Sr Advisor II, AI Architect

Phillips 66 & YOU - Together we can fuel the future

The Sr Advisor II, AI Architect designs and deploys enterprise-grade AI solutions that align with Phillips 66’s business and technology objectives. This hybrid position combines architectural leadership with hands-on engineering expertise, ensuring AI systems are secure, scalable, and compliant with company policies. The role requires close collaboration between AI Engineering and Cloud Platform, Cloud Security, CloudOps, and other foundational teams and business units to deliver AI solutions across a multi-cloud environment.

What You’ll Do

Architectural Design & Governance

• Design and review AI solution architectures to ensure compliance with Phillips 66
• security, governance, and cloud policies.
• Provide expert guidance to AI Engineers during architectural reviews and design
• sessions, including projects for clients from other business units.
• Establish and standardize AI architectural patterns for scalable, enterprise-wide
• adoption.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Provide Technical Leadership in AI Engineering initiatives requiring architectural
• direction and cross-team coordination.
• Act as a liaison between AI Engineering and Cloud Platform, Cloud Security,
• CloudOps, and enterprise architecture teams to ensure seamless integration and operational alignment.
• Provide consultation and architectural reviews for AI Engineers as they partner with product managers, data scientists, and other stakeholders to translate business needs into AI solutions.
• Conduct technical deep dives and design reviews to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture strategies.

Engineering & Implementation

• Deploy applications and AI services to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), ensuring high availability and resilience.
• Develop scalable AI-driven services and integration APIs to operationalize AI models within enterprise systems.
• Implement Azure API Management (APIM) for secure and scalable API exposure of AI solutions.
• Build and manage Azure DevOps pipelines for both infrastructure automation and AI model deployment workflows.
• Optimize AI workloads for multi-cloud environments (AWS and Azure) to balance cost, performance, and scalability.

Monitoring & Optimization

• Implement observability frameworks to monitor model performance, API reliability, and infrastructure health.
• Continuously improve AI solutions through feedback loops, retraining strategies, and cost/performance optimization.

What You’ll Bring - Required

• Legally authorized to work in the United States
• High School Diploma or GED
• 6 or more years of engineering / technological architecture experience
• Strong understanding of AI Engineering, including model development, deployment, and operationalization
• Strong expertise in multi-cloud environments, especially AWS and Azure
• Intermediate proficiency with API Management (APIM) and Kubernetes Service for managing and deploying scalable AI solutions
• Hands-on experience with backend development and containerized deployments on AKS
• Advanced proficiency in DevOps, including building CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deployment
• Experience with AI/ML frameworks and MLOps tooling
• Experience with Python, JavaScript, and Bash scripting
• Advanced proficiency in containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes
• Solid understanding of cloud security, compliance frameworks, and enterprise governance policies

What Makes You Stand Out – Preferred

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, or any other engineering discipline
• 10 or more years of experience in engineering roles
• 5 or more years in cloud technologies (AWS, Azure)
• 2 or more years in AI-focused roles involving AI/ML solutions and architecture
• Experience working with Databricks
• Experience with Generative AI (LLMs, diffusion models) and cloud-native AI deployments
• Understanding of AI ethics, responsible AI principles, and secure API practices

Compensation Range 

This position has a base salary range of $155,700 - $190,300.

At Phillips 66, we are committed to pay transparency and competitive, equitable compensation. Each role is assigned a salary grade with a defined pay range, benchmarked against industry peers. Where a candidate offer falls within the posted range depends on the candidate's experience, skills, and alignment with the role’s requirements. Offers are made to ensure internal equity and market competitiveness. Our compensation programs are designed to reward performance and support career growth.

Total Rewards

At Phillips 66, providing access to high quality programs and care for you and your family is important to us. Maintaining a culture of well-being — physical, emotional, social, and financial — is essential for a high-performing organization. When we are at our best, we are poised to deliver exceptional results — personally and professionally. Benefits for certain eligible, full-time employees include:

• Annual Variable Cash Incentive Program (VCIP) bonus
• 8% 401k company match
• Cash Balance Account pension
• Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits with an annual company contribution to a Health Savings Account for employees on HDHP
• Total well-being programs and incentives, including Employee Assistance Plan, well-being reimbursement, and backup family care services

Learn more about Phillips 66 Total Rewards.

Phillips 66 has more than 140 years of experience in providing the energy that enables people to dream bigger and go farther, faster. We are committed to improving lives, and that is our promise to our employees and our communities. We are sustained by the backgrounds and experiences of our diverse teams, which reflect who we are, the environment we create and how we work together. We have been recognized by the Human Rights Campaign, U.S. Department of Labor and the Military Times for our continued commitment to inclusive practices and policies in the hiring and retention of those in the LGBTQ+ community and military veterans. Our company is built on values of safety, honor and commitment. We call our cultural mindset Our Energy in Action, which we define through four simple, intuitive behaviors: We work for the greater good, cultivate an environment of trust, seek different perspectives and pursue excellence.

Learn more about Phillips 66 and how we are working to meet the world's energy needs today and tomorrow, by visiting phillips66.com.

To be considered

In order to be considered for this position you must complete the entire application process, which includes answering all prescreening questions and providing your eSignature on or before the requisition closing date of 03/11/2026.

Candidates for regular U.S. positions must be a U.S. citizen or national, or an alien admitted as permanent resident, refugee, asylee or temporary resident under 8 U.S.C. 1160(a) or 1255(a)(1).  Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.

Phillips 66 is an Equal Opportunity Employer