Senior AI & Cloud Solutions Architect

End Client: Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)

Job Title: Senior AI & Cloud Solutions Architect

Duration: 12 months + Extension

Location: New York, NY (Hybrid – 3 Days Onsite, 2 Days Remote)

Number of Hours: 37.5 Hours a week

Interview Type: Webcam or In-Person

Ceipal ID: MTA_AI122_MA

Job Code: 6122-1

Scope of Project:

The MTA is seeking a Senior Cloud Solutions Architect / Cloud Engineer/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.

Responsibilities:

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.

Required/Preferred Skills:

• 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.
• Cloud certification and additional relevant certification preferred.
• Expertise in agentic AI architecture, multi-agent orchestration, tool calling, RAG, and human-in-the-loop controls.
• Experience with enterprise systems and APIs, MCP, and event-driven triggers.
• Knowledge of API-led, event-driven, and messaging integration patterns, API lifecycle, and gateway strategy.
• Experience with legacy, SaaS, and cloud-native integration.
• Experience developing application, integration, API, and AI architecture standards and reference architectures.
• Experience establishing and operating an Architecture Center of Excellence (COE), including governance forums, design reviews, training, and playbooks.
• Knowledge of Azure, AWS, hybrid cloud environments, NIST AI RMF, CIS, ISO 27001, and enterprise security requirements.

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