Solutions Architect #26-23652

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Hybrid (2 days onsite in a week)

Duration: 2 Years (extension possible at tenure; conversion possible)

Schedule: Monday–Friday, core business hours (overtime not likely)

Job Description:

• The Full Stack Solution Architect will work within the Infrastructure & Engineering (I&E) business as part of the broader Solution Architecture Practice.
• This independent-contributor role acts as the technical advisor to I&E - creating architectural target states, helping prioritize product roadmaps, and collaborating closely with platform technology teams to create solutions that meet business needs.
• The Architect will design end-to-end AI solution architectures, including AI/LLM gateways, agentic AI platforms, model access patterns, RAG and knowledge-retrieval patterns, AI observability, security guardrails, and governed integration with enterprise APIs, data platforms, and cloud infrastructure.
• The role leads project/product architecture blueprints and high- and low-level design specifications, ensuring solutions are scalable, reliable, secure, cost-aware, and compliant with enterprise architecture standards.
• The Architect will also develop and maintain architecture frameworks and solution patterns that support responsible, resilient, production-ready AI capabilities across hybrid and multi-cloud environments - covering identity and access management, model routing, token and cost governance, prompt and response controls, data protection, observability, and operational readiness.

Responsibilities:

• Align internal and external stakeholders on the architecture/infrastructure of the product strategy and delivery roadmap, engaging the Executive Product Owner.
• Lead architecture-backlog prioritization and advise on business/technology trade-offs.
• Oversee the portfolio of product-based delivery work.
• Review, approve/veto architecture blueprints against enterprise standards.
• Identify, recommend, source, negotiate and implement emerging IT trends and improvements (buy/build/reuse).
• Steer creation of consumable assets and reference architectures; get architecture tested and into production.
• Hold decision rights on architecture strategies, policies, roles and responsibilities within the assigned Platform/Journey.
• Oversee design of applications/infrastructure on high-profile, complex, high-risk technology projects.
• Drive end-to-end Kubernetes adoption and optimize container implementation.
• Lead AI architecture for enterprise GenAI/agentic AI: AI/LLM gateway patterns, agent orchestration, model access, RAG, MCP/tool integration, prompt management, safety controls, governed API/data integration.
• Define reusable AI reference architectures and decision frameworks balancing innovation, resiliency, security, privacy, cost transparency, model portability, and regulatory expectations.
• Set service-level objectives (SLOs) and develop observability standards for production systems.
• Lead interaction with governance and control groups (regulatory/operational risk, compliance, audit).
• Establish AI governance patterns: authentication & authorization, prompt-injection and jailbreak controls, sensitive-data protection, content safety, audit logging, model routing, token limits, quota management, monitoring.
• Partner with risk, cyber security, data governance, privacy, compliance, cloud and platform teams.
• Mentor and coach team members; contribute to building practice capability.

Experience:

• 10+ years of overall experience.
• Extensive hands-on architecture experience designing and delivering enterprise GenAI, LLM, and agentic AI solutions.
• Experience working in a regulated environment (banking or similar) is a nice-to-have.

Skillsets:

• CI/CD, pair programming and/or test-driven development (unit, integration and functional tests).
• Leading technical tools integration in a complex environment.
• AI agents, AI/LLM gateways, RAG, vector search, prompt orchestration, MCP/tool integration, model consumption patterns.
• AI platform architecture across cloud/hybrid: Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Foundry, Google Vertex AI/Gemini, model routing & lifecycle, AI observability, evaluation, responsible-AI guardrails.
• AI services: identity & access control, data protection, prompt/response safety, token & cost governance, semantic caching, fallback & resiliency, logging, tracing, auditability.
• Strong communication skills - able to engage stakeholders at all levels, including executives.

Education: Undergraduate degree required; graduate degree is a nice-to-have.

Additional Qualifications:

Licenses: None required.

Certifications: No certifications required - AI, cloud, architecture, security, or data certifications are preferred.

Shift Hours: Monday–Friday, core business hours.

About US Tech Solutions:

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