Cognizant

AI & ML Architect

Cognizant
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16 hours ago
Milwaukee, WI, USAStaff+
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$115k - $130k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Define end-to-end enterprise architectures for AI, generative AI, agentic AI, and machine learning solutions.
  • Evaluate business challenges and recommend approaches involving machine learning, deep learning, NLP, RAG, generative AI, and AI agents.
  • Establish reusable architecture patterns, frameworks, standards, governance practices, and reference architectures.
  • Ensure AI solutions meet requirements for scalability, security, reliability, performance, governance, and maintainability.
  • Lead model strategy covering feature engineering, prioritization, calibration, training methodologies, evaluation, tuning, and optimization.
  • Guide AI lifecycle management, including model deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
  • Collaborate with business stakeholders, data scientists, engineering teams, enterprise architects, and technology leadership.
  • Influence architectural decisions across multiple business units and lead global cross-functional teams.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
  • Extensive experience architecting and delivering enterprise-scale AI, machine learning, and generative AI solutions.
  • Strong expertise in machine learning, deep learning, NLP, large language models, and modern AI frameworks.
  • Experience designing architectures aligned with enterprise security, governance, scalability, and performance requirements.
  • Proven ability to translate complex business and technical requirements into AI-driven solutions.
  • Experience with feature engineering, model evaluation, tuning, calibration, training methodologies, and performance optimization.
  • Strong understanding of AI lifecycle management, model deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
  • Experience with agentic AI frameworks, autonomous agents, multi-agent architectures, RAG, vector databases, knowledge graphs, and semantic search is helpful.
  • Familiarity with reinforcement learning, advanced model calibration, AI architecture standards, governance frameworks, and enterprise AI best practices is helpful.
  • Experience leading global, cross-functional teams and influencing architectural decisions across business units is helpful.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work requiring 3 to 4 days per week in a client or Cognizant office in Glendale, Wisconsin.
  • Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
  • Paid holidays and paid time off.
  • 401(k) plan and contributions.
  • Long-term and short-term disability coverage.
  • Paid parental leave.
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
  • Eligibility for a discretionary annual incentive program based on performance and applicable plan terms.

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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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