Cognizant

AI Architect

Cognizant
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2 days ago
Halifax, CanadaStaff+

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, implementation guardrails, and security guardrails.
  • Lead technical strategy for Agentic AI adoption across the SDLC and business domains.
  • Drive architecture reviews and technical governance for AI initiatives.
  • Build reusable agent components and shared services, including memory services, context engineering, workflow orchestration, business rules engines, tool registries, MCP integration patterns, and agent-to-agent communication frameworks.

Requirements

  • 15+ years of software engineering and architecture experience.
  • 7+ years of cloud-native architecture and platform engineering experience.
  • 5+ years building AI/ML, Generative AI, or Agentic AI solutions.
  • Experience leading enterprise-scale platform initiatives.
  • Proven success influencing senior technical and business leaders.

Benefits

  • Remote position open to qualified applicants in Canada.
  • Wellbeing programs supporting work-life balance and physical, mental, and financial wellbeing.
  • Eligible for a discretionary annual performance-based bonus.
  • Working arrangements may vary based on project and business or client requirements.

Tech Stack

GraphQL

Categories

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About Cognizant

10,000+ employees

Cognizant is a public IT services and consulting firm that designs, builds, and runs enterprise technology, including digital engineering, cloud modernization, data/AI, and managed services. It sells consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing on multi-year engagements to large enterprises in healthcare, banking, retail, communications, and manufacturing. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, Cognizant is NASDAQ-listed (CTSH) and a Fortune 500 company.

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