AI Architect

Job Title: AI Architect

Location: London

About the Job you are considering:

We are seeking an experienced AI Architect to lead the strategy, architecture, and delivery of enterprise-scale Artificial Intelligence (AI), Generative AI (GenAI), Agentic AI, and Intelligent Data Platform solutions.

The successful candidate will be responsible for defining the enterprise AI architecture vision, establishing governance and standards, and designing scalable, secure, and responsible AI solutions that leverage Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Model Context Protocol (MCP), Agentic Frameworks, Knowledge Graphs, Semantic Layers, Vector Databases, and Cloud AI services.

This role will act as the bridge between Business, Product, Engineering, Data, Security, Risk, and Technology teams to accelerate the adoption of AI-driven capabilities across the enterprise.

The ideal candidate will possess a combination of deep technical expertise, architecture leadership, enterprise consulting experience, and strong stakeholder engagement skills.

Hybrid working:

The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time.

Your Role:

1. AI Strategy & Enterprise Architecture

• Define and maintain the Enterprise AI Architecture Strategy and Roadmap.
• Develop target-state AI and Intelligent Data Platform architectures aligned to business strategy.
• Establish enterprise architecture principles, standards, patterns, guardrails, and governance frameworks for AI solutions.
• Evaluate emerging AI technologies, frameworks, and industry trends to recommend strategic adoption opportunities.
• Partner with business and product leadership to identify AI-enabled transformation opportunities.
• Act as the technical authority across AI, GenAI, and Agentic AI initiatives.
• Produce architecture options, decision-support artefacts, and future-state technology roadmaps.

2. Generative AI & Agentic AI Solutions

• Design and implement enterprise GenAI solutions using models such as:
  • OpenAI GPT
  • Azure OpenAI
  • Google Gemini
  • Anthropic Claude
  • Llama
  • Mistral
• Architect Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions for enterprise knowledge retrieval.
• Design Agentic AI and multi-agent frameworks to automate complex business processes.
• Implement Model Context Protocol (MCP) patterns for tool and system integration.
• Define standards for:
  • Prompt Engineering
  • Context Management
  • AI Evaluation
  • Grounding & Retrieval
  • Hallucination Reduction
  • AI Observability
• Lead architecture of AI assistants, copilots, virtual agents, and autonomous workflows.

Your Skills:

Essential

• 10+ years of Technology Architecture experience.
• 5+ years of Enterprise AI, Data, or Solution Architecture experience.
• Experience designing enterprise-scale AI and GenAI platforms.
• Proven experience with:
  • LLMs
  • RAG
  • Agentic AI
  • Semantic Search
  • Knowledge Graphs
  • Vector Databases
• Experience implementing AI solutions on Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Strong understanding of cloud-native architecture patterns.
• Experience creating architecture roadmaps, governance frameworks, and enterprise standards.
• Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
• Experience delivering AI solutions within regulated enterprise environments.

Desirable

• Financial Services, Banking, Insurance, Healthcare, Telecommunications, or highly regulated industry experience.
• Experience with:
  • Microsoft Copilot
  • Microsoft Copilot Studio
  • Azure AI Foundry
  • Vertex AI
  • Bedrock
  • Databricks AI
  • Snowflake Cortex
• Experience building enterprise AI assistants and autonomous agents.
• Experience with Text-to-SQL and conversational analytics.
• Experience with Knowledge Management and Semantic Layer technologies.

We are a Disability Confident Employer:

Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who:

• Declare they have a disability, and
• Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.

Please opt in during the application process.

Make It Real (what does it mean for you):

• You’d be joining an accredited Great Place to work for Wellbeing in 2024. Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions.

  To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas, and we have invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.

• You will be empowered to explore, innovate, and progress. You will benefit from Capgemini’s ‘learning for life’ mindset, meaning you will have countless training and development opportunities from thinktanks to hackathons, and access to 250,000 courses with numerous external certifications from AWS, Microsoft, Harvard ManageMentor, Cybersecurity qualifications and much more.
• You will be joining one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies®, as recognised by Ethisphere® for 13 consecutive years. We live our values by making ethical business choices every day. Working ethically is at the centre of our culture at Capgemini, meaning you will be helping to create a future we can all be proud of.

Why you should consider Capgemini:

Growing clients’ businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask. When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a thriving company and become part of a collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts. We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what’s possible. It’s why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world’s leading businesses, and it’s how you’ll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future. By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, you’ll build the skills you want. You’ll use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.

About Capgemini:

Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organisations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion.

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