AI Solutions Architect

We're looking for a senior Solution Architect to act as the technical authority across client engagements, working closely with commercial teams during discovery, design, and solution shaping. You will own end-to-end solution design, translating business challenges into scalable, enterprise-grade AI solutions, and will play a key role in shaping the organisation's AI reference architecture frameworks. This is a highly client-facing position requiring credibility with senior stakeholders and confidence balancing technical excellence with commercial viability.

What You'll Be Doing

• Acting as technical lead across client discovery workshops and solution design engagements
• Working closely with sales and commercial teams to shape AI-led solutions addressing real business challenges
• Translating customer requirements into clear, deliverable architectures
• Owning and evolving the organisation's AI reference architecture frameworks
• Designing scalable, secure, best-practice solutions across the Microsoft AI, data, and automation ecosystem
• Providing technical assurance and credibility to senior client stakeholders
• Balancing technical excellence with commercial viability and delivery feasibility
• Supporting pre-sales activity including proposals, bids, and client presentations

Essential:

• Senior-level experience as a Solution Architect within an MSP, IT services, or consultancy environment
• Expertise across the Microsoft AI ecosystem, including Copilot, Copilot Studio, AI Builder, and Azure AI
• Experience working with Large Language Models and modern AI architectures, including designing and deploying LLM-based solutions such as copilots, chatbots, and knowledge assistants
• Understanding of prompt engineering, grounding, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
• Ability to apply governance, security, and ethical considerations in AI deployments
• Strong background across the Microsoft data and automation stack, including Power BI, Power Automate, and the broader Power Platform
• Proven experience designing and owning end-to-end client solutions
• Confident, credible client-facing communicator, comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders
• Strong commercial awareness within services-led organisations
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear business outcomes
• Experience working alongside sales and delivery teams in a consultative environment
• Full UK driving licence

• Salary up to £120,000 depending on experience
• Training and certification support
• Pension scheme
• Private healthcare
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and birthday leave
• Exposure to senior stakeholders and complex transformation programmes