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Pearson

Makes learning tools and runs certification exams

Lead Specialist - Enterprise Architect, AI Systems & Distributed Engineering

IT OperationsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • 12–15 years of progressive experience in software engineering and solution architecture.
  • Demonstrated ability to strategize, develop proofs of concept, and establish practices around them.
  • A portfolio of successful large-scale modernization or AI-transformation projects, ideally including participation in starting or maturing an enterprise architecture governance process such as an Architecture Review Board or Architecture Decision Records.
  • Hands-on experience with large language model application architecture, including retrieval-augmented generation pipelines, agent frameworks, prompt and context engineering, model evaluation, and guardrails.
  • Familiarity with multi-agent orchestration patterns and tool-use or function-calling architectures.
  • Deep experience with at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform), Kubernetes/containerization, and infrastructure as code.
  • Experience designing for scalability, resilience, and cost efficiency at enterprise scale.
  • Strong background in distributed systems design, including event-driven architecture, microservices, API gateways, and messaging systems.
  • Experience integrating legacy enterprise systems such as ERP, CRM, and core platforms with modern cloud-native and AI-driven components.
  • Experience designing enterprise data architectures, including data pipelines, data mesh or data fabric concepts, governance, and lineage.
  • Ability to model and maintain the data-flow view that underpins an enterprise digital twin.
  • Practical experience with architecture modeling notations or tools such as ArchiMate, C4 model, or TOGAF-aligned frameworks, and running formal enterprise architecture review processes.

Responsibilities

  • Own and maintain the enterprise architecture blueprint, including current-state and target-state views across application, data, integration, and infrastructure layers.
  • Define and promote reference architectures and reusable patterns for agentic AI systems, including agent orchestration, tool-calling, memory and state management, and guardrails.
  • Design and govern multi-agent system architecture, including agent-to-agent communication protocols, orchestration frameworks, and tool/function-calling interfaces.
  • Define standards for grounding, memory, retrieval, and context management across large language model-driven workflows.
  • Establish human-in-the-loop checkpoints and escalation paths for autonomous agents operating on production data or systems.
  • Evaluate and select agent-orchestration frameworks and platforms, including orchestration engines, model routing, and guardrail layers, balancing build-versus-buy decisions.
  • Chair or actively participate in the Architecture Review Chapter; define review cadence, entry and exit criteria, and exception handling for teams that need to move quickly.
  • Own Architecture Decision Records and maintain a lightweight approval workflow that catches architectural drift without blocking delivery.
  • Define required guardrails for AI and agentic systems, including data-access boundaries, personally identifiable information handling, human-in-the-loop requirements, and audit logging.
  • Maintain enterprise modeling artifacts, including capability maps, data-flow diagrams, and integration catalogs, as the single source of truth referenced during reviews.

Desired Qualifications

  • Prior experience building or working with an enterprise digital twin or equivalent simulation/dependency-modeling capability.

About the Company

Pearson

Makes learning tools and runs certification exams

Pearson makes learning materials and runs assessments for students, educators, employers, and professionals, combining digital courseware with qualifications that verify knowledge and skills. Its MyLab and Mastering platforms pair college content with practice activities and tools that let instructors track progress. The business also supports online schools, English learning, professional certification, and workforce training, with products used in classrooms, workplaces, and testing centers. It earns money from courseware sales, digital subscriptions, assessment fees, and contracts with education institutions and employers. Pearson traces its roots to 1844 and is headquartered in London.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Covent Garden, United Kingdom
Founded
1844

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