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.

• 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.