Strategic Enterprise AI Architect for Scalable, Governed AI

Knowles Corporation; Itasca (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Knowles Corporation, Itasca, IL, seeks an Enterprise AI Architect to translate business needs into scalable, secure AI solutions and to define governance, patterns, and guardrails for responsible AI adoption.

The role is a hands-on solution architecture position that will lead multi‑agent AI strategies, partner across IT, data, cybersecurity, and operations, and shape the enterprise AI playbook in a global manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in solution, cloud, or enterprise architecture.
• 3+ years designing AI, machine learning, generative AI, or agentic AI solutions.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure and Azure AI services.
• Experience leading Agile teams and globally distributed resources.

Responsibilities

• Define the enterprise AI architecture roadmap, from early use cases to production-ready solutions.
• Create reusable standards, solution patterns, and best practices for scalable AI delivery.
• Lead architecture for generative AI, copilots, AI agents, RAG, machine learning, and intelligent workflows.
• Design agentic and multi-agent solutions with clear controls, escalation paths, and human-in-the-loop checkpoints.
• Architect solutions using Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, Azure Machine Learning, Microsoft Fabric, Copilot Studio, Power Platform, and related Microsoft AI services.
• Define when to use copilots, agents, RAG, automation, custom APIs, or third-party AI tools.
• Evaluate and integrate AI capabilities from outside the Azure ecosystem, including platforms and models from providers such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and others.
• Design hybrid AI patterns for manufacturing and operational environments that cannot be fully cloud-native.
• Ground AI solutions in trusted enterprise data, including ERP, SQL Server applications, and manufacturing/OT systems.
• Define secure data pipelines, APIs, connectors, and integration patterns using standards such as MCP and A2A where appropriate.

Skills

Solution architecture

Cloud architecture

Enterprise architecture

Azure expertise

Leadership

Agile delivery leadership

Tools

Azure OpenAI

Microsoft Fabric

Copilot Studio

Power Platform

APIs & integration

Job description

Knowles Corporation, Itasca, IL, seeks an Enterprise AI Architect to translate business needs into scalable, secure AI solutions and to define governance, patterns, and guardrails for responsible AI adoption.

The role is a hands-on solution architecture position that will lead multi‑agent AI strategies, partner across IT, data, cybersecurity, and operations, and shape the enterprise AI playbook in a global manufacturing environment.