Senior AI Agent Architect & Lead

EY; Providence (RI); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 329,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental coverage

401(k) plans

Pension

Paid time off

Job summary

EY is seeking a strategic Senior Manager Architect to lead design and implementation of agentic AI systems across foundation models, safety, and enterprise integration. You’ll balance hands-on delivery with cross-functional leadership, mentoring a team, and guiding knowledge-based AI adoption with strong governance and compliance.

This role anchors EY’s Enterprise Architecture council and requires broad experience in governance tech, AI platforms, and large-scale enterprise platforms.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, governance, or compliance technology.
• Bachelor’s Degree in related field.
• Knowledge of AI Foundation Model frameworks (Llama, Gemini, Claude, OpenAI, Mistral, Deepseek).
• Experience with observability, safety and governance tooling.
• Familiar with Agentic AI platforms (Nvidia, MSFT, Crew).
• Familiarity with Agentic Patterns & Frameworks: Orchestration, Loop Engineering, Memory system integration
• Familiarity with AI native development.
• Proven track record in building and delivering large-scale enterprise platforms.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the design and implementation of AI agentic systems and frameworks based on foundation models, LLM, and SLM.
• Integrate external vendor tools for model monitoring, security, and compliance.
• Collaborate with EY teams to align AI initiatives.
• Serve as a player-coach, contributing to technical delivery while coordinating firmwide AI adoption.
• Be a true expert in knowledge AI systems and their applications to customer opportunities and internal horizontal platform development.
• Member of the Enterprise Architecture council guiding initiatives to success.
• Maintain current knowledge of knowledge AI trends and model architectures for the timely adoption of emerging AI technology.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

Governance experience

AI governance tooling

Knowledge of foundation models

Observability tools

Hybrid cloud

Stakeholder influence

Enterprise architecture

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

NVIDIA Platform

MSFT AI Platform

Crew AI Platform

Llama

Gemini

Claude

OpenAI

Mistral

Deepseek

Job description

EY is seeking a strategic Senior Manager Architect to lead design and implementation of agentic AI systems across foundation models, safety, and enterprise integration. You’ll balance hands-on delivery with cross-functional leadership, mentoring a team, and guiding knowledge-based AI adoption with strong governance and compliance.

This role anchors EY’s Enterprise Architecture council and requires broad experience in governance tech, AI platforms, and large-scale enterprise platforms.