Principal Consultant - AI

LAB 3 Pty Ltd; Australia; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

LAB3 is seeking a Principal Consultant- AI in Australia to lead client engagements, shape AI strategy and design scalable Azure AI architectures. You will steer workshops, translate objectives into architecture and guide delivery from prototyping to production.

You will mentor senior engineers, shape LAB3's AI standards, and contribute to governance, security and responsible AI practices while advancing enterprise solutions.

Qualifications

• Azure solution architecture expertise and Azure AI toolkit proficiency.
• Deep understanding of modern application architecture across cloud environments.
• Experience delivering Agentic/ GenAI solutions and frameworks.
• Strong grasp of platform engineering, observability and enterprise security & compliance; ideally with MLOps.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor to enterprise clients, lead AI strategy engagements and translate business objectives into scalable Azure AI architectures.
• Provide architectural leadership across Agentic AI, GenAI, RAG, MLOps and data platforms on Azure.
• Own end-to-end delivery accountability and risk management for large AI programs.
• Contribute to pre-sales activities including discovery, SOW input and technical assurance; craft compelling client narratives and demos.
• Mentor Senior Engineers and Consultants, contribute to LAB3's AI standards and accelerators.
• Set best-practice approaches for AI governance, risk, compliance and ethics.

Skills

Azure Architecture

AI Strategy

Client Leadership

Risk Management

Responsible AI

MLOps

Tools

Azure AI Toolkit

Azure DevOps

Job description

LAB3 is one of Australasia’s largest Azure engineering practices, specialising in Cloud & DevOps, Data, IoT & AI, Modern Workplace, Security, and Networks. We’re seeking a Principal Consultant- AIto join our Professional Services team. This is a senior, client-facing leadership role accountable for shaping, selling, and delivering high impact AI and Agentic AI programs for enterprise clients, working across the AI lifecycle from prototyping to production.

The Role

• Client Leadership & Advisory:Act as a trusted advisor to enterprise clients, lead AI strategy engagements from use case prioritisation and value articulation through to architecture design and delivery roadmaps, running workshops, gathering requirements and translating business objectives into scalable Azure AI architectures and operating models
• Architectural leadership: Across Agentic AI, GenAI, RAG, MLOps & underlying and data platforms on Azure, defining reference architectures, design patterns and requirements.
• Delivery Oversight & Risk Management:Ownend to endtechnical accountability & risk-management for large or complex AI programs.
• Pre-sales: contribute to presales & commercial activities including discovery, solution shaping, SOW input and technical assurance, contributing to win strategy through differentiated architecture, compelling client narratives and proof of concept or demo delivery as required
• Capability & Practice development: Mentor Senior Engineers and Consultants, contribute to LAB3's AI standards and accelerators, and represent the practice externally through thought leadership and client showcases
• Governance, Security & Responsible AI: Setbest practiceapproaches for AI governance, risk, compliance, and ethics, ensure solutions align with enterprise security models& champion responsible AI principles

Must be based anywhere in Australia, a citizen, and ideally hold security clearance

• Azure solution architecture and the broader Azure AI toolkit
• Deep understanding of modern application architecture
• Experience delivering Agentic/ GenAI solutions and frameworks
• Strong grasp of platform engineering, observability and enterprise security and compliance patterns & ideally MLOps.

The ideal extra oomph

• Azure AI Foundry, Azure AI Search (vector & hybrid), Azure OpenAI, Azure ML, Copilot Studio, agent frameworks and Model Context Protocol (MCP), including practical knowledge of agent governance and evaluation frameworks, distributed systems, event driven design, API strategies, data platform integration, platform engineering, observability & security.

This is a new and rapidly evolving space, so we expect some gaps and we'll help close them. What we're really assessing is your potential to move fast and your appetite to stay ahead of the curve.

What’sin it for you?

• Be part of a team that leveragesmoderntechnologies tosolve real problems and provides top level of customer satisfaction
• Work with a MicrosoftPartner of the Year award winner with multiplespecialisations
• Besupported by experienced peers and leaders thatvalue technicalexpertise andencourages innovation, with clear career pathways and ongoing learning
• Enjoy a supportive workplace that promotes inclusion, flexibility, diversity, and celebrates differences.
• Take advantage oflargely workingfrom home in our remote/hybrid workplace and enjoy the flexibility to balance your life
• Thrive in a community with strong values#BeTrue #TeamUp #StandOut #ThinkAhead #FearLessAchieveMore

Job details

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