Senior AI Architect: Scalable GenAI, Secure by Design

Inetum; Viseu; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Azure certification support

Job summary

Inetum, a European leader in digital services, is seeking a Senior AI Architect in Portugal to define the technological vision and lead the implementation of next-generation AI architectures. You will drive Copilots/Agents, Azure OpenAI, AI Search, data platforms, and end-to-end pipelines, aligning with customer objectives.

Role requires deep AI/GenAI expertise, strong leadership, and collaboration with IT, Security, and C-level stakeholders to deliver scalable and secure enterprise AI solutions.

Qualifications

• 6-10 years of experience in software development, solution architecture, data engineering, or AI.
• Strong experience in AI/ML and GenAI, including LLMs, pipelines, RAG, and enterprise integration.
• Knowledge of ML frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn.
• Significant experience with Azure (preferred), AWS or GCP, CI/CD, Docker/Kubernetes, and microservices.
• Strong understanding of AI-related security, cloud architectures, and MLOps practices.
• Excellent communication skills; proven experience in technical leadership and architectural standards.

Responsibilities

• Design the target architecture for AI ecosystems, including Copilots/Agents, Azure OpenAI, AI Search, data platforms, integrations, and pipelines.
• Define technical standards, guardrails, security practices, domain blueprints, and architectural guidelines across the organization.
• Translate business needs into structured technical solutions via workshops, discovery sessions, and technical assessments.
• Assess trade-offs between performance, cost, risk, and complexity for AI/GenAI solutions.
• Lead the design of scalable, secure, high-performance AI/GenAI architectures.
• Select technologies, frameworks, and models (LLMs, RAG, vector DBs, multi-agent systems, MLOps).
• Build and validate PoCs and reference architectures to accelerate AI adoption.
• Integrate models, agents, and data pipelines with APIs, microservices, core business applications, and enterprise data sources.
• Establish security, data isolation, compliance, observability, and model governance principles.
• Ensure best practices in performance, resilience, scalability, and privacy.
• Define mechanisms for control, auditability, and continuous improvement of AI architectures.
• Work with IT and Security to ensure integration with enterprise architecture.
• Ensure architectural consistency across multiple AI use cases and domains.
• Act as a technical authority for internal and external stakeholders, including Data, Engineering, Product teams, and C-level leadership.
• Mentor Data Scientists, ML Engineers, and Software Engineers, promoting technical excellence and best practices.
• Support pre-sales, RFPs, solution proposals, and technology vision for strategic clients.

Skills

AI/ML

GenAI

LLMs

Pipelines

RAG

Enterprise integration

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Scikit-learn

Azure

AWS/GCP

CI/CD

Docker/Kubernetes

Microservices

Security

MLOps

Communication

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Inetum, a European leader in digital services, is seeking a Senior AI Architect in Portugal to define the technological vision and lead the implementation of next-generation AI architectures. You will drive Copilots/Agents, Azure OpenAI, AI Search, data platforms, and end-to-end pipelines, aligning with customer objectives.

Role requires deep AI/GenAI expertise, strong leadership, and collaboration with IT, Security, and C-level stakeholders to deliver scalable and secure enterprise AI solutions.