AI Architect - Enterprise Integrations

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences. Your role and responsibilities Architect end-to-end enterprise AI solutions that integrate AI models, data platforms, and enterprise systems into cohesive, production-grade architectures Define integration patterns across AI services, APIs, data pipelines, and core business systems to ensure interoperability and extensibility Translate complex business requirements into scalable AI-powered solution designs, with clear articulation of tradeoffs, risks, and value drivers Lead architecture design reviews and provide hands‑on guidance to delivery teams across active engagements Contribute to practice development by building reusable assets, frameworks, and point-of-views that strengthen our AI delivery capability Design and implement Azure‑based AI platform infrastructure that supports scalable model deployment, data ingestion, and application integration Define infrastructure‑as‑code standards and CI/CD pipeline patterns for AI workloads, enabling repeatable and auditable deployments Architect cloud‑native environments optimized for AI throughput, cost efficiency, and operational resilience Establish platform engineering standards that enable development teams to build, test, and ship AI solutions faster and more reliably Evaluate and recommend emerging platform capabilities, cloud services, and tooling that advance our delivery approach Observability,Governance & Development Lifecycle Design observability frameworks for AI systems including model monitoring, prompt evaluation, drift detection, and performance alerting Define AI governance standards covering responsible AI principles, audit trails, explainability requirements, and human-in-the-loop controls Establish development lifecycle practices for AI — from experimentation and model validation through to production deployment and ongoing operations Implement guardrail frameworks and safety controls for agentic and generative AI workloads to ensure appropriate oversight and auditability Champion MLOps and AI engineering best practices across the team, ensuring solutions are maintainable, observable, and continuously improvable Thought Leadership & Practice Growth Serve as a senior technical voice both internally and with clients, sharing expertise, identifying emerging patterns, and helping define our AI point of view Mentor architects and engineers on platform engineering, governance, and AI architecture best practices Engage in pre-sales and solutioning activities, helping shape proposals and articulate our technical differentiation This role can be performed from anywhere in the US. Required education Bachelor's Degree Required technical and professional expertise 8+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, with demonstrated expertise spanning AI/ML, cloud infrastructure, and systems integration Hands‑on experience designing enterprise AI solutions on Azure, including Azure OpenAI, Azure Machine Learning, and supporting data services Strong grounding in platform engineering, infrastructure‑as‑code (e.g., Terraform, Bicep), and CI/CD pipeline design for AI workloads Experience building observability and monitoring solutions for AI/ML systems in production environments Proven ability to define and enforce AI governance, responsible AI, and compliance frameworks at enterprise scale Comfortable leading design conversations with both technical teams and client stakeholders Preferred technical and professional experience Familiarity with agentic AI architectures, orchestration frameworks (LangChain, Semantic Kernel, AutoGen), and RAG pipeline design Experience with Azure data platform services including Microsoft Fabric, Azure Synapse Analytics, and Azure Data Factory Knowledge of MLOps practices including model versioning, A/B testing, canary deployments, and feedback loop design Background contributing to a consulting practice or Center of Excellence — building frameworks, POVs, and reusable assets Azure certifications such as Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure AI Engineer Associate, or DevOps Engineer Expert

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better. Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background. Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do. Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world. Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business. At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world. IBM is proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:

• Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being
• Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs
• Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law
• Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals
• Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law. This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role. IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship. The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job‑related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro‑rated for those who start working during the calendar year. Job Title Date posted 02-Oct-2026 Job ID 135561 City / Township / Village PARAMUS, Irving State / Province Country United States Work arrangement Hybrid Area of work Infrastructure & Technology Employment type Regular Contract type Regular Projected Minimum Salary per year 117,000.00 Projected Maximum Salary per year 219,000.00 Position type Professional Up to 80% or 4 days a week (home on weekends - based on project requirements) Company (0147) International Business Machines Corporation Shift General (daytime) Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position? #J-18808-Ljbffr IBM