Azure AI Solution Architect: Forward-Deployed & Production-Ready

Huron; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 145,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Wellness programs

Job summary

Huron is seeking a senior designer of AI solutions who will own the end-to-end design on Microsoft Azure, working with business teams and engineers to turn problems into production-grade AI architectures. You will build core components, ensure security, and maintain governance while aligning with healthcare and other regulated data domains.

The role requires at least 5–8 years in solution or cloud architecture, 2+ years delivering AI/ML in production, and strong executive communication.

Qualifications

• > Frame the problem with business to determine AI fit.
• > Produce end-to-end solution architecture on Azure including models, data, security.
• > Design for production with security, governance, observability and cost awareness.
• > Translate between business needs and engineering builds.
• > Define success metrics with Engagement Manager and engineers.

Responsibilities

• Frame the problem. Run the early conversations with the business to frame the problem worth solving and decide where AI fits and where it does not.
• Own the design. Produce the solution architecture on Azure, covering models, retrieval, agents, data, identity, networking, and security. Keep it current as the work evolves.
• Design for production. Make the design secure, governed, observable, and cost-aware from the start, in line with the Azure Well-Architected Framework and Huron security and governance standards.
• Translate both ways. Between what the business needs and what the engineers build.
• Set the measures. Agree what success looks like and how it is measured, including model and agent evaluation, with the Engagement Manager and the engineers before the build starts.
• Build the hard parts. Work alongside the engineers on the pieces of the build the design depends on, including infrastructure as code, retrieval pipelines, and agent orchestration.
• Bring domain depth. Keep the design right for the industry it serves.

Skills

AI solution design

Azure knowledge

Stakeholder communication

Security governance

Infrastructure as code

Willing to travel

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Azure OpenAI

Azure AI Search

Anthropic Claude models

Bicep/Terraform

Azure DevOps / GitHub Actions

Job description

Huron is seeking a senior designer of AI solutions who will own the end-to-end design on Microsoft Azure, working with business teams and engineers to turn problems into production-grade AI architectures. You will build core components, ensure security, and maintain governance while aligning with healthcare and other regulated data domains.

The role requires at least 5–8 years in solution or cloud architecture, 2+ years delivering AI/ML in production, and strong executive communication.