Remote AI Solutions Architect – Agentic AI & LLM

Focused HR Solutions; Phoenix (AZ); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Focused HR Solutions in the United States seeks an AI Solutions Architect contractor to lead the design and implementation of secure, scalable AI and agentic solutions. The role is primarily remote with periodic on-site meetings in Phoenix, AZ, and requires AZ time-zone collaboration.

You will define end-to-end architectures, collaborate with DevOps, cybersecurity, and data teams, and ensure compliance with State/local standards while coordinating with procurement and legal.

Qualifications

• AI Development with Agentic AI and Azure OpenAI.
• LLM, ML, RAG, and human-in-the-loop workflows.
• Net (C#, VB.Net), HTML, JavaScript, and advanced automation tools (OCR, IDP, AI/ML).
• Demonstrable written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to design and implement AI agentic solutions from business and technical requirements.
• Ability to develop technical specifications, designs, and architecture artifacts.
• Ability to break down business problems into logical tasks and think creatively.
• Ability to perform code analysis to understand how code is implemented.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and changing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of secure, scalable AI and Agentic AI solutions aligned with DES mission, policies, and public-sector standards.
• Define end-to-end AI architectures including data ingestion, RAG pipelines, LLM orchestration, and human-in-the-loop workflows.
• Provide technical leadership, relevant architectural documentations for approvals, and guidance to internal teams and system integrators.
• Ensure compliance with State of Arizona security, privacy, accessibility, and data-governance requirements (PII, HIPAA, CJIS where applicable).
• Establish reference architectures and best practices for responsible, ethical, and compliant AI use across DES.
• Evaluate and integrate AI platforms, cloud services, and vendor solutions in coordination with procurement and legal teams.
• Design architectures that support explainability, auditability, bias mitigation, and transparency in decision-support systems.
• Collaborate with DevOps (cloud ops), cybersecurity, and data teams to operationalize AI solutions from proof of concept to production systems.
• Support AI strategy, roadmap development, and executive briefings to scale AI capabilities across DES programs.

Skills

AI Development with Agentic AI and AZ/

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Azure DevOps

Git

CI/CD

REST & SOAP

OnBase Unity Client

Job description

Focused HR Solutions in the United States seeks an AI Solutions Architect contractor to lead the design and implementation of secure, scalable AI and agentic solutions. The role is primarily remote with periodic on-site meetings in Phoenix, AZ, and requires AZ time-zone collaboration.

You will define end-to-end architectures, collaborate with DevOps, cybersecurity, and data teams, and ensure compliance with State/local standards while coordinating with procurement and legal.