AI Lead Architect | Copilot Studio | RAG | Power Platform
About The Position
Our client, a leading global financial services organization, is seeking an experienced AI Lead Architect to define and lead the technical architecture for AI-powered Copilot agent solutions. This role will be responsible for establishing scalable, secure, and enterprise-grade architectures across a growing portfolio of AI initiatives. Operating primarily in an architecture capacity with selective hands-on involvement, the successful candidate will design end-to-end solutions spanning Copilot Studio, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), enterprise integrations, governance, security, and AI best practices.
Requirements
- Deep expertise with Microsoft Copilot Studio architecture, deployment models, and platform capabilities.
- Strong experience designing enterprise-scale RAG solutions.
- Power Automate architecture and advanced workflow design experience.
- Experience establishing prompt engineering standards and reusable prompt architectures.
- Strong understanding of Entra ID, governance frameworks, security controls, and enterprise access models.
- Experience designing enterprise integrations, APIs, connectors, and application architectures.
- 5+ years of solution architecture, enterprise architecture, or AI architecture leadership experience.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Nice To Haves
- Experience within Banking, Capital Markets, Wealth Management, Insurance, or other highly regulated industries.
- Microsoft certifications in Azure AI, Power Platform, or Copilot technologies.
- TOGAF or other enterprise architecture certifications.
- Experience producing architecture artifacts and governance documentation within regulated environments.
Responsibilities
- Define and own end-to-end architecture for Microsoft Copilot Studio solutions.
- Design RAG architectures leveraging SharePoint, Microsoft Graph, and custom connectors.
- Establish prompt engineering standards, reusable prompts, guardrails, and best practices.
- Architect governance, security, identity, and access control frameworks.
- Provide architectural oversight for Power Automate workflows and orchestration patterns.
- Design integration strategies across enterprise platforms and business systems.
- Review and approve technical designs produced by development teams.
- Collaborate with enterprise architecture and security stakeholders to ensure compliance with organizational standards.
- Create and maintain architecture decision records (ADRs), technical design documents, and reference architectures.
- Provide hands-on design guidance for complex or high-impact AI implementations.
Benefits
- Paid time off based on employee grade (A-F), defined by policy: Vacation: 12-25 days, depending on grade, Company paid holidays, Personal Days, Sick Leave
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage (or provincial healthcare coordination in Canada)
- Retirement savings plans (e.g., 401(k) in the U.S., RRSP in Canada)
- Life and disability insurance
- Employee assistance programs
- Other benefits as provided by local policy and eligibility
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
