Senior Solution Architect for Agentic AI (Remote)

Cognizant; Nashville (TN); Remote; USD 116,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

401(k) plan

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Paid holidays & PTO

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 for scalable adoption across the lifecycle and business domains.

Remote position in the United States. You will collaborate with technology and business stakeholders to establish robust AI agent capabilities and

Qualifications

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

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 SDLC and business domains.
• Drive architecture reviews and governance for enterprise AI initiatives.
• Architect reusable agent capabilities, including memory services, context engineering, workflow orchestration, rules engines, and tool registries.
• Define MCP integration patterns and agent-to-agent communication frameworks.
• Accelerate delivery through reusable agent assets and shared services.

Skills

Software engineering

Enterprise architecture

Cloud-native architecture

AI/ML experience

Leadership with senior stakeholders

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 for scalable adoption across the lifecycle and business domains.

Remote position in the United States. You will collaborate with technology and business stakeholders to establish robust AI agent capabilities and