About the Role
We are seeking an experienced AI Architect to lead the design and delivery of secure, scalable, and responsible AI solutions for enterprise and public-sector programs. This role involves hands-on technical expertise and architectural leadership to shape AI solutions from discovery through production.
Responsibilities
- Design and own end-to-end AI client-specific solution architectures, including Generative AI, Agents, and traditional ML.
- Define and maintain enterprise AI architecture patterns, reference architectures, and reusable building blocks within the Microsoft ecosystem.
- Lead AI governance, security, and Responsible AI by design, ensuring solutions meet regulatory, ethical, and organizational standards.
- Provide architectural oversight across delivery teams, ensuring quality and scalability.
- Support pre-sales and discovery, shaping solution approaches, technical estimates, and delivery roadmaps.
- Advise stakeholders on AI feasibility, trade-offs, risks, and long-term sustainability.
- Build hands-on prototypes, reference implementations, and reusable accelerators to set credible technical direction and unblock delivery teams.
Requirements
- Significant overall experience delivering AI and Data solutions in complex enterprise environments, with a minimum of 5 years hands-on AI delivery experience.
- Proven experience delivering production-grade AI solutions end-to-end, from discovery through to live operations and ongoing model management.
- Hands-on expertise across Microsoft cloud and AI ecosystem, including Microsoft Foundry and data platform.
- Strong experience with integrating low-code Power Platform solutions into enterprise-scale solutions, including hands-on experience with Copilot Studio.
- Solid understanding of Microsoft security, identity, and compliance (Entra ID, RBAC, network isolation, data protection).
- Strong experience designing LLM-based solutions, including Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), prompt engineering strategies, and agent-based architectures, leveraging frameworks such as Semantic Kernel, LangChain, and Microsoft Agent Framework.
- Deep practical experience with classical Machine Learning, including supervised and unsupervised learning, feature engineering, model selection, training pipelines, evaluation frameworks, and production lifecycle management.
- Proven ability to assess client use cases and make well-reasoned architectural decisions between classical ML and Generative AI approaches.
- Strong experience in cloud-native architecture, including API-based and event-driven designs, enterprise integration patterns, and architectures focused on scalability, resilience, and reliability.
- Experience with DevOps, MLOps, and LLMOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, environment strategies, and operating LLM-based solutions in production.
- Strong understanding of Generative AI governance, operational controls, and cost evaluation.
- Strong experience embedding Responsible AI and governance into Generative AI solutions, covering safety, risk management, transparency, explainability, human-in-the-loop design, and regulatory alignment.
- Desirable experience in integrating enterprise data platforms with AI solutions, including familiarity with Lakehouse architectures and data engineering principles.
- Proven experience in a consulting role, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear business outcomes.
- Good experience of managing and mentoring junior AI engineers or consultants.
- Must hold at least two relevant Microsoft certifications (AI-901, AI-103, DP-800 AZ-305, AI-300), or be actively working towards them.
- Candidates must hold, or be eligible for, UK Security Clearance.
Skills
- Generative AI
- Agents
- Traditional ML
- Microsoft ecosystem
- Responsible AI
- Microsoft cloud
- Microsoft AI ecosystem
- Microsoft Foundry
- Microsoft data platform
- Low-code Power Platform
- Copilot Studio
- Microsoft security
- Microsoft identity
- Microsoft compliance
- Entra ID
- RBAC
- Network isolation
- Data protection
- LLM-based solutions
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
- Prompt engineering
- Agent-based architectures
- Semantic Kernel
- LangChain
- Microsoft Agent Framework
- Classical Machine Learning
- Supervised learning
- Unsupervised learning
- Feature engineering
- Model selection
- Training pipelines
- Evaluation frameworks
- Production lifecycle management
- Cloud-native architecture
- API-based designs
- Event-driven designs
- Enterprise integration patterns
- Scalability
- Resilience
- Reliability
- DevOps
- MLOps
- LLMOps
- CI/CD pipelines
- Automated testing
- Environment strategies
- Model lifecycle management
- Prompt lifecycle management
- Observability
- Cost management
- Generative AI governance
- Operational controls
- Cost evaluation
- Safety
- Risk management
- Transparency
- Explainability
- Human-in-the-loop design
- Regulatory alignment
- Enterprise data platforms
- Lakehouse architectures
- Data engineering principles
- Consulting
- Mentoring
Location
- Home workers
- Office visits required
Work Type
- Home workers
Experience Level
- Minimum of 5 years hands-on AI delivery experience
- Significant overall experience delivering AI and Data solutions in complex enterprise environments
Education Level
- At least two relevant Microsoft certifications (AI-901, AI-103, DP-800 AZ-305, AI-300), or actively working towards them.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation packages (incl. bonuses)
- Pension and benefits plans
- Comprehensive career development programme
- Mentoring
- Training plans
About the Company
- Hitachi Solutions Europe is a global Digital, Data and Technology consultancy, Microsoft Gold partner and Cloud Services partner, specializing in end-to-end transformation.
- We specialize in Dynamics 365 Business Applications, Power Platform, including Azure, Application Modernisation and Data & Analytics.
- Our highly skilled team help drive improvements, creating efficiency and growth within organisations.
- We are committed to Microsoft technologies, with a mission to revolutionize modern businesses.
- We place value on collaboration, open communication, and transparency.
- We emphasize the importance of team spirit, cohesion, and appreciation.
- Our learning culture and flat hierarchy are our recipes for success.
