Senior AI Architect - Enterprise Integrations

Introduction


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


We are seeking a Senior AI Architect - Enterprise Integrations to join our growing AI practice. As demand for intelligent, connected enterprise solutions accelerates, we are building out a specialized capability in AI-native architecture and agentic system design. This is a senior, client-facing role where you will provide thought leadership, shape practice offerings, and lead delivery on high-impact AI integration engagements.

You will be the subject matter expert at the intersection of AI agents and enterprise systems - designing and building the connective tissue that makes AI solutions work in the real world.
What You'll Do
Thought Leadership & Practice Development
* Serve as an internal champion for AI integration architecture strategy, helping to define and grow this capability within the firm * Develop points of view, reference architectures, and reusable assets that accelerate client delivery
* Mentor and upskill other architects and consultants on AI integration patterns and emerging standards

Client Engagement & Solution Architecture
* Lead discovery, design, and architecture sessions with clients to define AI integration strategies
* Translate complex business requirements into scalable, secure, and maintainable AI-powered solutions
* Provide cloud and LLM consumption cost estimates, optimizing for cost-effective architecture through fit-for-purpose model selection, efficient prompting & caching, and scalable infrastructure design
* Present architectural recommendations to executive and technical stakeholders with clarity and confidence
* Lead cross-functional development teams to deliver enterprise-grade, production-ready AI solutions, ensuring alignment to architecture standards, scalability, and operational excellence
Technical Delivery
* Architect and implement integrations between AI agents and enterprise systems including CRMs, ERPs, data platforms, and third-party APIs
* Establish a semantic data layer that standardizes and contextualizes enterprise data, enabling AI agents to reliably discover, interpret, and interact with systems & data
* Define patterns for agent orchestration, tool calling, memory management, and human-in-the-loop workflows
* Design and build Model Context Protocol (MCP) gateway & servers that expose enterprise data, tools, and APIs as structured context for AI agents
* Ensure solutions meet enterprise standards for security, observability, and reliability

* 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 application or solution architecture, with at least 2+ years focused on AI/ML systems
* Hands-on experience designing and building MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers
* Proven experience integrating AI agents with enterprise systems and workflows
* Deep understanding of agentic AI frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI, or similar)
* Strong knowledge of API design (REST, GraphQL), event-driven architecture, and enterprise integration patterns
* Experience working with LLM providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure, IBM, AWS, Google, etc.) and their APIs * Proficiency in Python and/or TypeScript/JavaScript for building AI integration solutions
* Consulting or professional services experience - comfortable owning client relationships and leading engagements

Preferred technical and professional experience


* Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP) and cloud-native deployment patterns
* Experience with RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) architectures and vector databases
* Background in enterprise middleware or iPaaS platforms (MuleSoft, Boomi, Azure Integration Services)
* Knowledge of AI security considerations including prompt injection, data governance, and access controls

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.

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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.