Req ID: 383210

NTT DATA strives to hire exceptional, creative and passionate individuals who want to grow with us. If you want to be part of an inclusive, adaptable, and forward-thinking organization, apply now.

We are currently seeking a Sr. AI Architect to join our team in Bangalore, Karnātaka (IN-KA), India (IN).

Business Domain Architect – Manufacturing

Senior domain architect with 13+ years experience combining deep business domain expertise with cloud (AWS, Azure), data, AI and agentic AI architecture. Strong AWS & Azure Architecture experience with working knowledge in GCP.

Locations: Enter Location

Mode: Hybrid / client-facing

Primary cloud: Azure + AWS; GCP working knowledge

Domain focus: Smart manufacturing, OT/IT, supply chain

ROLE PURPOSE: Own business and technology architecture for manufacturing transformation across shop floor, supply chain, quality, maintenance, engineering and aftermarket. Translate manufacturing strategy into scalable, secure and value-driven cloud, data, AI and agentic AI architectures.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

- Create current-state and target-state capability maps across plan, source, make, deliver, maintain and service value streams.
- Shape business cases and roadmaps for smart factories, plant modernization, asset performance, predictive maintenance, quality analytics and supply chain control towers.
- Lead architecture across Azure/AWS landing zones, data platforms, IoT/edge, APIs/events, microservices, security, reliability, observability and FinOps.
- Define secure OT/IT integration patterns across ERP, MES, PLM, QMS, EAM, SCM, historian/time-series, SCADA/PLC and industrial connectivity layers.
- Design production-grade AI and agentic AI use cases such as maintenance copilots, production planning agents, root-cause agents, supplier risk assistants and knowledge search.
- Embed RAG, vector search, tool use, human-in-the-loop, prompt/policy controls, evaluation, monitoring, responsible AI and data governance into AI solutions.
- Run workshops with plant operations, engineering, quality, supply chain, CIO/CTO/COO stakeholders and delivery teams across India and Portugal.

- Govern delivery through reference architectures, ADRs,



architecture boards, NFRs, risk reviews, vendor evaluation and executive communication.

MUST-HAVE EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

13+ years in technology/consulting, including 5+ years in architecture and 5+ years in manufacturing domain programs.

- Deep manufacturing knowledge: discrete/process/hybrid manufacturing, Industry 4.0, ISA-95 concepts, OEE, quality, maintenance and supply chain operations.
- Hands-on architecture depth in Azure and AWS; practical familiarity with GCP, hybrid cloud, identity, network, security, data and integration services.
- Strong command of cloud-native patterns: container/serverless, APIs, events, lakehouse/warehouse, streaming, edge/IoT and integration platforms.
- Good AI and agentic AI architecture know-how: LLMs, RAG, multi-agent orchestration, vector databases, LLMOps/GenAIOps, guardrails and model risk.
- Ability to convert business outcomes into target architecture, transition states, investment roadmap and delivery backlog.

- Excellent English communication; able to work with India and Portugal teams with CET/IST overlap; Portuguese language is a plus.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Google Professional Cloud Architect, TOGAF/Business Architecture and exposure to ISA/IEC 62443 or industrial cybersecurity. MBA, Industrial Engineering or Operations background is useful.

About NTT DATA

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