Senior AI Platform Architect – GenAI & Cloud (Remote)

Cognizant; Juneau (AK); Remote; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an Associate Director – AI/GenAI Platform to lead enterprise AI platform strategy and governance for AI solutions across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Remote work in the United States is supported, with strong emphasis on executive stakeholder management and production-ready GenAI capabilities.

The role requires deep enterprise architecture expertise, hands-on AI experience, and proven client engagement skills to drive transformations and scalable AI platforms.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in Enterprise 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.
• Domain expertise in SaaS Platforms, FinTech & Payments, Enterprise Software, Financial Operations, High-Tech / Semiconductor.

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

Technology Consulting

Generative AI

LLMs

AWS

Azure

GCP

APIs

Kubernetes

Docker

Executive communication

Client engagement

Tools

LangChain

LlamaIndex

MLflow

Vector Databases

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an Associate Director – AI/GenAI Platform to lead enterprise AI platform strategy and governance for AI solutions across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Remote work in the United States is supported, with strong emphasis on executive stakeholder management and production-ready GenAI capabilities.

The role requires deep enterprise architecture expertise, hands-on AI experience, and proven client engagement skills to drive transformations and scalable AI platforms.