance controls.
• Ability to develop proofs of concept and working prototypes to validate AI solutions.
• Experience establishing architecture standards, reusable frameworks, governance processes, and reference architectures.

Aufgaben

• Define enterprise AI architecture vision, governance standards, and target-state roadmaps that enable AI-augmented operations, intelligent automation, and enhanced customer and employee experiences.
• Architect scalable, resilient, explainable, and secure GenAI, machine learning, RAG, and agentic AI solutions while establishing reusable reference architectures and accelerators across client portfolios.
• Design cloud-native architectures and integration patterns across AWS, Azure, and GCP, ensuring AI capabilities are integrated with SaaS platforms and enterprise apps.
• Establish architecture governance, responsible AI standards, model evaluation frameworks, compliance controls, and Architecture Review Board processes.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to client executives while supporting solutioning, pre-sales activities, discovery workshops, proof-of-concepts, and large-scale transformation initiatives.

Kenntnisse

Enterprise Architecture

GenAI / AI

TOGAF ADM

Client-facing consulting

Cloud-native design

Microservices

Kubernetes

Docker

Event-driven

Kafka

REST APIs

Integration patterns

RAG architectures

Vector databases

LLM onboarding

AI governance

Prototypes / PoCs

Architecture standards

Governance processes

Reference architectures

Jobbeschreibung

Cognizant Consulting is seeking a Consulting Principal, Enterprise AI to guide enterprise-wide AI architecture strategy and deliver scalable, governed AI solutions across SaaS, fintech, payments, and Hi-Tech clients.

You will collaborate with executives, solution architects, engineering leaders, product teams, and client leadership to drive AI transformation at enterprise scale, defining reference architectures and accelerating outcomes with governance and security in mind.