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Fugro’s global reach and unique know-how will put the world at your fingertips. Our love of exploration and technical expertise help us to provide our clients with invaluable insights. We source and make sense of the most relevant Geo-data for their needs, so they can design, build and operate their assets more safely, sustainably and efficiently. But we’re always looking for new talent to take the next step with us. For bright minds who enjoy meaningful work and want to push our pioneering spirit further. For individuals who can take the initiative but work well within a team.\nJob Summary:\nThe AI Architect is the technical authority responsible for designing secure, scalable and cost-efficient AI architectures for APAC deployments. The role defines technical standards, patterns and guardrails across models, data pipelines, APIs, cloud infrastructure and security layers, ensuring solutions align with global governance while meeting APAC data sovereignty and regulatory requirements. 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You will design and maintain the architecture for the AI enabled Marine Ground Digital Twin Platform.\nThis is a 3-year fixed term contract for placement in Singapore, and only open to SG/PR candidates.\nKey Responsibilities:\nArchitecture Design & Standards\nDesign scalable, secure and cost-efficient AI system architectures for regional deployments.\nDefine and enforce technical standards, design patterns and architectural guardrails for the team.\nLead build vs buy vs integrate decisions, evaluating platforms and vendors.\nProduce architecture artefacts (solution designs, data flows, integration maps, technical roadmaps).\nCloud & Infrastructure\nArchitect solutions across relevant cloud platforms (Azure, AWS and compliant options as required).\nDesign for multi-cloud and hybrid environments where regulations demand.\nEnsure infrastructure meets data sovereignty requirements across APAC countries.\nReview cloud cost architecture to balance performance and spend.\nEnsure AI development and deployment environments are designed for reliability, reproducibility, access control and operational support.\nAI Platform & Model Strategy\nDesigns and governs AI and machine learning environments, including patterns for experimentation, deployment, monitoring and operational support.\nEvaluate and select foundational models, fine-tuning approaches and RAG architectures appropriate to each use case.\nDesign MLOps and LLMOps pipelines (model versioning, evaluation, monitoring, retraining triggers).\nDefine the regional AI platform strategy (shared services, reusable components, integration patterns).\nStay current on model developments and assess architectural implications for the roadmap.\nSecurity & Governance\nEmbed security controls (encryption, access controls, audit logging) into all architectural decisions.\nAlign architecture to global governance standards and partner with security and risk stakeholders.\nConduct technical risk assessments for new AI initiatives and define mitigation architecture.\nRequirements:\nEducation: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (IT, Computer Science, Engineering, Data/AI, or equivalent experience)\nWorking experience: 8+ years - Experience in solution, software, data or enterprise architecture\nExperience using data platforms, data lakes, lakehouses, or data warehouses to discover, analyse, and prepare governed datasets for advanced analytics, machine learning, and AI use cases.\nProficiency in SQL and Python for data access, analysis, and preparation.\nAbility to work effectively with large datasets, apply data quality and governance standards, and collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to translate business challenges into data-driven solutions.\nUnderstanding of security-by-design, privacy-by-design, data governance, and access control\nNice-to-have:\nUnderstanding of AI solution patterns; RAG, model integration, agentic workflows, and secure enterprise deployment\nMicrosoft Fabric, Databricks, Azure data services or comparable lakehouse/data platforms\nMLOps, LLMOps, model lifecycle management or AI evaluation frameworks\nAPI design, DevOps or infrastructure-as-code\nVector databases, semantic search, fine-tuning or generative AI evaluation\nPower Platform, Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry or related Microsoft AI service\nRelevant certifications in Azure, AI, Databricks, or AWS\nManagement experience: 2+ years - Experience providing technical leadership in collaborative or agile delivery environments, including guiding team members on solution design, engineering standards, maintainability and delivery quality.\nAI & IT expertise - Proven experience sponsoring AI & IT initiatives, data driven platforms, IT transformation, and automation at scale.\nOther experience - Strong business acumen, financial management, risk governance, and experience operating in APAC multicultural environments.\nHow to apply:\nPlease include your latest resume in the application.\nWe regret to inform this position is open only to SG/PR\nWe regret to inform that we will only process applications made via our Careers website (and other linked portals) and only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.\nDisclaimer for recruitment agencies:\nFugro does not accept any unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies. 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