Senior enterprise architect

Dallas - Texas - United States of America, Richardson - Texas - United States of America

About Us

CBRE is the world’s leading commercial real estate services firm with offices located around the globe. The real estate market is undergoing significant and exciting change, driven by technology and data. Digital and Technology powered products play a vital role in CBRE’s mission to create unmatched value for our clients. We have unbeatable data, and this role will ensure that data is front and centre of the CRE industry, embedded in our client’s decision-making processes. You will be part of the Global Enterprise Architecture team reporting directly to the Enterprise Architecture leadership team.

The Digital & Technology team at CBRE is a forward thinking and innovative team, currently leading a global digital transformation. We are looking for a Senior Enterprise Architect, in Artificial Intelligence (AI) to join the global team based in Richardson, Texas. A hands-on AI/ML Enterprise Architect role demands a blend of deep technical expertise, architectural design skills, and practical implementation capabilities. You'll help solution and drive AI based transformation projects at CBRE. This area is a critical component to the enablement of our digital products.

This role involves working across multiple functions, building strong relationships with various teams such as Product Management, Technology, Data and Business Transformation teams. In addition to internal constituents, you may also work with customers and partners to understand the market requirements and to support the business, so excellent communication (written and verbal) and a passion for creating customer centric user experience is vital.

What You'll Do

• Collaborate with business and technology teams in the identification, design, prototyping and selection of AI/ML solutions needed to deliver business value.
• Architect and help build enterprise solutions which include components across the Artificial Intelligence spectrum such as Machine Learning, generative AI, Deep-Learning, Virtual Assistants and Cognitive Services (e.g., Vision/Image, Textual/Language processing).
• Create and articulate future state AI vision via all the relevant architecture & design artifacts. Help validate these proposed future state architectures with hands-on prototypes and MVPs.
• Evaluate market solutions and evolving platforms for AI/ML, and assess fitment to CBRE demands, ROI analysis, readiness and develop enterprise recommendations.
• Assist in the development of roadmaps for AI & machine learning and other advanced analytics areas (e.g., NLP, NLQ, LLMs, Agentic AI, MCP, A2A, neural networks, computer vision, ML platforms, open-source libraries, event-driven stream processing, data lakes)
• Continuous "outside-in" scanning, to facilitate continuous learning, hands-on understanding, & adoption of AI Solutions Architecture industry standard methodologies & techniques.
• Rapid Proof-of-Concept (PoC) Development: Independently and quickly build functional prototypes and PoCs to test new AI models, algorithms, and approaches to solve specific business problems.
• Model Experimentation: Conduct hands-on testing with various machine learning models, including fine-tuning large language models (LLMs), training custom models, and evaluating their performance using appropriate metrics.
• Data Exploration and Preparation: Write scripts and use tools to perform data exploration, cleansing, and feature engineering on diverse datasets to prepare them for prototyping and model training.
• Technical Validation: Quickly set up and test new tools, APIs, and frameworks to validate their capabilities and suitability for larger-scale implementation.
• Architectural Mentorship: Offering support and mentorship to data science and engineering teams throughout the development, deployment, and operationalization of AI models.
• System Integration: Design and facilitate the integration of AI/ML models into existing enterprise applications, APIs, and business workflows.
• To be successful in this role you will have:
• Have an excellent technical and commercial understanding in the creation of technology solutions and outcomes for customers.
• Ability to learn emerging technologies and to apply these technologies to tackle business problems
• Strong desire to experiment with and learn new technologies and stay aligned with the latest community developments in AI/ML Ops/Engineering and cloud native solutions.
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation communications skills; you will often find in situations where you have to describe problem statements, solution options, your analysis and recommendations to a mix of technical and non-technical and use strong influencing skills to gain consensus and an agreed way forward.
• Ability to approach design with timeliness, cost and quality factors in mind. Risk identification and mitigation, quantification and qualification non-functional and functional requirements.
• Driven digital transformation, roadmaps, target operating models, cost reduction, performance improvement
  
  

What You'll Need

• To perform this job optimally, an individual will need to perform each crucial duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
• Minimum bachelor’s degree qualification, with strong quantitative background (STEM education background (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) AND/OR an MBA preferred)
• Deep knowledge of AI/ML tech across AWS/Azure and GCP.
• Understanding of cloud-native services for data storage, compute, networking, and security
• Proven grasp of statistical concepts (e.g., hypothesis testing, probability distributions, regression analysis).
• Experience with data exploration, feature engineering, and data preprocessing techniques.
• Technical proficiency, including:
• 5+ years of hands-on AI/ML solution architecture and Hands-on prototyping and experimentation.
• 5+ years of AWS/Azure data, Analytics and AI services
• 3+ years hands-on of experience with data science tools and frameworks
• Recent experience in Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), Agentic AI platforms and solutions
  
  

Why CBRE

When you join CBRE, you become part of the global leader in commercial real estate services and investment that helps businesses and people thrive. We are dynamic problem solvers and forward-thinking professionals who create significant impact. Our collaborative culture is built on our shared values — respect, integrity, service and excellence — and we value the diverse perspectives, backgrounds and skillsets of our people. At CBRE, you have the opportunity to realize your full potential.

Our Values in Hiring

At CBRE, we are committed to fostering a culture where everyone feels they belong. We value diverse perspectives and experiences, and we welcome all applications.

Disclaimers

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

About CBRE Group, Inc.

CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Dallas, is the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (based on 2024 revenue). The company has more than 140,000 employees (including Turner & Townsend employees) serving clients in more than 100 countries. CBRE serves clients through four business segments: Advisory (leasing, sales, debt origination, mortgage serving, valuations); Building Operations & Experience (facilities management, property management, flex space & experience); Project Management (program management, project management, cost consulting); Real Estate Investments (investment management, development). Please visit our website at .

Equal Employment Opportunity: CBRE has a long-standing commitment to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, veteran status, political belief, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Candidate Accommodations: CBRE values the differences of all current and prospective employees and recognizes how every employee contributes to our company’s success. CBRE provides reasonable accommodations in job application procedures for individuals with disabilities. If you require assistance due to a disability in the application or recruitment process, please submit a request via email at [email protected] or via telephone at +1 866 225 3099 (U.S.) and +1 866 388 4346 (Canada).

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