Technical Architect – Cloud AI – Manufacturing AI Suite

HCLTech; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

HCLTech is seeking a Technical Architect – Cloud AI for its Manufacturing AI Suite in Bengaluru. The role leads customer-facing solutioning, technical pre-sales, and architecture across cloud, AI/ML, GenAI, data integration, and OT/IT.

A strong emphasis on workshops, POCs, and reference architectures drives opportunities to delivery. Ideal candidates have 10-18 years of experience in AI-driven manufacturing, enterprise integration, and cloud-native architectures.

Qualifications

• Customer-facing solution architecture and pre-sales experience.
• Strong proposal development and solution consulting capabilities.
• Proven ability to lead architecture reviews and workshops.
• Experience with AI/ML, GenAI, LLMs, and data engineering.
• Hands-on Python automation and cloud-native patterns.

Responsibilities

• Lead customer discovery, workshops, and solution discussions.
• Architect and position Manufacturing AI Suite across cloud and edge.
• Support sales with proposals, RFP/RFI responses, and technical chats.
• Define POCs, prototypes, and technical validation activities.
• Provide technical leadership to development teams and accelerators.

Skills

Customer-facing solution architecture

Technical proposal development

Stakeholder management

POCs & workshops

OnPrem manufacturing AI

AI/ML architecture

Python for AI automation

DevOps & IaC

Edge Computing & IoT

GenAI & LLMs

LangGraph / AutoGen

Tools

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Role: Technical Architect – Cloud AI – Manufacturing AI Suite

Experience Required: 10-18 Years

Role Summary

The Technical Solution Architect will lead customer-facing solutioning, technical pre-sales, and architecture for the Manufacturing AI Suite. The role will work closely with customers, sales teams, and engineering teams to shape opportunities, define solution architectures, drive customer workshops, and convert opportunities into POCs and implementation engagements

Key Responsibilities

• Lead customer discovery sessions, workshops, and solution discussions to understand business challenges and define AI-led transformation opportunities.
• Architect and position Manufacturing AI Suite solutions covering cloud, AI/ML, GenAI, data, integration, and Industry 4.0 requirements.
• Partner with sales and product teams to support opportunity qualification, solution presentations, proposals, RFP/RFI responses, and customer technical discussions.
• Define and lead POCs, prototypes, and technical validation exercises, ensuring successful transition from opportunity to delivery.
• Provide technical leadership to development team and help build reusable accelerators, reference architectures, and solution IP.
• Handson Develop quick prototypes and POCs

Must-Have Skills

• Customer-facing solution architecture and technical pre-sales
• Technical proposal development, effort estimation, and solution consulting
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and presentation skills
• Experience leading customer workshops, architecture reviews, and POCs
• OnPrem manufacturing AI application architecture
• AI/ML architecture, MLOps, and data engineering
• ML,DL, GenAI, LLMs, RAG, vector databases, and AI agent frameworks
• Python for AI Automation & Enterprise AI Solutions
• Enterprise Integration, Security & AI Governance
• Manufacturing Digital Transformation & OT/IT Integration
• Enterprise integration, APIs, microservices, and cloud-native architectures
• DevOps & Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CI/CD)
• Edge Computing & IoT Platforms
• Agentic AI & Multi-Agent Orchestration (LangGraph, AutoGen, Tool-Calling)
• Vibe Coding / AI-Assisted Development (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code)

Good-to-Have Skills

• Multi cloud including AWS Cloud Architecture will be big plus
• Certifications: Preferred (not mandatory): Azure Solutions Architect Expert or AWS Solutions Architect - Professional; Azure AI Engineer Associate (AI-102) or AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty