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An organization of well over 1000+ exceptional people, GCID presents a great opportunity for highly skilled services professionals to make a foray into consulting, solution development and delivery roles.\nSenior leader responsible for the successful technical execution and delivery of complex client projects across diverse domains. This role acts as a strategic anchor between clients, senior leadership, delivery managers, project managers, and delivery teams. In the AI-first GCID organization, Architect(s) are expected to embed AI-native thinking into delivery models, ensuring solutions are intelligent, scalable, and aligned with business outcomes. 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optimized for modern, AI-native execution, including integration of automation and intelligent processes.\nAbility to step into at-risk projects, quickly assess issues, and establish a credible path to recovery or exit. \nEngineering Excellence\nChampion high-quality engineering practices across all delivery engagements.\nEnsure adherence to coding standards, architectural integrity, and performance benchmarks.\nDefine and institutionalize engineering guardrails that embed secure coding, test-driven development, observability.\nEncourage continuous learning and technical certifications to maintain cutting-edge expertise.\nDrive adoption of modern delivery methodologies (Agile, DevOps, CI/CD) to ensure robust and scalable solutions.\nFoster a culture of technical rigor, innovation, and accountability within the team.\nInnovation & Thought Leadership\nMonitor and evaluate emerging technologies to inform strategic direction.\nLead innovation in delivery models, reusable assets, and accelerators to enhance efficiency and impact.\nChampion modern thinking and best practices across teams and engagements to foster a culture of continuous improvement.\nClient Engagement & Solutioning\nUse design thinking to shape user-centric solutions, aligning business goals, architecture decisions, and delivery execution.\nEngage with clients to understand business needs and provide expert guidance throughout the project lifecycle.\nSupport pre-sales and solutioning efforts with estimations, proof-of-concepts, and technical proposals.\nBuild and maintain strong client relationships, ensuring high levels of satisfaction and value delivery.\nTeam Management & Mentorship\nLead and mentor cross-functional teams, fostering a culture of learning, collaboration, and technical excellence.\nConduct reviews, provide feedback, and support professional development of team members.\nQuality & Compliance\nEnsure secure, compliant, and reliable solution delivery through secure coding, test-driven development, observability, design reviews, and quality gates across all engagements.\nStrategic Partnering\nServe as a strategic partner for internal and external stakeholders on key initiatives.\nProvide strategic guidance and execution oversight to ensure alignment with organizational goals.\nQualifications\nQualifications\n18+ years of experience in software/solution engineering, with hands-on experience and willing to code and design.\nProven experience in leading delivery of complex, multi-disciplinary projects.\nStrong understanding of modern delivery methodologies (Agile, Scrum, DevOps, etc.).\nExcellent communication, stakeholder management, problem-solving, and team leadership skills.\nBachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).\nRelevant certifications are a plus.\nAreas of Expertise\nFull Stack Application Engineering\nEnd-to-end design and development of modern web and mobile applications using React, Angular, Next.js, Blazor, or equivalent frameworks\nStrong backend engineering expertise using .NET, Java, Node.js, or Python, applying clean architecture, domain-driven design, and API-first principles\nExperience building scalable microservices and distributed systems, leveraging REST, gRPC, event-driven architectures, and asynchronous processing\nHands-on data and platform fundamentals, including relational and NoSQL databases (Azure SQL, PostgreSQL, Cosmos DB), performance tuning, scalability, resiliency, and application security\n\nAI-Driven Application Development\nBuild AI-driven, cloud-native applications with intelligence embedded into core workflows.\nHands-on use of GitHub Copilot across the SDLC, enabling solutioning, development, CI/CD, and production readiness.\nLead a Copilot-assisted engineering culture, driving AI pair-programming and high-velocity delivery at scale.\nModernize large application estates using Copilot-assisted code comprehension, refactoring, and cloud-native migration.\nCoach teams and customers on safe, enterprise-grade Copilot usage, prompt strategies, and adoption patterns.\nApply Responsible AI principles, embedding security, privacy, governance, and compliance into delivery workflows.\n\nAI-Enabled Application Development\nDeliver production-grade AI solutions using Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Services, Azure AI Foundry, and custom ML, including RAG architectures with Azure AI Search and enterprise data grounding.\nDeep expertise in LLM integration-prompt engineering, context and grounding strategies-for copilots, conversational applications, and intelligent business workflows.\nProven design of agentic AI systems (single and multi-agent), with orchestration, tools, memory, human-in-the-loop, and enterprise-ready operations including observability, governance, and cost/performance optimization.\n\nCloud-Native Architecture (Azure)\nDesign PaaS-first, cloud-native Azure architectures, prioritizing managed services for scale, resilience, security, and efficiency.\nArchitect solutions across App Service, Container Apps, AKS, Functions, and API Management, selecting optimal compute per workload and business need.\nStrong expertise in identity, security, and networking, including Entra ID, RBAC, Managed Identity, Key Vault, private endpoints, VNET integration, and landing patterns.\nBuild highly available and resilient systems, including multi-region deployments, disaster recovery, and fault-tolerant architectures.\nApply cost-aware and Well-Architected principles, optimizing reliability, performance, operations, and cost efficiency.\n\nDevOps, Platform & Developer Productivity\nDesign and operate secure CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions with automated build, test, and deployment.\nHands-on Infrastructure-as-Code using Bicep, ARM, and Terraform, leveraging GitHub Copilot to enforce enterprise standards.\nDeep understanding of observability and reliability engineering, including logging, metrics, tracing, SLOs, alerting, and production readiness.\nDrive developer productivity and delivery velocity through inner-source practices, reusable platforms, accelerators, and automation.\nEmbed DevSecOps and platform engineering, delivering paved-road, self-service capabilities that balance speed, governance, reliability, and compliance.\n\nSolutioning, Pre-Sales & Technical Leadership\nLead technical solutioning, estimations, and support architecture design during pre-sales and delivery shaping\nTranslate business outcomes into clear architecture, execution plans, and risk mitigation strategies\nInfluence technical direction across multiple teams and engagements\nAct as a trusted advisor to clients and internal leadership\n\nFrontier Engineering & Customer Enablement Skills\nLead rapid prototyping, pilots, and early enterprise deployments, taking ideas from whiteboard to production with minimal friction\nHands-on troubleshooting and production support, addressing performance, 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