Principal Generative AI Architect

The Principal Generative AI Architect serves as a senior individual contributor responsible for defining designing and evolving enterprise-grade Generative AI and AI-driven architectures aligned with DIRECTVs strategic business objectives. This role provides deep technical leadership and architectural authority across GenAI AI/ML platforms and enterprise systems ensuring solutions are scalable secure reusable and future-ready.

The role partners closely with Application Architects Data Architects Platform Engineers and Product teams to embed Generative AI capabilities into enterprise solutions while maintaining strong architectural governance. The architect defines advanced AI architectures including Model Context Protocol (MCP) multi-agent systems and agent-to-agent orchestration frameworks to enable autonomous scalable and governable AI capabilities across the enterprise

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Serve as a technical authority for Generative AI and AI-driven architecture across the enterprise providing hands-on architectural leadership as an individual contributor.
• Drive GenAI strategy and solution design identifying evaluating and applying emerging technologies such as Large Language Models (LLMs) Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) AI agents vector databases prompt engineering frameworks and model orchestration platforms.
• Architect and govern Model Context Protocol (MCP) implementations defining how context memory tools policies and guardrails are structured versioned and securely shared across AI workflows.
• Design and lead multi-agent and agent-to-agent orchestration architectures enabling autonomous task decomposition collaboration escalation and decision-making across AI agents and enterprise systems.
• Define orchestration strategies coordinating LLMs agents tools workflows and downstream systems balancing performance cost reliability observability and maintainability.
• Partner with business and product stakeholders to translate business problems into AI-driven solutions articulate technology value propositions and support business-case development with measurable outcomes.
• Lead architectural discovery and design workshops aligning AI capabilities with DIRECTVs strategic goals and guiding teams toward practical scalable implementations.
• Establish reusable AI architecture patterns reference architectures and best practices that accelerate adoption while ensuring consistency governance and risk management.
• Ensure architectural flexibility and future-proofing through modular abstracted designs that support evolving models vendors and regulatory requirements.
• Influence enterprise standards for AI architecture modeling practices design principles security data governance and responsible AI usage.
• Provide architectural guidance to delivery teams reviewing designs validating implementation approaches and ensuring adherence to enterprise and AI-specific standards
• Job Contribution: This role delivers expert-level individual technical leadership shaping DIRECTVs Generative AI and enterprise architecture strategy through deep hands-on expertise architectural decision-making and thought leadership. The Principal Generative AI Architect is accountable for technical direction architectural quality and long-term sustainability of AI-enabled solutions across the enterprise.

Basic Skills:

• 5 7 years required 8 years desired of experience in Enterprise and Solution Architecture roles.
• Deep expertise in Generative AI and AI/ML architectures including LLM-based systems RAG vector stores orchestration layers and AI platform design.
• Proven experience designing multi-agent systems agent orchestration frameworks or context-driven GenAI platforms in enterprise environments.
• Demonstrated ability to design secure scalable and resilient enterprise architectures.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience applying Generative AI in enterprise-scale production environments.
• Familiarity with Media and Telecom industry architectures and constraints.
• Experience developing or designing PCI-compliant application architecture.
• Hands-on architectural experience with Salesforce MuleSoft Genesys and enterprise GenAI platforms or frameworks.
• Knowledge of AI governance responsible AI practices data privacy and regulatory considerations.

Education: Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering Computer Science Applied Science Electrical Engineering or Math; or equivalent experience.

Technical Career Pathway (TCP) role.

Supervisory: No

May require a background check due to job duties requiring routine access to DIRECTV and DIRECTV customers proprietary data. Qualified applicants with arrest and conviction will be considered for employment in accordance with local ordinances and state law.

This is a remote position that can be located anywhere in the contiguous United States. #LI-Remote

A career with us comes with big rewards:

DIRECTVs compensation structure is designed to be market-competitive and fully supports efforts to attract and retain employees. It is the companys policy to offer pay that is competitive with other employers in the local market. Our salary ranges are determined by role level and location.

The Base Salary range displayed below reflects the minimum and maximum target salary for each of DIRECTVs 4 (four) US Labor Market Zones. Within the range individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors including job-related skills experience and relevant education or training.

DIRECTV WAGE ZONES: $134363 - $244036

Low (N1): $134363 - $201595

Mid (N2): $141435 - $212205

High (N3): $155579 - $233426

Top (N4): $162650 - $244036

Click HERE to review information on some of the largest Designated Market Areas (DMAs). Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the salary ranges reflect base salary only and do not include bonus or benefits - when you consider all of these together it represents a pretty impressive total compensation package.

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