Remote Principal Enterprise Architect – AI & GenAI

Cognizant; Madison (WI); Remote; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

401(k) plan and contributions

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an Associate Director – AI/Gen AI Platform to lead enterprise AI architecture and platform strategy in a remote capacity. You will define governance, design scalable GenAI solutions, and mentor teams across AWS, Azure, and GCP environments.

The role requires deep hands-on AI experience and strong executive stakeholder management to drive measurable business value through AI platforms and services.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, or Technology Consulting.
• Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale AI, cloud, and digital transformation programs.
• Expertise in Generative AI, Agentic AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), RAG, and AI Governance.
• Strong experience with AWS, Azure, and/or GCP cloud platforms.
• Experience designing microservices, APIs, Kubernetes, Docker, and event-driven architectures.
• Strong executive communication, consulting, and client engagement experience.
• Demonstrated success leading AI initiatives from strategy through production deployment.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise AI architecture strategy, roadmaps, standards, and governance frameworks.
• Architect scalable GenAI, Agentic AI, ML, and cloud-native solutions across complex enterprise environments.
• Design AI platforms utilizing LLMs, RAG, vector databases, APIs, and modern cloud services.
• Build rapid proofs of concept and prototypes to accelerate innovation and validate business use cases.
• Establish Responsible AI practices, model governance standards, and production readiness criteria.
• Drive cloud-native architecture adoption across AWS, Azure, and GCP environments.
• Integrate AI solutions with enterprise platforms including Salesforce, ServiceNow, ERP, finance, and payments systems.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to client executives, business stakeholders, and delivery leadership.
• Support pre-sales, solutioning, architecture reviews, and strategic client workshops.
• Mentor architects and engineering teams while promoting reusable AI patterns and accelerators.

Skills

GenAI & LLMs expertise

Enterprise architecture

Executive stakeholder management

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

APIs, microservices, Kubernetes,Docker

Tools

LangChain

LlamaIndex

MLflow

Vector databases

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an Associate Director – AI/Gen AI Platform to lead enterprise AI architecture and platform strategy in a remote capacity. You will define governance, design scalable GenAI solutions, and mentor teams across AWS, Azure, and GCP environments.

The role requires deep hands-on AI experience and strong executive stakeholder management to drive measurable business value through AI platforms and services.