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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # AI Workflow Architect - **Company:** Malvern Panalytical Ltd - **Location:** Worcestershire, UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Online Services, Business Systems, Data Hub, Industry Standard Architecture, Power BI, Salesforce.Com, SAP (Applications), Systems Integration, User-Centered Design, Microsoft Power Automate, Large Language Models, Multi-Agent Systems, Microsoft Fabric, Enterprise Integration, Restful APIs - **Published:** August 30, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2815457576-ai-workflow-architect ## About the Role * Accountability: End-to-end accountability for the architectural integrity, scalability, cost efficiency, and governance compliance of the platform, as well as enterprise rollout readiness. * Experience Required: 8+ years in software/solution architecture, with at least 3+ years of hands-on experience designing agentic or LLM-based systems in production. * Expert-level, hands-on experience with the Microsoft AI stack. * Proven experience managing multi-language, multi-country enterprise rollouts., * Deep understanding of agent orchestration, tool calling, prompt/tool design, and human-in-the-loop workflow design. * Knowledge of AI cost optimization (model routing, context, and token management at scale). * Strong integration skills using REST APIs, connectors, and enterprise platforms (Salesforce, SAP, Microsoft Graph). * Familiarity with security, compliance, and responsible-AI governance in regulated enterprise environments. * Structured documentation skills and excellent communication; ability to explain complex architectural trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders. ## Description Are you ready to shape the future of enterprise automation? As an AI Workflow Architect, you will own the end-to-end design of agentic AI workflows that automate critical commercial and after-sales processes. In this role, you will translate complex business workflows into orchestrated, governed multi-agent systems built on the Microsoft AI stack. Your designs will prioritize human-in-the-loop controls, cost efficiency, and enterprise-grade scalability right from the start., * Agentic Architecture: Design advanced agentic workflow architectures, including agent orchestration, tool utilization, memory/context handling, and human-in-the-loop approval patterns for commercial and after-sales use cases. * Reference Standards: Define and maintain reference architectures and design standards across the Microsoft AI stack (Copilot Studio, Power Automate, Dataverse, Azure AI Foundry / Azure OpenAI, Power BI, Microsoft Fabric). * Risk & Control Optimization: Design optimized human-in-the-loop workflows, ensuring approval, escalation, and exception-handling patterns strike the perfect balance between high automation rates and commercial risk management. * Cost Management: Own AI cost optimization across the agent estate by managing model selection and routing, context retention, caching, and token budgeting. * Enterprise Deployment: Plan and manage enterprise-level agent deployments and rollouts across multiple languages, countries, and departments, including phased autonomy expansion. * System Integration: Specify secure integrations between AI agents and core enterprise systems (Salesforce, SAP, service management platforms) via secure in-perimeter APIs. * Governance & Compliance: Partner with Enterprise Architecture and Governance teams to meet rigorous security, compliance, auditability, and responsible-AI requirements. * Innovation: Evaluate emerging agent frameworks and orchestration tooling to drive strategic build, buy, or configure decisions., * Complexity: Manages multi-agent orchestration across heterogeneous enterprise systems, multiple countries, and legal entities., * Inspire Your People: Communicate an exciting vision, simplify complexity, and plan for the long-term interest of the business. Bring positive energy, drive, and ambition, while remaining respectful, inclusive, and learning from setbacks. * Strengthen Your Team: Set a high bar for excellence and hold teams accountable. Collaborate across departments, champion internal talent, and foster a growth mindset through active coaching and feedback. * Grow Your Business: Drive strategic execution and deliver results based on sound decision-making. 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