AI Enterprise Architect

Description Presidio, Where Teamwork and Innovation Shape the Future At Presidio, we're at the forefront of a global technology revolution, transforming industries through cutting-edge digital solutions and next-generation AI. We empower businesses - and their internal customers - to achieve more through innovation, automation, and intelligent insights. The Role Presidio is seeking an AI Enterprise Architect to join the newly established AI Advisory & Architecture Business Unit. The AI EA partners with the AI Strategy and Business Consulting team to increase win rate, opportunity magnitude, and services attached to strategic AI pursuits by bringing cross-practice, partner-informed but business outcome-led architecture to the earliest stages of the sales cycle. Enterprise Architects are responsible for translating identified client-specific AI outcomes into cross-practice solution architectures spanning Modern Networks, Modern Platforms, Total Experience, Cyber Security, Digital, Splunk, Managed Services and Evolve. Each AI Enterprise Architect is territorially aligned to a Presidio Sales SVP region (South, West, Mid-Central, North, Public Sector, or Strategic Accounts) and works closely with field sales, field presales, and embedded practice SAs within their territory. While territorially aligned, EAs may engage nationally when specific domain expertise is required. This position includes up to 50% travelAI Enterprise Architects operate under the TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework) standard. Active TOGAF certification is required for this role. The AI EA's mandate is clear: recommend the appropriate architecture to provide the agreed upon client outcome - regardless of practice or partner benefits. This role augments vs. replaces Practice SAs; AI EAs work collaboratively alongside them, providing the cross-practice architecture layer that no single practice SA can deliver aloneResponsibilities Include: * Cross-Practice Solution Architecture: Design end-to-end AI solutions that span across Presidio practices. Produce reference architecture deliverables that integrate networking, compute, storage, cyber security, governance, data, and application layers - selecting the right OEM and practice for each component and ensuring they can be deployed and managed in a supportable fashion. * TOGAF ADM Execution: Collaborate with clients, partner and Presidio stakeholders to apply the TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM) on every engagement - from Architecture Vision through Opportunities & Solutions to Implementation Governance. Produce consistent, standards-based architecture documentation. * Consulting Team Collaboration: Receive AI strategy and business requirements from the AI Consulting team. Translate consulting deliverables (AI readiness assessments, use case prioritizations, business cases) into referenceable technical architectures and solution designs. * Practice SA Collaboration: Work alongside embedded presales SA's, Client Engagement Services and Engineering from each practice involved in the engagement. Coordinate cross-practice design sessions, review practice-specific components, and ensure cohesion across the full solution. * Roadmap & SOW Development: Produce 12-24 month phased technology roadmaps and coordinate cross-practice Statements of Work. Ensure deliverables clearly define scope, sequencing, dependencies, and practice responsibilities and are aligned to client outcomes. * Delivery Engagement & Governance: Provide delivery phase governance to ensure what is built by the practices provides the desired client outcome(s). Participate in architecture review checkpoints and escalation support as needed. * Territory Field Alignment: Operate as a trusted technical advisor within the assigned Sales SVP territory. Build strong working relationships with territory account managers, sales leadership, field presales SAs, and key clients. * Partner Technol