Experience monitoring nightly batch schedules and doing basic troubleshooting
Experience working with network hardware and software.
Must be able to work in a fast-paced, autonomous environment.
Some travel is required.
Experience working with network and security administrative processes such as password management.
Associate's degree in information technology or related field, or equivalent experience.
3+ years' Experience providing end-user and infrastructure technical support.

IPA Solution Architect - Microsoft Power Platform & Agentic AI

Cognizant

Duncanville, TX 75116

Willing to travel to client location on a need basis
Deep Expertise in Agentic AI: Proven experience designing multi-agent systems, implementing RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), and utilizing framework patterns (e.g., ReAct) within the Microsoft stack.
Governance & Security: Establish frameworks for Responsible AI, ensuring data privacy, role-based access control (RBAC), and compliance within the Microsoft Entra ID environment.
Agentic AI Development: Build autonomous agents capable of multi-turn reasoning and tool calling by integrating Azure OpenAI models with Power Automate flows.
Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring company sponsorship now or at any time in the future.
Azure AI: Experience with Azure AI Search (vector databases), Azure OpenAI Service, and Document Intelligence.
Integration: Architect complex integrations between AI agents and enterprise systems (ERP, CRM) using custom connectors and API management.
Establish technical governance, define standards and frameworks to manage tenants, environments, users, COE Kits, and drive best practices
Copilot Studio: Advanced configuration, topic design, and extending Copilots with custom plugins.
Legacy Automation Integration: Ability to integrate modern AI agents with existing RPA initiatives.
Power Platform: Ability to provide oversight as well as set up the Microsoft Power Platform environments and related technologies