AI Solutions Architect

Key Responsibilities

• Translate organizational objectives into scalable AI solution architectures spanning Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Studio agents, Power Platform automations, Azure AI/Foundry services, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) patterns, and internal AI models hosted on County infrastructure
• Design, build, configure, and deploy AI solutions personally where appropriate, with accountability for quality, security, and architectural integrity of delivered work
• Own the full lifecycle of AI solutions enhancement, optimization, monitoring, retraining, and decommissioning so solutions remain effective, supported, and aligned with evolving business needs
• Define and maintain County-wide AI architecture patterns, reference designs, integration approaches, and reuse frameworks that enable consistent and scalable AI delivery
• Ensure AI solutions comply with County policies, FOIP, records retention, security and privacy standards, and Responsible AI principles
• Partner with security and governance teams to design controls, logging, evaluation, and red-teaming practices for AI systems, addressing AI-specific risks including prompt injection, data leakage, hallucination, and model misuse
• Work with departments to identify, assess, and prioritize high-value AI opportunities; facilitate discovery sessions, solution workshops, and architecture reviews to define requirements, evaluate feasibility, and align stakeholders on solution approaches that deliver measurable organizational value
• Support change management and adoption by ensuring AI solutions are usable, explainable, and aligned with staff workflows and operational practices
• Stay current with the AI landscape including LLMs, agentic AI, automation, evaluation tooling, and emerging Microsoft and open-source capabilities, with particular attention to public-sector applicability and risk
• Proactively identify opportunities for reuse, automation, and efficiency across existing platforms and solutions, driving continuous improvement in service delivery
• Provide technical and architectural leadership to ITS staff, AI Solution Developers, vendors, and partners delivering AI solutions
• Qualifications and Skills:
• Degree in Computing Science, Business Administration, or another related discipline with a minimum of 7 years of experience in an IT environment or an Information Technology or Business Diploma with a minimum of 9 years of directly related IT experience