Gen AI Architect for Autonomous Networking

Verizon; Irving (TX); Hybrid; USD 137,000 - 263,000; Full time

Job summary

Verizon is building one of the most advanced autonomous networks. The Distinguished Member of Technical Staff will architect & build the applied AI layer behind that autonomy, owning Gen AI-powered systems from data center to edge.

You will deploy generative AI solutions across Verizon's SOE, evaluate LLMs, and collaborate with engineering, data science, and product teams to deliver scalable, secure AI capabilities for networks and products.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or 4+ years of work experience in a relevant field.
• 8+ years of relevant experience demonstrated through work, military, or training.
• Strong familiarity with Generative AI concepts, including LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG, embeddings, fine-tuning.
• Experience deploying cloud-based AI solutions across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Experience with on-prem AI inference at the edge in low-latency or disconnected environments.
• Strong security background with the ability to design and implement guardrails for AI products and platforms.

Responsibilities

• Designing, building, and deploying applied AI/Gen AI solutions on Verizon's Gen AI platform to support Network and product use cases.
• Partnering with Network and product teams to identify high-value use cases and translate them into scalable AI-driven solutions.
• Evaluating and integrating large language models (LLMs), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), prompt engineering, fine-tuning, and agentic AI frameworks into production systems.
• Architecting and deploying AI workloads across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform, selecting the right cloud services for performance, cost, and scale.
• Collaborating with cross-functional engineering, data science, and product teams to streamline the AI solution development lifecycle.
• Establishing best practices for model evaluation, responsible AI, security, and governance across Gen AI deployments.
• Mentoring engineers and acting as a technical thought leader on Gen AI adoption across the organization.

Skills

Gen AI concepts

LLMs

prompt engineering

RAG

embeddings

fine-tuning

agentic architectures

cloud deployment

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud Platform

LangChain

Bedrock

Vertex AI

CI/CD for AI

Job description

Verizon is building one of the most advanced autonomous networks. The Distinguished Member of Technical Staff will architect & build the applied AI layer behind that autonomy, owning Gen AI-powered systems from data center to edge.

You will deploy generative AI solutions across Verizon's SOE, evaluate LLMs, and collaborate with engineering, data science, and product teams to deliver scalable, secure AI capabilities for networks and products.