Senior AI Platform Architect (GenAI & Cloud) – Remote

Cognizant; Cheyenne (WY); Remote; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays and PTO

401(k) plan

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Principal Enterprise Architect – AI & GenAI Platforms to lead enterprise AI architecture across platforms and Hi-Tech clients. This remote role demands deep hands‑on AI experience, governance, and the ability to drive cloud-native AI platforms delivering measurable business value.

You will define strategy, establish governance, mentor teams, and collaborate with executives, delivery leaders, and pre-sales to shape scalable GenAI solutions and reusable accelerators.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, or Technology Consulting.
• Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale AI, cloud, and digital transformation programs.
• Expertise in Generative AI, Agentic AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), RAG, and AI Governance.
• Strong experience with AWS, Azure, and/or GCP cloud platforms.
• Experience designing microservices, APIs, Kubernetes, Docker, and event-driven architectures.
• Strong executive communication, consulting, and client engagement experience.
• Demonstrated success leading AI initiatives from strategy through production deployment.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise AI architecture strategy, roadmaps, standards, and governance frameworks.
• Architect scalable GenAI, Agentic AI, ML, and cloud-native solutions across complex enterprise environments.
• Design AI platforms utilizing LLMs, RAG, vector databases, APIs, and modern cloud services.
• Build rapid proofs of concept and prototypes to accelerate innovation and validate business use cases.
• Establish Responsible AI practices, model governance standards, and production readiness criteria.
• Drive cloud-native architecture adoption across AWS, Azure, and GCP environments.
• Integrate AI solutions with enterprise platforms including Salesforce, ServiceNow, ERP, finance, and payments systems.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to client executives, business stakeholders, and delivery leadership.
• Support pre-sales, solutioning, architecture reviews, and strategic client workshops.
• Mentor architects and engineering teams while promoting reusable AI patterns and accelerators.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Solution Architecture

Generative AI

LLMs

Executive stakeholder management

APIs and microservices

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

LangChain

LlamaIndex

MLflow

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Principal Enterprise Architect – AI & GenAI Platforms to lead enterprise AI architecture across platforms and Hi-Tech clients. This remote role demands deep hands‑on AI experience, governance, and the ability to drive cloud-native AI platforms delivering measurable business value.

You will define strategy, establish governance, mentor teams, and collaborate with executives, delivery leaders, and pre-sales to shape scalable GenAI solutions and reusable accelerators.