AI Solutions Architect - Gen AI, Azure & Financial Services
Summary
Design and deliver secure, production-ready generative AI solutions for a financial-services firm using Azure AI, Copilot, and RAG patterns while navigating governance and compliance.
Robert Walters is partnering with a leading international financial-services organisation to recruit a hands-on AI Solutions Architect for its expanding AI and Innovation function.
This is a key role focused on taking enterprise AI solutions from initial use-case discovery through architecture, governance approval and production delivery.
Key responsibilities- Design secure, scalable and production-ready AI solutions.
- Translate business requirements into end-to-end technical architectures.
- Deliver solutions across Azure AI, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, Power Platform, GCP and related technologies.
- Apply GenAI patterns including RAG, knowledge grounding, prompt orchestration and human-in-the-loop workflows.
- Lead designs through architecture and AI governance forums.
- Produce architecture documentation, integration patterns and technical specifications.
- Work closely with engineering, security, data privacy, risk and business stakeholders.
- Support prototyping, validation, troubleshooting and production readiness.
- Strong knowledge of AI and generative AI architecture, including LLMs and agent-based solutions.
- Hands-on experience delivering enterprise AI solutions in a regulated environment.
- Broad solution architecture expertise across cloud, integration, APIs, security, identity and data flows.
- Experience with Azure AI, Azure OpenAI, Microsoft Copilot, Power Platform or comparable platforms.
- Understanding of responsible AI, guardrails, explainability, governance and data privacy.
- Ability to lead complex solutions from requirements through to production.
- Strong stakeholder-management and communication skills.
Experience within financial services and knowledge of regulations such as the EU AI Act, GDPR or DORA would be advantageous.
This opportunity would suit a proactive and technically credible architect who enjoys combining strategic design ownership with hands-on delivery.
Please apply or contact Joe Pawlica at Robert Walters for a confidential discussion.
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