Principal Azure AI Cloud Architect – Remote

Harris Computer Corp.; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Harris Computer Corp. in the United States is seeking a Principal AI Cloud Architect to lead AI-first cloud operations on Azure. You will build and guide a small team delivering agent-driven automation, governance, and cost optimization across enterprise cloud environments.

The role demands deep Azure expertise, hands-on AI/LLM implementation, and strong client-facing capabilities to translate complex technology into measurable business outcomes.

Qualifications

• 15+ years IT experience with at least 10 years in Cloud architecture (Azure preferred).
• 3+ years hands-on AI/ML, including 2+ years building and deploying LLM-based or agentic AI in production.
• Experience leading and developing engineering teams, including coaching and setting technical direction.
• Hands-on with Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, and agent frameworks.
• Knowledge of agent design patterns, multi-agent orchestration, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and Model Context Protocol (MCP).
• Experience applying AI to Cloud operations (AIOps, automation, FinOps, security posture).
• Proven track record delivering enterprise solutions with clients and cross-functional teams.
• Deep expertise in Microsoft Azure services (compute, storage, security, platform).
• Hands-on with Azure Databricks and modern data architecture (data lakes, ETL/ELT, streaming, lakehouse).
• Strong communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the AI strategy and roadmap for the Cloud business unit, moving operations to agent-driven automation.
• Build, lead, and mentor a team of 2–6 AI and Cloud engineers for production-grade AI agents.
• Architect multi-agent systems for AIOps including anomaly detection, event correlation, ITSM triage, and self-healing runbooks.
• Lead design of agents that generate and validate Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep) with CI/CD integration.
• Develop FinOps agents identifying cost anomalies and rightsizing opportunities within guardrails.
• Design security and compliance agents for posture assessment and audit evidence collection.
• Establish AI governance with human-in-the-loop approvals, access controls, and responsible AI practices.
• Partner with stakeholders to define end-to-end Cloud and AI solutions aligned with business goals.
• Lead data and analytics architecture including Azure Databricks to support AI workloads.
• Drive observability, resiliency, and disaster recovery for Cloud platforms and agents.
• Promote architecture standards and reusable agent patterns across the organization.
• Translate complex AI concepts into clear business value for clients and executives.
• Evaluate emerging AI technologies and update the roadmap accordingly.

Skills

Azure architecture

AI/ML hands-on

Team leadership

Client engagement

Cloud strategy

Security & compliance awareness

Tools

Azure Databricks

Terraform

Bicep

CI/CD pipelines

Azure OpenAI

AIOps tools

Job description

Harris Computer Corp. in the United States is seeking a Principal AI Cloud Architect to lead AI-first cloud operations on Azure. You will build and guide a small team delivering agent-driven automation, governance, and cost optimization across enterprise cloud environments.

The role demands deep Azure expertise, hands-on AI/LLM implementation, and strong client-facing capabilities to translate complex technology into measurable business outcomes.