Senior Solution Architect, Agentic AI (Azure & Power Platform) REMOTE

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation

Topeka, KS, United States

3 days ago

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Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience level

Expert

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

www.kansasworks.com

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence Microsoft Azure Software Debugging Software Deployment Microsoft Power Automate Multi-Agent Systems IT Architecture Low-code Virtual Agents

Job description

Cognizant’s Intelligent Automation Practice is seeking a Senior Architect to design and deliver enterprise-grade agentic AI solutions. You will define reference architectures spanning pro-code agentic systems on Azure AI Foundry and low-code automation on Microsoft Power Platform and Copilot Studio - selecting the right pattern and platform for each use case and translating complex business requirements into production-ready intelligent agent solutions., Design end-to-end reference architectures for agentic AI - covering agent topology, tool integration, memory, knowledge retrieval, and deployment across pro-code and low-code platforms.

Select and justify the appropriate agentic pattern - RAG retrieval, multi-agent handoff, reasoning loops, A2A workflows, or low-code automation - based on use-case requirements and team capabilities.
Lead engineering teams from local development and debugging through production deployment on Azure AI Foundry or Power Platform.
Guide platform and framework selection - Microsoft Agent Framework, Copilot Studio, Power Automate, LangGraph - with clear trade-off rationale per engagement.
Serve as the primary AI architecture authority in client engagements: discovery workshops, architecture reviews, and technical roadmap sessions.
Develop reusable practice IP: reference architectures, playbooks, and accelerators for rapid agentic PoC delivery.
Embed responsible AI guardrails, production readiness standards, and evaluation frameworks across all agentic deployments.

Requirements

Experience designing agentic patterns including RAG retrieval pipelines, multi-agent orchestration, reasoning and reflection loops, multi-turn conversation design, and agent-to-agent (A2A) communication.

Hands-on with Azure AI Foundry - Agent Service, Model Catalog, Playground, Foundry IQ knowledge bases, evaluation tooling, and connected resources.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Agent Framework (MAF) for multi-agent handoff workflows, tool integration, and hosted agent deployment on Azure.
Experience with Copilot Studio for building conversational agents and automations, and Power Platform architecture including Power Automate, Power Ap