# AI Architect

We are seeking an AI Architect to define reference architectures and drive the technical strategy for Agentic AI platforms across our enterprise. In this role, you will architect foundational systems-including Agent Factory, Agent Runtime, AI Control Planes, and AgentOps-while establishing architectural standards, security guardrails, and reusable agent frameworks. The role provides hands-on architecture leadership across AI/ML, Generative AI, LLMs, Agentic AI and enterprise knowledge solutions, while aligning designs with enterprise, data, security, cloud and engineering standards. In this role, you will 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. Lead technical strategy for Agentic AI adoption across SDLC and business domains. Drive architecture reviews and technical governance for AI initiatives. Build reusable agent components such as:o Memory services o Context engineering o Workflow orchestration o Business rules engines o Tool registries o MCP integration patterns o Agent-to-Agent communica

- **Id**: 4300438
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/cognizant-ai-architect-5>
- **Role**: AI/ML
- **Role family**: AI/ML
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: stated_countries
- **Remote scope basis**: board_field
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Halifax, Canada
- **Countries**: CA
- **Hiring countries**: CA
- **Hiring countries total**: 1
- **Experience years min**: 15
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-13T15:54:25Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-14
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T17:14:53Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3301
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: IT Consulting & Digital Transformation, IT Outsourcing & Dedicated Teams, Engineering Services, Cloud Consulting & Migration

## Company

- **Id**: 85
- **Name**: Cognizant
- **Domain**: cognizant.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/cognizant>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: services
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Cognizant Careers

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 86
- **Open postings**: 212
- **Ghost share**: 0.028
- **Stale share**: 0.443
- **Repost share**: 0.08
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 24
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Technologies

- **AgentOps** — Optional: no
- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **Anthropic** — Optional: no
- **Context Engineering** — Optional: no
- **GraphQL** — Optional: no
- **Hybrid Search** — Optional: no
- **LLM** — Optional: no
- **LLM Guardrails** — Optional: no
- **Model Context Protocol** — Optional: no
- **OpenAI** — Optional: no
- **Platform Engineering** — Optional: no
- **Rest-Assured** — Optional: no
- **Vertex AI** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 15
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **Canada** — Iso: CA; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-14T02:52:44Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 24
- **Reasons**: conf:3, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

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