AI Architect
London (Hybrid) | Contract | Strong Day Rate | Inside IR35
We're supporting a leading organisation undergoing a significant AI transformation and are looking for an experienced AI Architect to define, govern and scale enterprise AI capabilities across the business.
This is a senior architecture role focused on establishing the foundations, standards and target architecture for AI adoption. You'll work across business and technology teams to design secure, scalable and governed AI solutions while helping shape the organisation's long-term AI strategy.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and own enterprise AI architecture principles, standards and roadmaps.
- Design scalable AI platforms leveraging Azure AI services and modern AI architecture patterns.
- Lead the adoption of Agentic AI and AI-powered automation capabilities across the organisation.
- Establish AI governance, security controls, risk management frameworks and architectural guardrails.
- Work closely with business stakeholders to identify and prioritise AI use cases and opportunities.
- Create reference architectures, design patterns and best practices for AI implementation.
- Provide architectural leadership across multiple AI initiatives and delivery teams.
- Ensure solutions align with wider enterprise architecture, security and regulatory requirements.
- Act as the senior technical authority for AI-related architecture decisions.
Required Experience
- Proven experience operating as an AI Architect, Enterprise Architect or Lead Architect within large organisations.
- Strong understanding of Generative AI, LLMs, AI Agents and Agentic AI architectures.
- Experience designing enterprise-scale AI platforms and operating models.
- Azure AI experience, including Azure OpenAI and Azure AI Foundry.
- Strong understanding of AI governance, security, compliance and responsible AI practices.
- Experience defining architecture standards, principles and target-state architectures.
- Ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders across technology and business functions.
- Experience working within complex, regulated enterprise environments.
Desirable Experience
- AI Centre of Excellence (CoE) design and implementation.
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures.
- Multi-agent systems and orchestration frameworks.
- Data platform architecture and modern cloud-native solutions.
- Experience within utilities, energy, financial services or other regulated sectors.
What's on Offer
- Strong day rate.
- Inside IR35 contract.
- Hybrid working with London-based stakeholder engagement.
- Opportunity to shape and influence enterprise AI strategy at scale.
- Immediate interview process.
To discuss the opportunity in confidence, please apply with an up-to-date CV.
GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
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