Remote Senior AI Architect for Enterprise Agentic AI

Cognizant; Saint Paul (MN); Remote; USD 108,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus PTO

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior AI Architect to define end-to-end Agentic AI architectures that turn large language models, multi-agent systems, and orchestration layers into secure, scalable, enterprise-grade solutions.

The role collaborates with client stakeholders and cross-functional teams, emphasizing Python development, cloud platforms (Azure preferred), and modern data ecosystems. Remote option in the United States with potential travel.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in AI/ML and GenAI with LLMs, prompt engineering, fine-tuning, RAG, embeddings, and multi-agent architectures.
• Strong Python development skills with hands-on AI library experience.
• Experience architecting on cloud platforms (Azure preferred) and Databricks/AWS/GCP.
• Knowledge of data/platform ecosystems, REST APIs, microservices, and event streaming.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end Agentic AI architecture frameworks leveraging LLMs, multi-agent systems, and orchestration layers.
• Design autonomous AI agents capable of planning, reasoning, memory management, and tool usage.
• Establish reference architectures for enterprise-grade AI applications that are cloud-native, scalable, and secure.
• Integrate AI agents with enterprise systems, including data platforms, ERP, CRM, APIs, and event-driven systems.

Skills

AI/ML

GenAI

LLMs

prompt engineering

fine-tuning

RAG

embeddings

vector databases

multi-agent architectures

agent frameworks

Python

cloud platforms

Azure

Azure OpenAI

Databricks

AWS

GCP

REST APIs

microservices

event streaming

Kafka

Event Hub

DevOps

MLOps

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

monitoring

logging

experiment tracking

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Databricks

Azure OpenAI

Azure AI Studio

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior AI Architect to define end-to-end Agentic AI architectures that turn large language models, multi-agent systems, and orchestration layers into secure, scalable, enterprise-grade solutions.

The role collaborates with client stakeholders and cross-functional teams, emphasizing Python development, cloud platforms (Azure preferred), and modern data ecosystems. Remote option in the United States with potential travel.