The architect partners closely with Data Sovereignty, Data Governance, Data Stewards, Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure, Legal, Privacy, and Business stakeholders to define secure AI usage, establish guardrails for cloud and AI technologies, and develop reference architectures that enable innovation while protecting company information. This role serves as the cybersecurity subject matter expert for AI adoption, cloud security architecture, and data protection, ensuring security, regulatory compliance, and business enablement are embedded into emerging technologies.