Senior AI Agentic Architect & Strategy Leader

EY; Irvine (CA); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 329,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Paid time off

Medical and dental coverage

Job summary

EY is seeking a Senior Manager Architect to lead the design and implementation of agentic AI systems across foundation models and company initiatives. You will align governance, security, and compliance with enterprise needs while mentoring a team delivering scalable AI platforms.

The role balances hands-on delivery with strategy, requiring strong leadership, communication, and a track record in large-scale enterprise AI deployments. Hybrid work and comprehensive rewards are offered.

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.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional communication

Governance

Strategic thinking

Problem solving

Knowledge AI systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Masters/PhD (desirable)

Tools

NVIDIA platforms

Microsoft AI tools

Observability tooling

Job description

EY is seeking a Senior Manager Architect to lead the design and implementation of agentic AI systems across foundation models and company initiatives. You will align governance, security, and compliance with enterprise needs while mentoring a team delivering scalable AI platforms.

The role balances hands-on delivery with strategy, requiring strong leadership, communication, and a track record in large-scale enterprise AI deployments. Hybrid work and comprehensive rewards are offered.