Senior Agentic AI Architect — Cloud-Native Enterprise AI

Cognizant; Pierre (SD); 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 transform large language models, multi-agent systems, and orchestration layers into secure, scalable enterprise solutions. You will collaborate with client stakeholders, data and platform teams, and cross-functional engineering groups.

The role emphasizes deep expertise in AI/ML, Python, cloud platforms (Azure preferred), and modern data ecosystems, with remote work in the United States and potential

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in AI/ML and GenAI, including LLMs, prompt engineering, memory management.
• Strong programming skills in Python (primary) with hands-on experience across AI libraries.
• Cloud architecture on Azure preferred (Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Studio, Databricks) with AWS or GCP.
• Experience with modern data and platform ecosystems (Databricks, Snowflake, Synapse), REST APIs, microservices, and event streaming (Kafka, Event Hub).
• Strong DevOps and MLOps capabilities, including CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes, monitoring, logging, and experiment tracking.

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

Python

LLMs

GenAI

MLOps

Tools

Azure OpenAI

Azure AI Studio

Databricks

AWS

GCP

REST APIs

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

Event Hub

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior AI Architect to define end-to-end Agentic AI architectures that transform large language models, multi-agent systems, and orchestration layers into secure, scalable enterprise solutions. You will collaborate with client stakeholders, data and platform teams, and cross-functional engineering groups.

The role emphasizes deep expertise in AI/ML, Python, cloud platforms (Azure preferred), and modern data ecosystems, with remote work in the United States and potential