Senior AI Architecture Lead—Foundation Models & Trust

EY; City of Albany (NY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 359,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

Pension and 401(k)

Paid time off

Job summary

EY is seeking a strategic and technically adept Senior Manager Architect to lead the design and implementation of AI architecture spanning Knowledge, Trust, and Control/Harness blocks across the enterprise, including Foundation Model management, Safety, and NLP/vision systems.

This role balances hands-on delivery with cross-functional coordination to enable enterprise AI adoption through robust governance, monitoring, integration, and compliance.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Oversee design and implementation of AI agentic systems based on foundation models.
• Integrate external vendor tools for model monitoring, security, and compliance.
• Collaborate with EY teams to align AI initiatives.
• Serve as a player-coach delivering technical work while coordinating enterprise AI adoption.
• Be an expert across Knowledge, Trust, and Control/Harness AI systems and applications.

Skills

Leadership

Governance

AI foundations

Observability

Agentic AI platforms

Enterprise platforms

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Masters or PhD (desirable)

Tools

NVIDIA

Microsoft

Crew

Foundation Model frameworks

Job description

EY is seeking a strategic and technically adept Senior Manager Architect to lead the design and implementation of AI architecture spanning Knowledge, Trust, and Control/Harness blocks across the enterprise, including Foundation Model management, Safety, and NLP/vision systems.

This role balances hands-on delivery with cross-functional coordination to enable enterprise AI adoption through robust governance, monitoring, integration, and compliance.