Sr. Director Data & AI Platform Architect

As Senior Director Data & Artificial Intelligence (AI) Platform Architect at Honeywell Technologies you will be responsible for defining and scaling the architecture for enterprise AI across cloud edge and hybrid environments. This leader will simplify complex platform landscapes create reusable patterns and align engineering architecture and business stakeholders around a practical strategy for Honeywell Forge AI growth.

You will report directly to the Sr. Director Data & AI and work from our Atlanta GA location on a hybrid work schedule.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

PlatformArchitectureDefinition

• Definearchitectevolveand executethe enterprise AI platform architecture spanning data AI and agent capabilitiesfrom reference design to production implementation.
• Establish standards forlakehouse streaming vector databasesMLOps and real-time inference platformsand personallyvalidatethem through hands-on prototyping.
• Create reusable architecture patterns governance guardrails and golden-path templates that accelerate delivery.
• Simplify the technology landscape by reducing complexity improving developer experience and increasing platform scalability.

EmergingTechnology Leadership

• Evaluate emerging AI data agentic and cloud technologies and translate insights into platformarchitecturedecisions.
• Leadhands-onproofs of concept and technology assessmentsthatinform build-vs-buyand investment decisions.
• Develop roadmap recommendations that balance innovation business value and operational readiness.

Cloud Edge & Hybrid Platforms

• Define scalable architecture patterns for cloud on-premises edge and hybrid AI deployments.
• Designforreliability security latency data residency and cost optimizationacross training and inferenceworkloads.
• Lead architecture for industrial edge AI including real-time inference and OT/IT integration.
• Drive resilient and resilient-by-design platform capabilities across training inference and data workloads.

SolutionArchitecture Community& Strategy

• Lead the Forge Data & AI Architecture community andestablishenterprise standards and best practices.
• Chair architecture reviews to ensure alignment and consistencywithplatform standards.
• Maintain reference architectures blueprints design patterns and architecture decision records (ADRs) as the platforms technical source oftruth.
• Partner with business product and engineering leaders to align platform investments with strategic priorities.
• Mentor architects and drive adoption of scalable reusable AI platformpatternsyou define.

YOU MUST HAVE

• 10 years of hands-on architecture experience designing production AI/ML or data platforms at enterprise scale.
• Deep experience with cloud AI and data services on at least one majorhyperscaler such as AWS Azure or GCP.
• Proven ability toarchitectend-to-end ML systems includingdata pipelines feature engineering training serving monitoring feedback loops and governance.
• Hands-on experience with LLM and agentic systems including RAG vector databases orchestration frameworks and inference optimization.

US PERSON REQUIREMENTS

Due to compliance with U.S. export control laws and regulations candidate must be a U.S. Person which is defined as a U.S. citizen a U.S. permanent resident or have protected status in the U.S. under asylum or refugee status or have the ability to obtain an export authorization.

WE VALUE

• MS or PhD in Computer Science Machine Learning Data Engineering orrelatedfield or equivalent applied experience.
• Experience designing hybrid or edge architectures in industrial or operational technology environments.
• Strong foundationin modern data architecture includinglakehouse streaming data governance data quality and data mesh concepts.
• Demonstrated success simplifying platforms improving developer experience reducing tool sprawl and creating reusable architecture patterns.
• Industrial AI experience in areas such as predictive maintenance quality inspection process optimization digital twins supply chain or energy management.
• Experience withhistoriandata SCADAIIoT or industrial edge platforms.
• Knowledge of AI security and governance patterns including responsible AI audit logging explainability confidential computing federated learning or regulatory compliance.
• Experience with real-time or streaming AI systems including low-latency feature computation online learning event-driven pipelines or streaming inference.
• Multi-cloud or cloud-agnostic platform design experience using KubernetesKServe Ray Terraform or similar abstraction layers.
• Open-source contributions published architecture work conference speaking or recognized thought leadership in AI data or platform engineering.
• Strong executive communication skills and experience influencing senior technical and non-technical stakeholders.

BENEFITS OF WORKING FOR HONEYWELL TECHNOLOGIES

In addition to a competitive salary leading-edge work and developing solutions side-by-side with dedicated experts in their fields Honeywell Technologies employees are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package. This package includes employer subsidized Medical Dental Vision and Life Insurance; Short-Term and Long-Term Disability; 401(k) match Flexible Spending Accounts Health Savings Accounts EAP and Educational Assistance; Parental Leave Paid Time Off (for vacation personal business sick time and parental leave) and 12 Paid Holidays. For more information:Click Here

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