Principal Enterprise Architect
Core
Define and guide the implementation of an enterprise-wide Agent Orchestration and Management Control Tower to enable safe, scalable, and governed delivery of AI/automation agents across a federated operating model.
Role type
Principal Enterprise Architect (AI/Agent Orchestration)
Builds
Agent Control Tower reference architecture, MVP implementation blueprint, governance artifacts, and federated operating model standards.
Domain
Enterprise Architecture, AI Agent Orchestration, Mining/Heavy Industry
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Enterprise/Platform Architecture, Platform control planes design, Registries/catalogues design, Integration architecture, Observability, Security-by-design, Federated delivery models, Executive-level decision-making
Preferred skills
Resources/Mining/Heavy Industry domain experience
Technologies
None explicitly stated
Responsibilities
Define target architecture and roadmap for the Agent Control Tower aligned to enterprise standards; Architect and standardize agent registration, approval, validation, and policy binding; Establish permission-based discovery and cataloging of agents and tools; Define orchestration patterns for controlled agent invocation and inter-agent interaction; Establish control points to enforce enterprise guardrails; Architect end-to-end observability for agents including telemetry, health, cost, and performance; Define assurance workflows to detect deviation, drift, or policy breaches; Design intervention mechanisms such as throttling, blocking, and kill-switches; Integrate the control tower with observability, security, ITSM, data, and cost management platforms; Establish architecture governance, standards, and RACI for federated agent delivery teams.
Seniority
Principal, strategy & mentorship
