Senior AI Architecture Lead - Knowledge & Trust

EY; Tucson (AZ); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 329,000; Full time

Job summary

EY seeks a Senior Manager Architect to lead enterprise AI architecture spanning Knowledge, Trust, and Control. You’ll guide foundation model management, safety, and NLP/vision systems across the enterprise, balancing hands-on delivery with firmwide coordination.

You will align initiatives with governance, monitor tooling, and drive adoption while staying current with AI trends and architectures across EY’s hybrid environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, governance, or compliance technology.
• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant 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).
• 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 across Knowledge, Trust, and Control/Harness 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 AI trends, model architectures, trust frameworks, and control/harness patterns for the timely adoption of emerging AI technology.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Governance

Compliance technology

AI foundations knowledge

LLM/SLM frameworks

Observability tooling

Agentic AI platforms

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder influence

Education

Bachelor's degree

Masters or PhD (preferred)

Tools

Nvidia

Microsoft AI tools

Crew

Job description

EY seeks a Senior Manager Architect to lead enterprise AI architecture spanning Knowledge, Trust, and Control. You’ll guide foundation model management, safety, and NLP/vision systems across the enterprise, balancing hands-on delivery with firmwide coordination.

You will align initiatives with governance, monitor tooling, and drive adoption while staying current with AI trends and architectures across EY’s hybrid environment.