Technical Architect - [AI/ML

Summer Browning Associates; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A consultancy supporting government contracts is seeking a Technical Architect for an AI programme in London. The role requires a minimum of 10 years in technical architecture and focuses on designing secure AI solutions. Candidates must have experience with AI/ML frameworks and working in regulated environments. The position is for an initial 6-month contract with weekly travel to London.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years in technical architecture at enterprise level.
• Experience in interdisciplinary teams to design and deliver solutions.
• Deep knowledge of AI/ML frameworks, cloud platforms, and MLOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Apply technical architecture expertise on an enterprise AI programme.
• Lead AI/ML architecture and system design.
• Design secure integrations between AI solutions and legacy enterprise software.

Skills

Technical architecture expertise

AI/ML architecture

Interdisciplinary team collaboration

Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Data architecture

Job description

Overview

Summer-Browning Associates are currently supporting our Central Government client who are seeking a Technical Architect on an AI programme, for an initial 6 month contract.

Service Location: London (successful candidate must be able to travel to London once per week)

Responsibilities

• Apply technical architecture expertise on an enterprise AI programme; design and deliver AI solutions in interdisciplinary teams.
• Lead AI/ML architecture and system design (minimum 2 years) with hands-on coding of AI solutions.
• Design secure integrations between AI solutions and legacy enterprise software, ensuring compliance with government security requirements, including SSO.
• Consider AI model costing to produce ROI and modular reusable services with maintainable effort.
• Understand data architecture, API design, and microservices patterns.
• Adhere to government technology standards and security frameworks; operate within regulated environments with strict security/compliance requirements.
• Apply data ethics frameworks for responsible and transparent AI deployment.
• Work in agile, incubator, or rapid development environments; operate at pace and take calculated technical risks to deliver faster.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years in technical architecture at enterprise level.
• Experience in interdisciplinary teams to design and deliver solutions.
• Deep knowledge of AI/ML frameworks, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), and MLOps practices.
• Experience with secure integrations and SSO authentication protocols; government security requirements.
• Experience with costing AI models for ROI and modular services; maintenance at a moderate level.
• Experience with data architecture, APIs, and microservices.
• Knowledge of government technology standards and security frameworks.
• Experience of working in regulated environments with strict security/compliance requirements.
• Recent experience operating within a Central Government department.

How to apply

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