Senior Solution Architect - Agentic AI Platform (Remote US)

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation; Salem (OR); Remote; USD 116,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays + PTO

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking an experienced Solution Architect – Agentic AI to define and drive enterprise architecture for next-generation AI agent capabilities. You will shape reference architectures, platform standards, reusable frameworks, and governance models enabling scalable adoption across the software development lifecycle and business domains.

This role requires deep experience in cloud-native architecture, AI/ML, and leading complex platform initiatives.

Qualifications

• 20+ years of experience in software engineering and architecture.
• 7+ years of cloud-native architecture and platform engineering.
• 5+ years building AI/ML, Generative AI, or Agentic AI solutions.
• Strong experience defining enterprise architecture, reusable frameworks, design patterns, and technical standards.
• Experience leading enterprise-scale platform initiatives.
• Experience establishing architecture, governance and implementation guardrails for complex technology initiatives.
• Strong understanding of enterprise AI platforms, cloud-native architecture, and modern platform engineering concepts.
• Demonstrated success influencing and collaborating with senior technical and business leaders.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise reference architectures for AI Agents, Agent Factory, Agent Runtime, AI Control Plane, and AgentOps platforms.
• Establish architecture standards, design patterns, reusable frameworks, and implementation guardrails for Agentic AI solutions.
• Lead the technical strategy for Agentic AI adoption across the software development lifecycle and business domains.
• Drive architecture reviews and technical governance for enterprise AI initiatives.
• Architect reusable agent capabilities, including memory services, context engineering, workflow orchestration, business rules engines, and tool registries.
• Define Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration patterns and agent-to-agent communication frameworks.
• Accelerate delivery through reusable agent assets, shared services, and standardized platform capabilities.

Skills

Software engineering

Architecture leadership

Cloud-native architecture

Enterprise architecture

AI/ML/Agentic AI

Stakeholder influence

Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking an experienced Solution Architect – Agentic AI to define and drive enterprise architecture for next-generation AI agent capabilities. You will shape reference architectures, platform standards, reusable frameworks, and governance models enabling scalable adoption across the software development lifecycle and business domains.

This role requires deep experience in cloud-native architecture, AI/ML, and leading complex platform initiatives.