Solutions Architect 5 - Enterprise AI & Generative AI Architect (120622-1)

Cullerton Group; Peoria (IL); On-site; USD 127,000 - 181,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision & Dental

401k

Holiday pay

Job summary

Cullerton Group seeks a Solutions Architect 5 to lead enterprise AI and Generative AI architecture efforts in Peoria, IL or Irving, TX. This 12-month role is 100% on-site with no remote options and offers full benefits as part of a W-2 package at $112/hr.

You will design scalable AI architectures, guide implementation, and collaborate across business and technical teams to translate requirements into practical, secure solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Software Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years of enterprise solution/AI architecture experience.
• Proven AI and Generative AI solution design experience.
• Cloud experience: Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Strong knowledge of NLP, RAG, and vector-based search.
• Experience with APIs, microservices, and containerized workloads.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery sessions with stakeholders to identify AI objectives and requirements.
• Design scalable enterprise AI architectures including RAG and agentic AI.
• Evaluate cloud/on-prem/hybrid options and security integrations.
• Provide guidance, reference implementations, and lightweight prototypes.
• Collaborate with data scientists, engineers, and architects to roadmaps.

Skills

Enterprise AI

Generative AI

Solution architecture

NLP

RAG

Vector search

Prompt orchestration

Agentic AI

Multi-agent workflows

Cloud platforms

APIs

Microservices

Containerization

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/SE

Tools

LangChain

LangGraph

GraphRAG

Snowflake

Dataiku

Kubernetes

AKS

EKS

Job description

Cullerton Group has a new opportunity for a Solutions Architect 5 – Enterprise AI & Generative AI Architect in Peoria, Illinois, or Irving, Texas. The work will be performed 100% onsite, five days per week, with no remote or hybrid options. This is a 12-month position that can lead to permanent employment with our client. Compensation is $112/hr W-2 plus full benefits (vision, dental, health insurance, 401k, and holiday pay).

Job Summary

The Solutions Architect 5 will support the design and development of enterprise Artificial Intelligence (AI), Generative AI, and data-driven solutions across complex cloud and on-premises environments. This role focuses on collaborating with business stakeholders, enterprise architects, and technical development teams to identify business needs, define AI use cases, and translate requirements into scalable solution architectures. The architect will evaluate technologies, integration patterns, and architectural tradeoffs while providing technical guidance, reference implementations, and implementation recommendations. The ideal candidate will have extensive enterprise solution architecture experience, strong knowledge of modern AI technologies such as Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and agentic AI, and the ability to bridge business requirements with practical technical solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and participate in business discovery sessions, collaborating with stakeholders to identify objectives, pain points, functional requirements, constraints, and opportunities for enterprise AI and Generative AI solutions.
• Design and recommend scalable enterprise AI solution architectures, including RAG, vector search, enterprise search, prompt orchestration, agentic AI, multi-agent workflows, and model integration patterns.
• Evaluate cloud, on-premises, and hybrid architecture options, including APIs, microservices, containerized applications, distributed computing platforms, and enterprise identity/security integration.
• Provide architectural guidance to internal development teams, including implementation planning, solution feasibility analysis, technical tradeoff evaluations, reference implementations, and lightweight prototypes.
• Collaborate with enterprise architects, data scientists, machine learning engineers, application developers, and business stakeholders to create architecture documentation, reusable design patterns, technical recommendations, and implementation roadmaps.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a closely related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of relevant professional experience in enterprise solution architecture, AI architecture, software architecture, or closely related technical roles.
• Proven experience designing and implementing enterprise AI and Generative AI solutions, including model integration patterns, enterprise AI platforms, and production architecture considerations.
• Strong understanding of modern AI solution approaches, including Natural Language Processing (NLP), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), vector-based search, enterprise search, prompt orchestration, agentic AI, and multi-agent workflows.
• Demonstrated experience conducting business discovery sessions, gathering business and functional requirements, and translating requirements into scalable solution architecture recommendations.
• Experience designing enterprise solutions across cloud, on-premises, or hybrid environments, using platforms such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Strong knowledge of APIs, microservices, cloud-native architectures, containerized workloads, distributed computing, and enterprise identity/security integration.
• Experience guiding internal development teams through solution design, implementation planning, architecture reviews, and technical decision-making.
• Ability to create reference implementations, lightweight prototypes, and technical demonstrations to validate or communicate proposed architecture approaches.
• Working knowledge of Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, REST APIs, SDKs, notebooks, and containerized application patterns sufficient to evaluate technical approaches and guide development teams.
• Experience documenting architecture designs, solution assumptions, dependencies, implementation considerations, and technical recommendations.
• Strong analytical thinking, technical problem-solving, communication, facilitation, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both business stakeholders and engineering teams.
• Ability to work 100% onsite in Peoria, IL, or Irving, TX, five days per week, starting Day1.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with enterprise AI platforms and services such as Azure OpenAI, Amazon Bedrock, Google Vertex AI, Microsoft Foundry, or Accenture AI Refinery.
• Experience with AI development frameworks and orchestration technologies such as LangChain, LangGraph, GraphRAG, and agentic AI frameworks.
• Familiarity with Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, agent skills, agent harness patterns, and multi-agent orchestration architectures.
• Experience with enterprise data and AI platforms such as Snowflake or Dataiku.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), or comparable enterprise container orchestration environments.
• Experience creating reusable enterprise AI architecture patterns, reference implementations, solution accelerators, or technical frameworks.
• Familiarity with enterprise AI governance, security considerations, model integration, and scalable production deployment practices.
• Experience evaluating AI solution feasibility, technical dependencies, architecture tradeoffs, and integration requirements.
• Cloud certifications in AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Previous experience supporting enterprise-scale AI transformation, industrial technology, manufacturing, or globally distributed engineering organizations.

Why This Role?

This position offers an opportunity to shape enterprise AI and Generative AI solutions supporting a global leader in heavy machinery and manufacturing. You will collaborate with business leaders, enterprise architects, and technical teams to define innovative AI use cases, design scalable architectures, and guide the adoption of emerging technologies such as RAG, agentic AI, and cloud-based AI platforms. Cullerton Group provides a professional environment with growth potential, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities to develop specialized expertise in enterprise AI architecture and digital transformation.