Head of Agentic AI Platform Engineering

About the role

The Architect owns the Fabric agent plane: the runtimes and integration spine that turn data into agents that act. The architectural commitment is vendor neutrality by construction: orchestration runs on open MCP and A2A standards, experience surfaces are rented, and the intelligence stays in the Fabric.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for Agent runtimes, orchestration, and the model gateway, with the discipline of minimal, distinct, non-overlapping agent skills that are independently testable.
• Leads the development and execution of enterprise-wide technology architecture strategies, ensuring alignment with business and IT objectives.
• Evaluates emerging technologies, guides technical decisions, and ensures scalable, cost-effective solutions that support organizational goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree or equivalent.
• Broad knowledge of functional area(s) of responsibility.
• Minimum of 10 years' experience formally or informally leading people, projects and/or programs.
• Curiosity about AI, its potential and its pitfalls.
• Hands-on experience building production agent systems or LLM orchestration infrastructure at enterprise scale; deep familiarity with MCP, A2A, and the emerging interoperability landscape.
• Strong identity and security instincts; experience integrating with enterprise IdP and entitlement systems.
• Experience designing for regulated environments, ideally including computerized system validation or Part 11 contexts.
• A conviction that evaluation is an engineering discipline, and the scars to prove it.

Benefits

• The full-time equivalent pay range for this position is $196,320.00 - $306,750.00/yr plus eligibility for bonus, stock and benefits.
• Agilent Technologies, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity and merit-based employer that values individuals of all backgrounds at all levels.
• Travel Required: 10% of the Time
• Shift: Day
• Duration: No End Date
• Job Function: R&D