MSR Cosmos

Contract type: C2C Title: AI Solution Architect Location: Bellevue, WA Skills Mandatory Skills : Azure Cloud Architecture, Python Good to Have Skills : .Net Core, AI/GenAI Research Role Summary We are seeking a seasoned AI Architect with 15 years of overall technology experience including 5 years in handson architecture leadership The ideal candidate will drive AI solutions from ideation to implementation lead performance finetuning actively participate in RFPs and presales and architect robust solutions leveraging Azure AI services Azure OpenAI Service Azure AI Search Azure ML Cognitive Services Deep expertise in RAG architectures LLMs and a broad sound knowledge of Microsoft technologies NET Azure M365 Power Platform DevOps is essential Required Qualifications 15 years in software solution engineering with 5 years as Architect Lead Principal level Proven track record driving AI solutions from ideation to implementation in enterprise environments Expertise in RAG architectures and LLM application design prompting orchestration tooluse grounding Handson with Azure AI services Azure OpenAI Service assistants LLM APIs prompt engineering costperf controls Azure AI Search vector search hybrid retrieval custom scoring reranking Azure ML training deployment model registry pipelines Cognitive Services Language Speech Vision Strong performance engineering skills load testing profiling token optimization caching autoscaling GPUCPU sizing and telemetry RFP/Presales experience solutioning proposal authoring estimations and customer workshops Microsoft technologies NETC ASPNET Core Azure PaaS GitHub Azure DevOps Power PlatformM365 SQL Server Cosmos DB API Management Event HubService Bus Solid grounding in security compliance identity Entra ID VNETPE Key Vault encryption data governance Responsible AI practices Excellent communication stakeholder management and documentation skills