Senior Azure AI Architect — Remote, Enterprise AI & RAG

GovCIO

Salt Lake City (UT)

Remote

USD 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

GovCIO is seeking a highly experienced Senior Azure AI Solutions Architect/Engineer to lead the architecture, development, and deployment of enterprise Generative AI and intelligent document solutions within a federal context. The role combines hands-on engineering with architectural leadership, focusing on secure, scalable Azure AI applications.

You will configure Azure AI services, build prototypes and production solutions, and transfer knowledge to existing technical teams, supporting a

Qualifications

Hands-on experience with enterprise Generative AI and related Microsoft Azure AI capabilities.
Strong background in architecting scalable AI solutions within complex enterprise environments.
Experience integrating AI capabilities with existing applications, data repositories, and APIs.

Responsibilities

Lead architecture, design, development, and implementation of enterprise Generative AI solutions using the Microsoft Azure AI ecosystem.
Design and implement solutions with Microsoft Foundry, Azure OpenAI/model services, Azure AI Search, Azure AI Document Intelligence.
Architect and implement Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) over enterprise structured and unstructured data.
Develop AI-assisted enterprise search capabilities to identify documents, pages, data elements, and supporting evidence across large repositories.
Develop natural-language question answering, document summarization, information extraction, structured output generation, and AI-assisted research.
Design semantic, vector, hybrid, and agentic retrieval approaches for business requirements.
Develop secure integration patterns between Azure AI services and existing enterprise applications, APIs, databases, and document repositories.
Integrate AI functionality into existing enterprise applications via REST APIs, SDKs, Java services, and other approved patterns.
Evaluate and implement Azure AI Document Intelligence capabilities for classification, data extraction, confidence scoring, and exception handling.
Design AI agents and orchestration workflows using Microsoft Foundry capabilities when appropriate.
Partner with stakeholders to align AI deliverables with Federal customer needs.