AI Technical Solution Architect - Microsoft AI | Fabric | Copilot | Agentic AI

saas nine; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

saas nine is partnering with a major Australian organisation to identify an experienced AI Solutions Architect. This isn’t simply an AI development role; you’ll work with functional consultants, operational teams and SMEs to understand how the business operates, identify where AI can add value, and architect the solution from concept through to production.

You’ll lead AI discovery sessions, translate requirements into end-to-end AI architectures, design AI Agents, Copilots and automation across

Job description

Microsoft AI | Fabric | Copilot | Agentic AI

Australia | Permanent or Contract Options

How do you apply AI to real-world operational problems?

saas nine is partnering with a major Australian organisation operating across complex engineering, infrastructure and field-based environments to identify an experienced AI Solutions Architect.

This isn't simply an AI development role.

We're looking for someone who can work directly with functional consultants, operational teams, and Subject Matter Experts; understand how the business actually operates; identify where AI can deliver measurable value; and architect the solution from concept through to production.

THE OPPORTUNITY

The organisation has an established Microsoft technology environment and significant internal functional and operational expertise.

What they need is the AI architecture capability to bring these worlds together.

You’ll work with SMEs across areas including:

Your role will be to understand their processes, problems, data, and decision points, and determine how AI, intelligent agents, automation, and the wider Microsoft ecosystem can improve how the organisation operates.

POTENTIAL AI USE CASES

• Workforce and resource optimisation
• Intelligent scheduling and rostering
• Timesheet automation and validation
• Field Service optimisation
• Predictive and preventative maintenance
• Asset and maintenance intelligence
• Safety and incident analysis
• Compliance and operational risk
• AI Agents and role‑specific Copilots
• Intelligent document and workflow automation
• Natural‑language access to enterprise data

You won't be expected to arrive as the Subject Matter Expert across each of these areas.

The business already has those people.

You need to be able to sit with the SME, understand their world, identify what AI can do with it and architect a secure, scalable enterprise solution.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

• Lead AI discovery sessions with business, functional and operational stakeholders
• Identify and prioritise enterprise AI opportunities
• Translate operational requirements into end‑to‑end AI architectures
• Design AI Agent, Copilot, RAG and intelligent automation solutions
• Architect solutions across Microsoft AI, Azure and Microsoft Fabric
• Determine when to use Generative AI, Agentic AI, predictive AI, automation or analytics
• Architect integrations with enterprise applications, APIs and operational systems
• Design solutions using structured and unstructured enterprise data
• Define AI security, identity, governance and Responsible AI controls
• Design guardrails and human‑in‑the‑loop controls for sensitive and safety‑critical processes
• Work with Data, Engineering, Applications and Security teams from discovery through to production

TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT

We're interested in experience across:

• Semantic / Vector Search
• Fabric Data Engineering
• Fabric Real‑Time Intelligence
• Power BI / Semantic Models
• AI evaluation, observability and monitoring

Exposure to enterprise platforms such as Dynamics 365, SAP, ServiceNow, workforce management, asset management or Field Service solutions would be highly regarded.

ABOUT YOU

You could currently be an:

• Senior AI Engineer moving into Architecture

We're looking for someone who combines architecture capability with enough hands‑on technical knowledge to prototype, validate and challenge solutions.

You should be equally comfortable speaking with a Field Services or Safety SME about how their operation works as you are whiteboarding an AI architecture with Data and engineering teams.

Experience across Infrastructure, Engineering, Rail, Transport, Utilities, Mining, Resources, Manufacturing, Construction, Asset Management or Field Services would be highly regarded, but isn't mandatory.

What's more important is your ability to take AI beyond the demo and apply it to genuine enterprise business problems.

WHY THIS ROLE?

This is an opportunity to help shape how AI is actually adopted across a large and complex Australian enterprise.

You'll help discover the opportunities.

You'll work directly with the people who understand the business.

You'll determine where AI genuinely adds value.

You'll architect how it connects to enterprise data and applications.

And you'll help establish the architecture, governance and guardrails required to take AI from experimentation into production.

If you're working at the intersection of Microsoft AI, Data, Enterprise Architecture and real‑world operations, we'd like to hear from you.

We're considering permanent and contract options.