Senior AI Architect & Solutions Leader (Remote)

Cognitive Group | Part of the Focus Cloud Group; Greater London; Remote; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognitive Group | Part of the Focus Cloud Group in the UK is seeking an experienced AI Architect to lead secure, scalable AI solutions for enterprise and public sector clients. This is a hands-on leadership role, shaping solutions from discovery through production.

You will mentor delivery teams, set technical direction, and ensure governance, security and Responsible AI by design while leveraging Microsoft Foundry, Azure and related tools.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership and architecture skills for AI platforms.
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts for executives.
• Experience with secure, scalable AI governance and Responsible AI.

Responsibilities

• Design and own end-to-end AI architectures spanning Generative AI, agents and ML.
• Define reference architectures, patterns and reusable accelerators within the Microsoft ecosystem.
• Lead AI governance, security and Responsible AI by design across delivery teams.
• Support pre-sales and discovery, shaping solutions, estimates and roadmaps, advising senior stakeholders on feasibility, risk and value.
• Mentor junior AI engineers and consultants while delivering production-grade solutions.
• Hands-on AI delivery from discovery to live operation in complex enterprise environments.
• Proven expertise in Microsoft cloud and AI ecosystem (Azure, Foundry, Copilot Studio, Power Platform).
• Experience with LLM-based solutions, including RAG and agent architectures (Semantic Kernel, LangChain).
• Security and identity concepts (Entra ID, RBAC) and data governance practices.

Tools

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Fabric

Azure Databricks

Power Platform

Copilot Studio

LangChain

Job description

Cognitive Group | Part of the Focus Cloud Group in the UK is seeking an experienced AI Architect to lead secure, scalable AI solutions for enterprise and public sector clients. This is a hands-on leadership role, shaping solutions from discovery through production.

You will mentor delivery teams, set technical direction, and ensure governance, security and Responsible AI by design while leveraging Microsoft Foundry, Azure and related tools.