Principal AI Architect — Enterprise AI & Cloud Security

Lincoln Motor Company; Carson City (NV); On-site; USD 133,000 - 251,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Paid time off

Flexible holidays

Vehicle discount program for employees

Job summary

Ford Credit is seeking a Principal AI Architect to shape its enterprise AI strategy and build secure, cloud-native systems. This leader will manage architecture teams, define target states, and translate strategy into practical roadmaps across AI, cloud, and security domains.

The role requires deep experience in enterprise AI/ML production systems, Google Cloud expertise, and strong risk-aware leadership to drive modernization and governance across teams.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, cybersecurity, or a related field
• Candidates should have 12+ years of technology experience with 8+ years in architecture roles
• Experience architecting and operating enterprise AI/ML systems in production
• Deep cloud architecture experience on Google Cloud or comparable hyperscaler
• Strong security architecture expertise including Zero Trust, identity, authorization, data protection
• Ability to communicate complex technical and investment trade-offs to executives and engineers

Responsibilities

• Define Ford Credit’s multi-year enterprise AI architecture strategy and roadmaps
• Establish an AI-native software delivery lifecycle with explicit specifications and bounded execution
• Create reusable patterns for architecture manifests, technical plans, and evidence bundles
• Architect production agentic systems integrating models, retrieval, tools, memory, and orchestration
• Define risk-tiered autonomy, checkpoints, human oversight, and auditable decision trails
• Design and govern AI applications and platforms on Google Cloud (Vertex AI, Gemini, GKE, Cloud Run, BigQuery, Pub/Sub)

Skills

AI architecture

Cloud architecture

Security architecture

Leadership

Enterprise AI

Google Cloud

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Vertex AI

Gemini

GKE

Cloud Run

BigQuery

Pub/Sub

Job description

Ford Credit is seeking a Principal AI Architect to shape its enterprise AI strategy and build secure, cloud-native systems. This leader will manage architecture teams, define target states, and translate strategy into practical roadmaps across AI, cloud, and security domains.

The role requires deep experience in enterprise AI/ML production systems, Google Cloud expertise, and strong risk-aware leadership to drive modernization and governance across teams.