Overview
The Enterprise AI Architect will play a pivotal role in leading the AI architecture workstream of a major transformation programme within a renowned UK technology firm. This contract position focuses on transforming draft designs into a robust architecture that aligns with safe and effective AI governance, with an emphasis on mentorship and strategic guidance throughout the project lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Review the draft architecture and deliver a detailed multi-layer design, culminating in a build specification.
- Lead AI gateway evaluation and selection, considering options such as LiteLLM, Kong, and Azure APIM.
- Design the request pipeline, environments, egress controls, and manage Entra ID identity, including agent identity.
- Define supply-chain controls and strategies regarding model provider, residency, and isolation.
- Build a permission-aware grounding approach to ensure AI access aligns with user data entitlements.
- Own Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and guardrail policy, along with security control specification and threat modelling.
- Govern use-case management from concept to production, including registers, release gates, and tool approvals.
- Deliver reference patterns for priority initiatives, mentor internal successors, and chair Technical Design Reviews.
Requirements
- Proven experience in enterprise architecture and implementing Zero Trust frameworks.
- Deep familiarity with Entra ID and conditional access mechanisms.
- Expertise in egress and network controls within production environments.
- Experience working with LLM gateways, model routing, and supply-chain governance controls.
- Familiarity with operating an LLM gateway in a production setting is desirable.
- Knowledge of RAG over governed data and conducting enterprise security reviews.
- Experience chairing design forums and mentoring teams is advantageous.