AI Architect - Prompt Engineering
First seen by Alion on Sep 19, 2026.
Job Summary:
We are looking for an experienced AI Architect to design and implement scalable Generative AI, Agentic AI, and enterprise AI solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design end-to-end AI/GenAI architectures for enterprise applications.
- Build Agentic AI and multi-agent workflows using frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, or CrewAI.
- Develop RAG-based solutions using Azure AI Search and vector databases.
- Work with Azure OpenAI, Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Studio, and Azure AI Foundry.
- Design prompt engineering, embeddings, chunking, retrieval, evaluation, and LLM orchestration strategies.
- Develop AI solutions using Python, APIs, Azure Functions, Service Bus, and microservices.
- Implement enterprise security using Azure Key Vault, Managed Identity, RBAC, private endpoints, and networking.
- Design AI/ML deployment pipelines, monitoring, telemetry, and governance.
- Collaborate with product managers, developers, data engineers, and business stakeholders to convert requirements into AI solutions.
- Establish best practices for AI security, responsible AI, scalability, performance, and cost optimization.
- Mentor engineering teams and provide technical leadership across AI initiatives.
Required Skills:
- 10+ years of software/technology experience with 3 - 5+ years in AI/ML/GenAI.
- Strong Python programming skills.
- Hands-on experience with: Generative AI / LLMs, RAG architecture, Vector databases, Prompt engineering, Agentic AI / Multi-Agent systems, LLM evaluation and observability.
- Strong Azure experience: Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Foundry, Azure AI Search, Azure Functions, Azure Service Bus, Azure Key Vault, Azure Storage, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
- Experience with Microsoft Copilot / Copilot Studio is preferred.
- Knowledge of C#, .NET / ASP.NET Core and REST APIs is an advantage.
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Git, and cloud-native architecture.
- Strong understanding of enterprise architecture, security, scalability, and integration patterns.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Microsoft Azure AI Engineer / Azure Solutions Architect certification.
- Experience with MCP, A2A protocols, tool calling, function calling, and AI agents.
- Experience integrating AI with Microsoft 365 / enterprise applications.
- Experience with MLOps/LLMOps and AI governance.
- Experience in designing production-grade AI platforms for large enterprises.
Skills
Python, Generative AI, RAG, LangChain, Prompt Engineering, LangGraph, Copilot