Senior Application Architect (26-00073) -

Start/End Dates

10/26/2026 - 10/25/2027

Work Location

2 Broadway - MTA Headquarters

Job Title

21540 Application Development - 21540 Applications Architect

Job Description

***THIS IS A SENIOR LEVEL APPLICATION ARCHITECT ROLE***

THIS POSITION WILL REQUIRE THE CONSULTANT TO WORK 3 DAYS ONSITE & 2 DAYS REMOTE.

Job Title

Senior Application Architect – AI Agentic, Integration & Architecture COE

Location

New York, NY (Hybrid – 3 Days Onsite, 2 Days Remote)

Agency

Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Headquarters

Certification/Experience Preferred

Cloud certification and additional relevant certification

Position Summary

The MTA is seeking a Senior Application Architect with deep expertise in AI agentic architecture,

enterprise integration, and architecture standards. This hands-on role designs agent-based and

AI-enabled solutions, defines integration patterns, publishes application architecture standards,

and helps establish an Architecture Center of Excellence (COE). The architect will work in Azure,

AWS, and hybrid environments.

• AI Agentic Architecture

-Design reference architectures for agentic AI

multi-agent orchestration, tool calling, RAG,

and human-in-the-loop controls.

• Define secure patterns for integrating agents with enterprise systems and APIs (e.g., MCP,

event-driven triggers).

• Establish guardrails for agent identity, access, auditability, observability, evaluation, and

cost.

• Integration Architecture
• Design and govern API-led, event-driven, and messaging integration patterns, including API

lifecycle and gateway strategy.

• Define integration patterns for legacy, SaaS, and cloud-native systems.
• Standards & Architecture COE
• Develop, publish, and maintain application, integration, API, and AI architecture standards

and reference architectures.

Help establish and operate the COE

charter, governance forums, design reviews, training,

and playbooks.

• Define COE and standards-adoption metrics in coordination with AI IT adoption tracking.
• Modernization, Security & Collaboration
• Guide application modernization and cloud design on Azure, AWS, and hybrid environments.
• Align designs with NIST (incl. AI RMF), CIS, ISO 27001, and MTA security requirements.
• Partner with product, engineering, DevOps, and Cybersecurity teams; communicate clearly

to business and technical stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of application/enterprise architecture experience, including cloud-native design

on Azure and/or AWS.

• Experience delivering AI/LLM or agentic solutions in an enterprise.
• Experience authoring standards and operating an architecture COE or review board.
• Strong integration/API expertise and executive-level communication