Senior AI Agent Architect & Strategy Lead

EY; Rogers (AR); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 329,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

Pension and 401(k)

Paid time off

Job summary

EY is seeking a Senior Manager Architect to lead design and implementation of agentic AI systems across the enterprise. You will mentor a team bridging foundation models, governance, and customer opportunities while driving firmwide AI adoption.

You will balance hands-on delivery with cross-functional coordination in a hybrid work environment, shaping a future-ready knowledge AI capability for EY and clients globally.

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 etc...
• Experience with observability, safety and governance tooling.
• Familiar with Agentic AI platforms (Nvidia, MSFT, Crew etc…)
• 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 communication

Governance translation

Strategic thinking

Innovation

Cross-domain collaboration

Continuous learning

Analytical rigor

AI knowledge-based systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Masters/PhD preferred

Tools

Foundation models & AI frameworks

Observability & governance tooling

Agentic AI platforms (Nvidia, MSFT, Crew)

AI lifecycle tooling

Job description

EY is seeking a Senior Manager Architect to lead design and implementation of agentic AI systems across the enterprise. You will mentor a team bridging foundation models, governance, and customer opportunities while driving firmwide AI adoption.

You will balance hands-on delivery with cross-functional coordination in a hybrid work environment, shaping a future-ready knowledge AI capability for EY and clients globally.