Ai Architect Consultant

Position: AI Architect / Consultant

Location: Chicago, IL

Job Description:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field with minimum 15 years of experience, incl. 3+ yrs AI/ML and 1+ Yr GenAI / Agentic AI.
• Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Search (vector / hybrid RAG)
• Microsoft Agent Framework / Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, LangGraph, MCP
• Azure Functions, Service Bus, Logic Apps, API Management, Power Automate
• Knowledge Graph (GraphRAG), Cosmos DB, Fabric
• Agent memory, context engineering and guardrail design patterns
• Dynamics 365, SAP, ServiceNow integration; Copilot Studio; Well-Architected Framework
• Engage business stakeholders to discover and prioritize workflow use cases; build value cases and ROI
• Define target architecture for multi-agent solutions on Azure AI Foundry Agent Service, Azure Functions and Service Bus.
• Design knowledge and retrieval architecture: vector / hybrid search, Knowledge Graph (GraphRAG) and context engineering strategy.
• Design orchestration, agent memory and human-in-the-loop patterns, incl. ERP/CRM integration via MCP.
• Set Responsible AI guardrails, security, and governance (Entra ID, Content Safety, Prompt Shields, Purview).
• Define evaluation, observability and LLMOps; lead pre-sales (proposals, PoCs, workshops) and mentor engineers.