GenAI Architecture Consultant - TX, CA

Job#: 3028331

Job Description:

Client: Financial Services

Job Title: GenAI Architect

Location: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX / Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX / San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA

Contract Length: 9mo

Pay Rate: $61.57-64
Top Requirements:

4+ years of Systems Architecture experience or equivalent through consulting, training, military, or education.

Hands-on GenAI architecture expertise, including AI-augmented patterns, agentic workflows, and LLM-based reasoning.

Architecture as Code (AaC) using Structurizr, C4 models, automated scripts, and CI/CD integration.

Cloud architecture experience in Azure and Google Cloud Platform (onboarding, landing zones, SDLC integration).

Experience with enterprise patterns, reference architectures, and pattern evolution (Archetype 2.0).

Plusses:

Experience implementing next-gen Permit-to-Build automation, governance automation, and metadata-driven validations.

Strong ability to convert architecture standards into working code, tools, templates, and accelerators.

Familiarity with AI-enabled observability, governance enforcement, and platform intelligence.

Experience operating in highly regulated enterprise environments (risk, compliance, controls).

Strong cross-functional communication with CTO Architecture, developers, platform teams, and security partners.

Job Summary:

This contingent GenAI Architecture Consultant role supports moderately complex Systems Architecture initiatives, contributing to large-scale planning, technical decision frameworks, and AI-enabled modernization efforts. The consultant will design AI-augmented architecture patterns, automate architecture governance via Structurizr/C4 pipelines, lead Azure/Google Cloud Platform onboarding architectures, create enterprise patterns and archetypes, and implement model-driven automation to reduce risk and improve engineering velocity. This role is essential to advancing DCMS, GenAI, and CTO Architecture OKRs by institutionalizing AI-powered architecture, governance automation, and next-generation tooling.
Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

• Design and prototype AI-augmented architecture patterns including GenAI and agentic workflows.
• Build hands-on POCs improving observability, governance enforcement, and system intelligence.
• Apply LLM reasoning for architecture validation and decision support.
• Develop automated Architecture-as-Code (AaC) models using Structurizr and C4.
• Create scripts, generators, pipelines, and CI/CD-aligned architecture validation checks.
• Produce high-quality architecture deliverables and enforce DCMS governance.
• Validate submissions, correct design gaps, and drive consistency across architecture teams.
• Lead Azure & Google Cloud Platform onboarding architectures, including PAA onboarding, SDLC tool integration, templates, and accelerators.
• Deliver enterprise patterns, Archetype 2.0 updates, reference implementations, and prototype applications.
• Co-design next-generation Permit-to-Build automation with LLM reasoning, automated validations, and metadata ingestion.
• Collaborate with platform engineering, developers, security, risk, and CTO Architecture leadership.
• Communicate clearly on complex AI-enabled architecture approaches.

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Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.