Senior Application Architect - AI Agentic, Integration & Architecture COE

The client is seeking a Senior Application Architect with deep expertise in AI agentic architecture enterprise integration and architecture standards. This hands-on role designs agent-based and AI-enabled solutions defines integration patterns publishes application architecture standards and helps establish an Architecture Center of Excellence (COE). The architect will work in Azure AWS and hybrid environments.

1. AI Agentic Architecture
- Design reference architectures for agentic AI: multi-agent orchestration tool calling RAG and human-in-the-loop controls.
- Define secure patterns for integrating agents with enterprise systems and APIs (e.g. MCP event-driven triggers).
- Establish guardrails for agent identity access auditability observability evaluation and cost.

2. Integration Architecture
- Design and govern API-led event-driven and messaging integration patterns including API lifecycle and gateway strategy.
- Define integration patterns for legacy SaaS and cloud-native systems.

3. Standards & Architecture COE
- Develop publish and maintain application integration API and AI architecture standards and reference architectures.
- Help establish and operate the COE: charter governance forums design reviews training and playbooks.
- Define COE and standards-adoption metrics in coordination with AI IT adoption tracking.

4. Modernization Security & Collaboration
- Guide application modernization and cloud design on Azure AWS and hybrid environments.
- Align designs with NIST (incl. AI RMF) CIS ISO 27001 and MTA security requirements.
- Partner with product engineering DevOps and Cybersecurity teams; communicate clearly to business and technical stakeholders.

Qualifications:
- 10 years of application/enterprise architecture experience including cloud-native design on Azure and/or AWS.
- Experience delivering AI/LLM or agentic solutions in an enterprise.
- Experience authoring standards and operating an architecture COE or review board.
- Strong integration/API expertise and executive-level communication.

Additional Skills:
- Computer Systems Architecture - 46 Years
- Develop Complex Data Architectures 6 Years
- Information Architecture 6 Years
- IT Architecture 6 Years