Enterprise AI Architect — Azure & Data Governance

Apptad Inc; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Apptad Inc is seeking an AI Architect in Houston, TX to lead AI strategy and solutioning across enterprise stakeholders. You will leverage Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Studio, Fabric, Copilot Studio, and Power Platform to design scalable AI architectures and governance models.

You will guide PoCs, MVPs and business cases, and collaborate with IT and business teams to implement AI-enabled transformations in data, analytics, and operations.

Qualifications

• Must have hands-on experience with Microsoft AI ecosystem and cloud AI services.
• Strong cloud architecture knowledge including AI deployment patterns and integrations.
• Ability to shape AI use cases, PoCs, MVPs and enterprise AI architectures.
• Solid data and analytics foundation (data warehousing, lakes, governance).
• Understanding of AI governance and security requirements.
• Oil & gas industry exposure and awareness of Supply Chain, Finance, HR, Manufacturing ops is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Interface with AI leadership and business stakeholders to align AI strategy.
• Build executive relationships with CIO/CTO and enterprise AI leaders.
• Advise on GenAI adoption, governance, and enterprise AI roadmaps.
• Identify business challenges solvable by AI-enabled solutions.
• Drive AI-led account growth through cross-sell and upsell.
• Translate requirements into AI concepts and transformation initiatives.
• Monitor emerging AI technologies and industry trends.
• Position the company as a strategic innovation partner with new AI capabilities.

Tools

Azure OpenAI

Azure AI Studio

Azure AI Search

Microsoft Fabric

Copilot Studio

Microsoft 365 Copilot

Power Platform

Power Automate

Microsoft Data Stack

Purview

Entra ID

Cloud Architecture

Databricks

Synapse

Snowflake

API Enablement

Microservices (Azure/AWS)

AI Governance

Security

Job description

Apptad Inc is seeking an AI Architect in Houston, TX to lead AI strategy and solutioning across enterprise stakeholders. You will leverage Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Studio, Fabric, Copilot Studio, and Power Platform to design scalable AI architectures and governance models.

You will guide PoCs, MVPs and business cases, and collaborate with IT and business teams to implement AI-enabled transformations in data, analytics, and operations.