Gen AI Architect

Job Description

<h3>Job Description</h3><p>Job Description<p><p>Roles & Responsibilities:<br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Generative AI & Cognitive Solutions<br /></p><p><br /></p><ul><li>Architect, design, and deploy Azure OpenAI-powered solutions (GPT-4o, GPT-5, embeddings, RAG pipelines) for enterprise use cases.<br /></li><li>Develop rapid Proofs of Concept (PoCs) to validate business-submitted AI ideas and assess technical feasibility, scalability, and ROI before production rollout.<br /></li><li>Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into functional AI solutions and provide data-driven recommendations.<br /></li><li>Develop solutions using Copilot Studio to build customized copilots integrated with Entra ID, Graph API, Dataverse, and business applications.<br /></li><li>Leverage Azure AI Foundry for prompt orchestration, vector indexing, knowledge grounding, and monitoring of AI-powered apps.<br /></li><li>Collaborate with business units to operationalize conversational AI bots, document intelligence pipelines, and AI-driven copilots across departments.<br /></li></ul><p>Cloud-Native Application Architecture<br /></p><p><br /></p><ul><li>Design, develop, and manage Azure Function Apps, App Services, and Durable Functions for serverless orchestration and workload automation.<br /></li><li>Build highly available, resilient, and scalable microservices deployed on AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service).<br /></li></ul><p>Infrastructure as Code & DevOps<br /></p><p><br /></p><ul><li>Lead Infrastructure as Code (IaC) initiatives using Terraform and Bicep for consistent provisioning of AI and cloud infrastructure.<br /></li><li>Implement enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.<br /></li><li>Collaborate with security and network teams to manage Key Vaults, private endpoints, managed identities, and storage account firewalls.<br /></li><li>Enable automated monitoring, logging, and usage analytics via Azure Monitor, App Insights, and Log Analytics.<br /></li></ul><p>Platform Engineering & AI Integration<br /></p><ul><li>Design and manage data ingestion pipelines from SharePoint, Cosmos DB, and external APIs into Azure AI Search for RAG-based AI bots.<br /></li><li>Implement pipelines for document intelligence, OCR/non-OCR processing, and enrichment leveraging Azure Document Intelligence.<br /></li><li>Integrate enterprise AI bots with Entra ID SSO, Copilot Studio and Power Platform.<br /></li></ul><p>Governance, Security & Compliance<br /></p><ul><li>Work closely with Security & IAM teams to ensure compliance with data protection, PII handling, RBAC policies, and SOC controls.<br /></li><li>Lead key activities like domain onboarding, firewall modifications, key rotations, and SSL certificate renewals.<br /></li><li>Define naming conventions, operational runbooks, and risk mitigation plans.<br /></li></ul><p>Stakeholder Management & Leadership<br /></p><ul><li>Act as a technology advisor to business stakeholders, architects for GenAI adoption strategies.<br /></li><li>Mentor development teams and review solutions for performance, scalability, and alignment with enterprise reference architecture.<br /></li><li>Present AI adoption insights, usage metrics, and value realization dashboards to senior leadership<br /></li></ul><br /></p></p>