Solution Architect, Forward Deployed Architecture (AI Capability Center)

Huron Consulting Group Inc.; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 145,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Employee stock purchase plan

Paid time off

Parental leave and adoption assistance

Health screenings and coaching

On-site workshops

Job summary

Huron Consulting Group Inc. in the United States seeks a seasoned solution architect to own AI design on Microsoft Azure from framing the business problem to production-ready deployment. You will work with engineers to implement retrieval pipelines and agent orchestration while ensuring security, governance, and cost awareness aligned with the Azure Well‑Architected Framework.

Travel may be required. Base salary is $145,000–$170,000 with eligibility for annual incentives; total compensation

Qualifications

• 5–8 years in solution or cloud architecture with 3+ years on Azure.
• 2+ years designing or delivering AI/ML solutions, production-ready.
• Strong written and executive-facing communication.

Responsibilities

• Frame the problem with the business to determine AI value and scope.
• Deliver end-to-end Azure solution architecture, models, data, and security.
• Design for production with governance, observability, and cost controls.
• Collaborate with engineers on infrastructure as code and pipelines.
• Define success metrics with stakeholders before build.

Skills

Azure solutions

Architectural design

Executive communication

Framing business problems

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Azure OpenAI

Azure AI Search

Azure AI Foundry

Anthropic Claude models

Bicep or Terraform

CI/CD: Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions

Job description

At Huron, we’re redefining what a global consulting organization can be. Advancing new ideas every day to build even stronger clients, individuals and communities. We’re helping our clients find new ways to drive growth, enhance business performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. And, we’re developing strategies and implementing solutions that enable the transformative change they need to own their future. As a member of the Huron corporate team, you’ll help to evolve our business model to stay ahead of market forces, industry trends and client needs. Our accounting, finance, human resources, IT, legal, marketing and facilities management professionals work collaboratively to support Huron’s collective strategies and enable real transformation to produce sustainable business results. Join our team and create your future.

This person works alongside a Huron business team. They turn the business problem into an AI solution design on Microsoft Azure that the engineers can build. They own that design end to end, build the hard parts alongside the engineers, and are the main link between the business and the pod.

Key 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.

Preferred Qualifications

Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert. Claude Certified Architect - Foundations. Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate. Hands‑on experience with Azure AI services, including Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Search, and Azure AI Foundry, and with Anthropic Claude models. Understands RAG, agents, and evaluation well enough to design and build them. Infrastructure as code with Bicep or Terraform, and CI/CD on Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions. Healthcare or higher education domain depth, including work with regulated data. Comfortable in fast‑paced, changing environments with shifting priorities and unclear problems.

General Required Skills

5 to 8 years in solution or cloud architecture, including at least 3 years designing on Microsoft Azure and 1 to 2 years leading. At least 2 years designing or delivering AI or machine learning solutions, including at least one generative AI solution taken to production. Working knowledge of Azure identity, networking, and security, including Entra ID, private networking, Key Vault, and role‑based access control. Able to turn unclear problems into designs engineers can build. Strong writer and facilitator, credible with executives. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Position Level Manager Country United States of America

Based onshore (US or Canada) for the Healthcare work, with travel required as needed.

The estimated base salary for this job is $145,000 - $170,000 USD. The range represents a good faith estimate of the range that Huron reasonably expects to pay for this job at the time of the job posting. The actual salary paid to an individual will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to specific skills or certifications, years of experience, market changes, and required travel. This job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s annual incentive compensation program, which reflects Huron’s pay for performance philosophy. Inclusive of annual incentive compensation opportunity, the total estimated compensation range for this job is $174,000 - $204,000 USD.

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The job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s benefit plans which include medical, dental and vision coverage and other wellness programs.

• medical, dental, and vision coverage to employees and dependents
• a 401(k) plan with a generous employer match
• an employee stock purchase plan
• a generous Paid Time Off policy
• paid parental leave and adoption assistance
• free annual health screenings and coaching
• bank at work
• on‑site workshops
• ongoing programs recognizing major events in the lives of our employees throughout the year

EEO Statement

Huron is fully committed to providing equal employment opportunity to job applicants and employees in recruitment, hiring, employment, compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, training, and all other terms and conditions of employment.

Huron will not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, religion, veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, creed, citizenship or any other status protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business.

We endeavor to maintain a drug‑free workplace.