Skills: AI, Azure Open AI, Azure Data factory (ADF), Copilot, AI
Mandatory Skills: Architectural diagrams, Architecture Principle Design, Azure AI Studio, Azure Open AI Service, Python AI
Note: Minimum 15+ Years candidate
Must have experience with Mandatory skills.
Job description:
AI Architect 15 Years’ Experience
Principal Lead Architect
Role Summary
We are seeking a seasoned AI Architect with 15 years of overall technology experience including 5 years in handson architecture leadership The ideal candidate will drive AI solutions from ideation to implementation lead performance finetuning actively participate in RFPs and presales and architect robust solutions leveraging Azure AI services Azure OpenAI Service Azure AI Search Azure ML Cognitive Services Deep expertise in RAG architectures LLMs and a broad sound knowledge of Microsoft technologies NET Azure M365 Power Platform DevOps is essential
Key Responsibilities
Architecture Technical Leadership
Own endtoend AI solution architecture discovery usecase selection PoC pilot production hardening and scaleout
Define reference architectures for RAG retriever vector index chunking embeddings ranking orchestration LLM apps agents and multimodel pipelines on Azure
Provide technical direction across engineering teams applications data ML platform security ensuring solution integrity and adherence to Microsoft best practices
Lead design reviews threat modeling and governance AIOpsMLOps for reliability performance security and cost
Azure AI Solutioning Delivery
Architect solutions with Azure OpenAI Service Azure AI Search vector hybrid Azure AI Foundry Cognitive Services Language Speech Vision Prompt FlowSemantic Kernel
Integrate with Azure Functions App ServiceAKS Event HubService Bus Cosmos DBSQL DB Key Vault Private EndpointsVNET and API Management
Translate business outcomes into solution blueprints backlogs epics nonfunctional requirements NFRs and operational runbooks
Drive Responsible AI guardrails content filters safety policies data privacy and compliance
Act as the technical owner and primary architectural contact for customers product managers and delivery leadership
Mentor engineersarchitects build reusable patterns libraries and accelerators
Lead and contribute to RFPsRFIs solution approach architecture diagrams delivery plan cost effort estimation BoQBoM assumptions risks and win themes
Run customer ideation workshops discovery sessions and executive briefings craft compelling value narratives and differentiators
Required Qualifications
15 years in softwaresolution engineering with 5 years as Architect LeadPrincipal level
Proven track record driving AI solutions from ideation to implementation in enterprise environments
Expertise in RAG architectures and LLM application design prompting orchestration tooluse grounding
Handson with Azure AI services
Azure OpenAI Service assistantsLLM APIs prompt engineering costperf controls
Azure AI Search vector search hybrid retrieval custom scoringreranking
Azure ML training deployment model registry pipelines
Cognitive Services Language Speech Vision
Strong performance engineering skills load testing profiling token optimization caching autoscaling GPUCPU sizing and telemetry
RFPPreSales experience solutioning proposal authoring estimations and customer workshops
Microsoft technologies NETC ASPNET Core Azure PaaS GitHubAzure DevOps Power PlatformM365 SQL ServerCosmos DB API Management Event HubService Bus
Solid grounding in securitycompliance identity Entra ID VNETPE Key Vault encryption data governance Responsible AI practices
Excellent communication stakeholder management and documentation skills