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West Monroe is seeking a highly skilled Solution Architect to lead the end-to-end design and development of Agentic use cases & prototypes on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This role will focus on designing POCs & prototypes establishing architectural guardrails and integration patterns and ensuring that solutions are feasible secure and extensible beyond the proof-of-concept (PoC) phase. Requirement to be in New York City in a hybrid capacity.
Key Responsibilities
End-to-End Architecture Design
Design the end-to-end architecture for Agentic AI use cases ensuring alignment with enterprise goals and platform capabilities as defined by the CREATe process.
Develop the agent operating model including decision-making frameworks interaction protocols and lifecycle management.
Define and implement architectural patterns that enable scalability security and extensibility for AI-driven solutions.
Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure the architecture is actionable and meets performance reliability and compliance requirements.
Establish Guardrails & Integration Patterns
Define architectural guardrails to ensure consistency security and adherence to platform standards.
Develop integration patterns for seamless interaction between Agentic AI solutions enterprise systems and external services.
Ensure all designs incorporate best practices for security data privacy and governance.
Proactively identify and mitigate architectural risks ensuring solutions are robust and resilient.
Feasibility Security & Extensibility
Evaluate the feasibility of proposed solutions ensuring they are technically achievable within project constraints.
Design architectures that are secure by design addressing data protection identity management and compliance requirements.
Ensure solutions are extensible beyond the proof-of-concept phase enabling future enhancements and scaling for broader use cases.
Conduct technical reviews and validations to ensure the architecture aligns with business objectives and technical standards.
Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement
Partner with product managers data scientists engineers and business stakeholders to align on requirements and solution designs.
Act as a trusted advisor to stakeholders providing guidance on architectural decisions and trade-offs.
Facilitate workshops and design sessions to gather requirements validate designs and drive consensus.
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams during implementation.
Required Skills & Qualifications
Technical Expertise
Google Cloud Platform (GCP): Strong experience with GCP services including Vertex AI BigQuery Cloud Functions Kubernetes Engine and Pub/Sub.
AI/ML Architecture: Deep understanding of AI/ML systems including agent-based models reinforcement learning and adaptive decision-making.
Agentic Patterns & Frameworks: Hands-on experience with common agentic design patterns such as RAG orchestratorworker plannerexecutor and collaborative multi-agent architectures.
Agent Communication & Protocols: Proficient in MCP (Model Context Protocol) and A2A (agent-to-agent) standards for interoperable distributed agent systems.
Solution Architecture: Proven experience in designing scalable secure and extensible solutions for enterprise environments.
Integration Patterns: Expertise in API design microservices and event-driven architectures.
Security & Compliance: Knowledge of cloud security best practices data privacy regulations and governance frameworks.
Programming: Strong proficiency in Python; working knowledge of Java and Go for agent services tooling and orchestration.
Design & Delivery
Strong ability to create high-quality architectural diagrams technical specifications and documentation.
Experience in translating business requirements into technical solutions and ensuring alignment with enterprise standards.
Familiarity with Agile methodologies and iterative solution delivery.
Collaboration & Communication
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
Experience working with cross-functional teams including product managers engineers and business leaders.
Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to navigate ambiguity and complexity.
Preferred Qualifications
Google Cloud certifications (e.g. Professional Cloud Architect Professional Machine Learning Engineer).
Experience designing and implementing agent-based systems in a production environment.
Familiarity with MLOps practices and tools for managing the AI/ML lifecycle.
Knowledge of ethical AI principles and frameworks.
Experience in scaling proof-of-concept solutions to production-grade systems.
Based on pay transparency guidelines the salaryrange for this role canvary based on your proximity to one of our West Monroe offices (seetable below). Information on our competitive total rewards packageincluding our bonus structure and benefits ishere. Individual salaries are determined by evaluating a variety of factors including geographyexperience skills education and internal equity.
Employees (and their families) are covered by medical dental vision and basic life insurance. Employeesare able toenroll in our companys 401k planpurchase shares from our employee stock ownership program and be eligible toreceive annual bonuses. Employees will also receive unlimited flexible time offand ten paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Eligibility for ten weeks of paid parental leave will also be available upon hire date.
Were a global business and technology consulting firm passionate about creating measurable value for our clients delivering real-world solutions.
The combination of business and technology is not new but how we bring them together is unique. Were fluent in both. We know that technology alone is not the answer but how we apply it is. We rely on data to constantly adapt and solve new challenges. Actions that work today with outcomes that generate value for years to come.
At West Monroe we zero in on the heart of the opportunity getting to results faster and preparing people for whats next.
Youll feel the difference in how we work. We show up personally. Were right there in the room with you co-creating through the challenges. With West Monroe collaboration isnt a lofty promise but a daily action. We work together with you to turn vision into clear action with lasting impact.
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