AI Technical Architect

Job Title: Senior AI Technical Architect (Azure Cognitive Services)
Location: Hybrid
Duration: 6-12 month initial contract with potential extension

About the Role
One of Loriens leading Public Sector Clients are embarking on a pioneering programme to enhance document intelligence, search, and multilingual transcription capabilities using Microsoft Azure's Cognitive Services. We're seeking a hands-on Senior AI Technical Architect who brings deep technical expertise across Python, C#, React, and the Azure AI ecosystem to lead the design and delivery of several proof-of-concept (PoC) projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and implement scalable AI solutions using Azure AI Services, including:
  • Azure AI Document Intelligence
  • Azure AI Speech (speech-to-text, text-to-speech, speaker recognition)
  • Azure AI Translator
  • Azure AI Search
• Lead technical PoCs for:
  • Multilingual speech transcription and translation
  • Intelligent document parsing and metadata extraction
  • Cognitive search across structured and unstructured documents
• Collaborate closely with product owners, analysts, and data governance stakeholders
• Set architecture patterns, API contracts, and integration approaches with existing systems
• Mentor developers and provide technical leadership across the AI portfolio
• Ensure compliance with accessibility, legal and ethical AI standards in public sector settings

Technical Requirements
Essential:

• Proven track record designing AI/ML solutions with Azure Cognitive Services
• Strong hands-on experience in:
  • Python (data workflows, Azure SDKs)
  • C#/.NET (integration with enterprise systems)
  • React (frontend POC/demo apps)
• Deep understanding of:
  • RESTful API design & consumption
  • Azure AI service orchestration & pipelines
  • Cognitive Search (keyword, semantic & hybrid modes)
  • OCR, key-value pair extraction, and document layout analysis
• Experience building or deploying:
  • Speech transcription pipelines
  • Document intelligence models
  • Multilingual translation solutions

Desirable:

• Familiarity with:
  • Azure OpenAI Service
  • Azure Content Safety and governance policies
  • Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines
• Knowledge of court or legal systems (highly advantageous but not essential)

Soft Skills

• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement abilities
• Pragmatic problem solver with a user-focused mindset
• Comfortable leading architectural discussions and hands-on delivery
• Experience working in agile, cross-functional public sector teams

Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.