We are looking for a senior Architect to lead the design and governance of our Azure AI Factory. You will be the technical authority responsible for building secure, scalable AI solutions-including Generative AI and Agentic workflows-that solve real business problems.
Must-Haves
Active SC Clearance.
Core Responsibilities
- Translate business requirements into Azure‑native AI solution architectures
- Design end‑to‑end architectures using Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Search, ML, data platforms, compute, networking, and identity
- Select and define architecture patterns (RAG, agentic workflows, streaming vs batch, hybrid approaches)
- Define non‑functional requirements: security, scalability, performance, cost, availability
- Ensure alignment with Azure best practices, security standards, compliance, and governance
- Select and validate AI Factory accelerators for suitability and architectural fit
- Review and approve technical designs before and during execution
- Guide AI Engineers on design intent, trade‑offs, and constraints
- Own architectural decision‑making and resolve design‑level risks and blockers
- Review solution readiness for UAT and production handover
- Support customer technical discussions and build architecture confidence
- This role requires the candidate who is already holding active Security Check (SC) clearance in accordance with UK Government standards."
Primary skills
- Strong communication skills and experience in managing various stakeholder relationships to gain consensus on complex technical solutions
- Experience in architecting designing and implementing solutions on-premises in the cloud and using hybrid models
- Handson experience in deploying a variety of generative models
- Indepth experience in finetuning and customizing pretrained AI models with good understanding of various patterns and practices in AI data engineering and large data processing
- Handson in Prompt Engineering Azure Open AI Form Recognizer Cognitive Search Vector Databases
- Develop and deliver upskilling sessions to the customer
- Python and PySpark
Randstad Technologies is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
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