Career Area: Technology, Digital and Data

Job Summary / Role Purpose

The AI Architect (Principal Digital Architect) provides enterprise-level architectural leadership for designing and scaling AI-native solutions across large, complex problem spaces. This role operates at platform and enterprise scope as an individual contributor, partnering closely with Product, Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, Security, Data, and Operations to ensure architecture decisions are scalable, secure, operable, and aligned to enterprise standards.

You will develop detailed architecture deliverables, design technical infrastructure, lead evaluation/adoption of technologies, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver outcomes at scale.

Key Responsibilities
Enterprise AI Architecture Strategy
Define and evolve target and reference architectures for enterprise AI solutions (GenAI, ML, hybrid systems)
Translate business needs into end-to-end AI solution architectures
AI Solution Design
Design technical infrastructure for AI systems including compute, storage, orchestration, and integration
Lead architecture for large-scale AI workloads
Technology Evaluation
Lead build vs buy decisions and PoCs/PoTs
Evaluate performance, scalability, security,



cost and operability
Architecture Governance
Ensure compliance with architecture standards and NFRs (security, performance, cost)
Delivery Enablement
Provide hands-on guidance, patterns, and architectural direction to teams

Mandatory Technical Skills
Hands-on experience designing large-scale AI solutions
Robust knowledge of GenAI, ML systems, RAG, agentic architectures
Deep understanding of data architecture, cloud, distributed systems
Experience with CI/CD, observability, and scalable platforms

Leadership Skills
Robust stakeholder influence and communication skills
Ability to drive architecture decisions through technical leadership
Solid analytical and problem-solving skills

Experience Education
20+ years of experience in enterprise architecture and software engineering
Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent

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