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Senior Applications Architect
New Wave People
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Hybrid
- Senior
- 20 hours ago
- AI
- Azure
- AWS
- RAG
- MCP
- NIST
- AI RMF
- ISO 27001
- Devops
20 hours ago
Seeking Senior Application Architect with deep expertise in AI agentic architecture, enterprise integration, and architecture standards. This hands-on role designs agent-based and AI-enabled solutions, defines integration patterns, publishes application architecture standards, and helps establish an Architecture Center of Excellence (COE). The architect will work in Azure, AWS, and hybrid environments.
M-F 37.5 hours weekly
.30 Minute Unpaid Lunch Break
Hybrid Position-3 DAYS ONSITE & 2 DAYS REMOTE
No Holiday work, Overtime or travel required
No Parking Provided
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
| Areas of Expertise | Computer Systems Architecture | No | 1 | 4 - 6 Years | Â |
| Technical Skills | Develop Complex Data Architectures | Yes | 1 | 6 + Years | Â |
| Technical Skills | Information Architecture | Yes | 1 | 6 + Years | Â |
| Technical Skills | IT Architecture | Yes | 1 | 6 + Years |
Salary commensurate with scope of work job experience
Proper footwear required to perform tasks in a safe manner.
Perform other reasonably related duties as required.
New Wave People is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).
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