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You will translate complex business problems into secure, scalable and production-ready solutions, leading multidisciplinary teams from initial discovery and prototyping through to deployment and operation.\nThe role has a strong Microsoft focus, using technologies such as Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, Microsoft Agent Framework, Semantic Kernel and Copilot Studio. You will apply these technologies pragmatically, determining where agentic AI offers real value and where conventional applications, deterministic automation or human intervention provide a better solution.\nYou will be equally comfortable developing or reviewing working code, whiteboarding architectures with senior stakeholders, leading engineering teams and taking accountability for production outcomes.\nYour key responsibilities\nAgentic AI architecture and engineering\nLead the end-to-end technical design of enterprise generative AI and agentic AI solutions using Microsoft technologies.\nTranslate business processes, user needs and control requirements into solution architectures, agent specifications, integration designs and engineering backlogs.\nDesign single-agent and multi-agent solutions, selecting appropriate models, tools, orchestration patterns, grounding approaches, memory and human approval points.\nMake pragmatic platform decisions across Azure AI Foundry, Microsoft Agent Framework, Semantic Kernel, Copilot Studio, Azure OpenAI and custom Azure services.\nDesign secure integrations between agents, enterprise applications, data platforms, knowledge sources and business workflows using APIs, events, messaging and appropriate tool protocols.\nEstablish reusable reference architectures, engineering patterns and accelerators.\nRecognise when an agentic approach is not justified and recommend simpler, safer or more cost-effective alternatives.\nHands-on technical leadership\nLead the development of proofs of concept, minimum viable products, reusable accelerators and production AI components.\nRemain sufficiently hands-on to prototype critical components, review code and resolve complex technical issues.\nGuide the development of Python-based AI applications, APIs, microservices and cloud-native integrations.\nDefine engineering standards covering source control, automated testing, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, secrets management and release management.\nProvide technical direction across orchestration, tool calling, retrieval-augmented generation, structured outputs, context management and asynchronous workflows.\nEnsure solutions are modular, testable and supportable rather than dependent on fragile prompts or opaque behaviour.\nMentor AI engineers, software engineers and architects, helping develop the wider Microsoft AI & Data capability.\nProduction engineering and responsible AI\nLead the transition of AI solutions from experimentation into secure, scalable, observable and cost-effective production services.\nDefine evaluation approaches covering functional quality, task completion, groundedness, safety, latency, reliability and cost.\nEstablish automated evaluation, regression testing and release controls for changes to models, prompts, tools and orchestration.\nDesign operational monitoring across agent workflows, including tracing, logging, performance, tool-call outcomes and cost.\nDefine failure handling, retries, timeouts, fallbacks, human approval and exception-management patterns.\nEnsure solutions address identity, access control, data protection, content safety, auditability, responsible AI and regulatory requirements.\nWork with architecture, security, risk, legal and privacy stakeholders to establish proportionate controls for agents that access data or take actions.\nDefine production support arrangements, operational runbooks and lifecycle-management processes.\nClient delivery and business development\nAct as the Agentic AI Technical Lead on significant client engagements, taking responsibility for technical quality and deliverability.\nLead multidisciplinary teams of AI engineers, architects, software engineers, data engineers, business analysts and security specialists.\nFacilitate discovery, architecture and engineering workshops with senior business and technology stakeholders.\nExplain complex AI concepts, risks and design trade-offs clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.\nManage technical scope, dependencies, risks and delivery priorities while maintaining focus on measurable business outcomes.\nSupport opportunity shaping, demonstrations, RFP responses, estimates, proposals and statements of work.\nHelp clients identify and prioritise agentic AI opportunities based on value, feasibility, risk and organisational readiness.\nWork with Microsoft account, engineering and specialist teams to validate technology choices and support joint client activity.\nContribute to EY propositions, reference architectures, delivery methods, reusable intellectual property and recruitment.\nSkills and attributes for success\nWe are looking for someone who combines deep engineering expertise with the consulting maturity to lead clients and delivery teams.\nYou should have:\nSignificant experience designing, building and operating enterprise AI, generative AI or agentic AI solutions.\nStrong hands-on software engineering experience using Python, APIs and cloud-native design patterns.\nDeep understanding of large language model applications, including orchestration, tool use, grounding, retrieval-augmented generation, structured outputs, context management and evaluation.\nExperience designing multi-step or multi-agent workflows and making informed decisions about state, memory, delegation and human oversight.\nProven experience moving AI solutions from proof of concept into secure, reliable and supportable production environments.\nPractical experience of DevOps, CI/CD, automated testing, infrastructure as code and observability.\nStrong understanding of AI security, identity, privacy, responsible AI and governance.\nStrong solution architecture skills, balancing innovation with reliability, security, cost and operational complexity.\nExperience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams and working directly with senior client stakeholders.\nExperience supporting pre-sales, including solution shaping, demonstrations, estimation, proposals and RFP responses.\nExcellent communication skills and the ability to explain sophisticated technical concepts clearly.\nMicrosoft technology experience\nCandidates should bring strong experience across several of the following:\nAzure AI Foundry and Azure OpenAI\nMicrosoft Agent Framework and/or Semantic Kernel\nCopilot Studio and Power Platform\nAzure AI Search\nAzure API Management\nAzure Functions and Durable Functions\nAzure Container Apps and/or Azure Kubernetes Service\nAzure messaging and integration services\nMicrosoft Entra ID\nAzure Monitor and Application Insights\nGitHub and/or Azure DevOps\nBicep or Terraform\nMicrosoft Fabric and modern enterprise data platforms\nExperience with Databricks, Snowflake, LangGraph, AutoGen or comparable orchestration frameworks would be advantageous.\nWhat we look for\nA successful candidate will move naturally between conversations about business value, enterprise architecture, detailed engineering and credible delivery 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It requires a senior technologist who can design and build, lead engineers, engage credibly with clients and take responsibility for production outcomes.\nLocation and working arrangements\nThe position would be a permanent UK Senior Manager role, aligned to EY’s main UK offices, with travel to client sites as required.\nMain changes: I removed repetition, consolidated overlapping production and engineering responsibilities, shortened the technology list, and retained the points most likely to differentiate a genuinely hands-on Agentic AI leader from a general AI architect or programme lead.\nEY | Building a better working world\nEY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets.\nEnabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow.\nEY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. 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