Remote Principal Solution Architect – Agentic AI

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation; Cheyenne (WY); Remote; USD 116,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Solution Architect – Agentic AI to define enterprise architectures for AI agents, platforms, and governance. You will shape reference architectures, reusable frameworks, and guardrails enabling scalable Agentic AI adoption across the SDLC and business domains.

You will drive strategy, standards, and reviews across AI initiatives, with emphasis on memory services, context engineering, and multi-agent integration.

Qualifications

• 20+ years of experience in software engineering and architecture.
• 7+ years of experience in cloud-native architecture and platform engineering.
• 5+ years of experience building AI/ML, Generative AI, or Agentic AI solutions.
• Strong experience defining enterprise architecture, reusable frameworks, design patterns, and technical standards.
• Experience leading enterprise-scale platform initiatives.
• Experience establishing architecture governance and guardrails for complex technology initiatives.
• Strong understanding of enterprise AI platforms, cloud-native architecture, and modern platform engineering concepts.
• Demonstrated success influencing and collaborating with senior technical and business leaders.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise reference architectures for AI Agents and related platforms (Agent Factory, Agent Runtime, AI Control Plane, AgentOps).
• Establish architecture standards, design patterns, reusable frameworks, and implementation guardrails for Agentic AI solutions.
• Lead the technical strategy for Agentic AI adoption across the software lifecycle and business domains.
• Drive architecture reviews and governance for enterprise AI initiatives.
• Architect reusable agent capabilities including memory services, context engineering, workflow orchestration, and business rules engines.

Skills

Software engineering

Enterprise architecture

Cloud-native architecture

Platform engineering

AI/ML solutions

Generative AI

Governance and guardrails

Stakeholder influence

Architectural standards

Enterprise-scale initiatives

Tools

Agent Factory

Agent Runtime

AI Control Plane

AgentOps platforms

Model Context Protocol (MCP)

Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Solution Architect – Agentic AI to define enterprise architectures for AI agents, platforms, and governance. You will shape reference architectures, reusable frameworks, and guardrails enabling scalable Agentic AI adoption across the SDLC and business domains.

You will drive strategy, standards, and reviews across AI initiatives, with emphasis on memory services, context engineering, and multi-agent integration.