AI Application Architect

Anticipated End Date: Position Title:AI Application ArchitectJob Description:AI Application ArchitectLocation: This role requires associates to be in-office 1 day per week, fostering collaboration and connectivity, while providing flexibility to support productivity and work-life balance. This approach combines structured office engagement with the autonomy of virtual work, promoting a dynamic and adaptable workplace.  Ideal candidates will be able to report to one of our Pulse Point locations in Atlanta, GA, Hanover, MD, Mason, OH, Indianapolis, IN, Ashburn, VA, Norfolk, VA or New York, NY. Alternate locations may be considered if candidates reside within a commuting distance from an office.Please note that per our policy on hybrid/virtual work, candidates not within a reasonable commuting distance from the posting location(s) will not be considered for employment, unless an accommodation is granted as required by law.The AI Application Architect creates architectural solutions that articulate the business context, conceptual design, and component-level logical design. How You Will Make an Impact Designs AI-centric application architectures and patterns that guide the integration of LLMs, ML models, and intelligent capabilities into enterprise applications. Builds and evaluates POCs/POTs to validate architectural patterns, reference implementations, and new AI frameworks. Creates linkage across architectural components, ensuring cohesive and scalable integration of AI workloads. Defines and evolves standards that incorporate AI, event-driven patterns, microservices, and enterprise integration approaches. Reviews emerging AI technologies for conformance to architecture guidelines and future-state direction. Develops foundational AI patterns, RAG architectures, and reusable modules that engineering teams can adopt. Ensures efficient infrastructure utilization, particularly for compute-heavy AI model workloads. Partners with engineering, data science, and cloud teams to evaluate end-to-end solution feasibility. Contributes to overall systems architecture vision and ensures specific components are appropriately designed and leveraged.Contributes to defining architecture standards and anticipate areas where architecture standards may need to be developed that are in-line with customer, IT and industry standards.Verifies efficient utilization of hardware and storage capacity.Develops linkage and relationship of architectural components.Identifies service requirements, component capacities and loads for planned business growth.Reviews an application/technology for conformance to the current architecture and standards.Minimum Requirements:Requires an BA/BS degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field of study and a minimum of 3 years of experience architecture/design in relevant technology disciplines; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.Preferred Skills, Capabilities and Experiences:Hands-on experience designing AI-enabled architectures highly preferred.Hands-on experience when needed to develop quick POCs highly preferred. Strong understanding of LLM and GenAI integration patterns, RAG frameworks, embeddings, vector search highly preferred. Familiarity with cloud-native AI services (Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, GCP Vertex) highly preferred. Experience building reference implementations and reusable frameworks highly preferred. Understanding of ML Ops architecture—feature stores, pipelines, model management highly preferred. Experience with microservices, event-driven systems, and domain-driven design as they relate to AI integration highly preferred. Knowledge of responsible AI principles and how to embed them into architectural patterns highly preferred. Ability to evaluate, compare, and recommend AI frameworks and platforms highly preferred. For candidates working in person or virtually in the below location(s), the salary* range for this specific position is $117,936 to $202,176.Locations: Hanover, MD, New York, NY In addition to your salary, Elevance Health offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). The salary offered for this specific position is based on a number of legitimate, non-discriminatory factors set by the Company.  The Company is fully committed to ensuring equal pay opportunities for equal work regardless of gender, race, or any other category protected by federal, state, and local pay equity laws. * The salary range is the range Elevance Health in good faith believes is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future and actual compensation may vary from posting based on geographic location, work experience, education and/or skill level. Even within the range, the actual compensation will vary depending on the above factors as well as market/business considerations. No amount is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable under the terms and conditions of the applicable policies and plans. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.Job Level:Non-Management ExemptWorkshift:1st Shift (United States of America)Job Family:IFT > IT ArchitecturePlease be advised that Elevance Health only accepts resumes for compensation from agencies that have a signed agreement with Elevance Health. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Elevance Health.Who We AreElevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities – and making healthcare simpler. We are a Fortune 25 company with a longstanding history in the healthcare industry, looking for leaders at all levels of the organization who are passionate about making an impact on our members and the communities we serve.How We WorkAt Elevance Health, we are creating a culture that is designed to advance our strategy but will also lead to personal and professional growth for our associates. Our values and behaviors are the root of our culture. They are how we achieve our strategy, power our business outcomes and drive our shared success - for our consumers, our associates, our communities and our business.We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include merit increases, paid holidays, Paid Time Off, and incentive bonus programs (unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement), medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, stock purchase plan, life insurance, wellness programs and financial education resources, to name a few.Elevance Health operates in a Hybrid Workforce Strategy. Unless specified as primarily virtual by the hiring manager, associates are required to work at an Elevance Health location at least once per week, and potentially several times per week. Specific requirements and expectations for time onsite will be discussed as part of the hiring process.The health of our associates and communities is a top priority for Elevance Health. We require all new candidates in certain patient/member-facing roles to become vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza. If you are not vaccinated, your offer will be rescinded unless you provide an acceptable explanation. Elevance Health will also follow all relevant federal, state and local laws.Elevance Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, genetic information, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact for assistance. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws, including, but not limited to, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act.