Senior Application Architect - Agentic AI, Enterprise Integration & Cloud

Job Description

We’re looking for a Senior Application Architect with expertise in agentic AI, enterprise integration, cloud architecture, and architecture standards to design AI-enabled solutions and establish scalable, secure enterprise architecture practices.

Location: New York, NY

Work Arrangement: Hybrid, 3 days onsite and 2 days remote

Key Responsibilities

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• Design enterprise agentic AI architectures, including multi-agent orchestration, tool calling, RAG, and human-in-the-loop controls.
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• Define secure integration patterns for AI agents connecting to enterprise systems and APIs, including MCP.
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• Design and govern API-led, event-driven, and messaging integration architectures.
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• Develop and maintain application, integration, API, and AI architecture standards.
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• Help establish and operate an Architecture Center of Excellence (COE), including governance, design reviews, and technical playbooks.
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• Guide application modernization and cloud architecture across Azure, AWS, and hybrid environments.
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• Establish security guardrails for agent identity, access control, auditability, observability, and cost management.
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• Align architecture decisions with NIST AI Risk Management Framework, CIS, ISO 27001, and applicable security requirements.
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• Collaborate with product, engineering, DevOps, and cybersecurity teams.
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Required Qualifications

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• 10+ years of application or enterprise architecture experience , including cloud-native design on Azure and/or AWS.
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• Demonstrated experience delivering AI/LLM or agentic solutions in an enterprise environment .
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• Experience authoring architecture standards and operating an Architecture COE or architecture review board.
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• Strong expertise in enterprise integration, APIs, and integration patterns .
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• Experience designing secure, scalable, and maintainable application architectures.
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• Strong understanding of cloud-native and hybrid-cloud environments.
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• Experience defining architecture governance, reference architectures, and technical standards.
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• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to explain architectural decisions to technical and executive stakeholders.
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Preferred Qualifications

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• Cloud certification and additional relevant certifications.
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• Experience with multi-agent orchestration, RAG, MCP, and AI security guardrails.
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• Familiarity with Azure API Management, AWS API Gateway, Apigee, MuleSoft, or similar integration platforms.
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• Experience with event-driven architecture, messaging, and legacy-to-cloud integration.
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• Knowledge of NIST AI RMF, CIS, and ISO 27001.
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• Experience modernizing legacy applications and implementing enterprise-wide architecture governance.
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