Senior Application Architect – AI Agentic, Integration & Architecture

Job Description: ***THIS IS A SENIOR LEVEL APPLICATION ARCHITECT ROLE***

THIS POSITION WILL REQUIRE THE CONSULTANT TO WORK 3 DAYS ONSITE & 2 DAYS REMOTE.

Location: New York, NY (Hybrid – 3 Days Onsite, 2 Days Remote)
Certification/Experience Preferred: Cloud certification and additional relevant certification

1. AI Agentic Architecture

• Design reference architectures for agentic AI: multi-agent orchestration, tool calling, RAG, and human-in-the-loop controls.
• Define secure patterns for integrating agents with enterprise systems and APIs (e.g., MCP, event-driven triggers).
• Establish guardrails for agent identity, access, auditability, observability, evaluation, and cost.

2. Integration Architecture

• Design and govern API-led, event-driven, and messaging integration patterns, including API lifecycle and gateway strategy.
• Define integration patterns for legacy, SaaS, and cloud-native systems.

3. Standards & Architecture COE

• Develop, publish, and maintain application, integration, API, and AI architecture standards and reference architectures.
• Help establish and operate the COE: charter, governance forums, design reviews, training, and playbooks.
• Define COE and standards-adoption metrics in coordination with AI IT adoption tracking.

4. Modernization, Security & Collaboration

• Guide application modernization and cloud design on Azure, AWS, and hybrid environments.
• Align designs with NIST (incl. AI RMF), CIS, ISO 27001, and MTA security requirements.
• Partner with product, engineering, DevOps, and Cybersecurity teams; communicate clearly to business and technical stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of application/enterprise architecture experience, including cloud-native design on Azure and/or AWS.
• Experience delivering AI/LLM or agentic solutions in an enterprise.
• Experience authoring standards and operating an architecture COE or review board.
• Strong integration/API expertise and executive-level communication