Associate Director, GenAI Solution Architect

Cognizant

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Charlotte, NCParsippany, NJ
Salary
$140,000–$160,000 / yr
Posted
1 day ago
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About Cognizant

Cognizant is a multinational IT services and consulting company offering digital transformation, technology, and business process services. It serves clients across financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and other industries worldwide.

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TL;DR · Associate Director, GenAI Solution Architect

The Associate Director - GenAI Solution Architect will drive AI-first engineering strategy and lead the architecture and delivery of enterprise Generative AI solutions. Working with business, engineering, and architecture teams, the role involves designing scalable, cloud-native architectures and building applications using GPT-4/4o, Claude, Gemini, and Llama. Key responsibilities include developing AI agents, orchestration frameworks, and microservices while defining engineering standards for CI/CD, DevOps, and API integration. The position requires hands-on expertise with AWS, Amazon Bedrock, prompt engineering, and AI-assisted development tools like GitHub Copilot. The role focuses on translating complex business requirements into secure, maintainable AI platforms and services, specifically addressing the technical challenges of integrating generative AI capabilities into large-scale enterprise software environments and insurance domain processes.

What you'll do

  • Drive AI-first engineering strategy and lead the architecture and delivery of enterprise Generative AI solutions.
  • Design scalable, cloud-native architectures using LLMs, AI agents, orchestration frameworks, APIs, and microservices.
  • Build and deploy GenAI applications using GPT-4, Claude, Gemini, and Llama with advanced prompt engineering.
  • Utilize GitHub Copilot and AI-assisted development tools to accelerate software delivery and improve developer productivity.
  • Define engineering standards for CI/CD, DevOps, API integration, and cloud-native application development.
  • Design AI solutions leveraging AWS and Amazon Bedrock to support scalable AI platforms and services.
  • Translate complex business requirements into secure, scalable, and maintainable technical AI solutions.

What we're looking for

  • Experience designing and delivering Generative AI solution architectures, including LLM-powered applications and AI agents.
  • Hands-on experience with LLMs, AI agents, prompt engineering, and context engineering.
  • Experience developing GenAI solutions using technologies such as GPT-4/4o, Claude, Gemini, and Llama.
  • Experience with AWS, Amazon Bedrock, cloud-native architecture, APIs, and microservices.
  • Experience leveraging GitHub Copilot and AI-assisted development tools within enterprise software engineering environments.
  • Strong understanding of CI/CD, DevOps, and modern software engineering practices.
  • Experience with AI platform engineering and integrating AI capabilities into enterprise applications.

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