Senior AI Architecture Lead - Enterprise Trust & Control

EY; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 359,000; Full time

Job summary

EY seeks a Senior Manager Architect to lead AI architecture across Knowledge, Trust, and Control/Harness blocks. You will shape foundation model management, safety, agentic design, and enterprise AI integration while balancing hands-on delivery with cross-functional coordination.

You’ll ensure enterprise AI adoption through robust compliance, monitoring, integration, and control practices, guiding stakeholders and teams across EY’s hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in enterprise architecture, governance, or compliance tech.
• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field.
• Knowledge of AI Foundation Model frameworks such as Llama, Gemini, Claude, OpenAI, Mistral, Deepseek, etc.
• Experience with observability, safety and governance tooling.
• Familiar with Agentic AI platforms (Nvidia, MSFT, Crew).
• Proven track record in building and delivering large-scale enterprise platforms.

Responsibilities

• Oversee 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 across Knowledge, Trust, and Control/Harness AI systems.
• Member of the Enterprise Architecture council guiding initiatives to success.
• Maintain knowledge of AI trends, model architectures, trust frameworks, and control/harness patterns.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

Hands-on delivery

AI governance knowledge

Enterprise architecture

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field

Masters or PhD in CS/EE/Math

Tools

Foundation Model frameworks

Llama

Gemini

Claude

OpenAI

Mistral

Observability tooling

Governance tooling

Nvidia

MSFT

Crew

Job description

EY seeks a Senior Manager Architect to lead AI architecture across Knowledge, Trust, and Control/Harness blocks. You will shape foundation model management, safety, agentic design, and enterprise AI integration while balancing hands-on delivery with cross-functional coordination.

You’ll ensure enterprise AI adoption through robust compliance, monitoring, integration, and control practices, guiding stakeholders and teams across EY’s hybrid work environment.