AI Architect

AI Architect - Public Sector - Outside IR35 - Edinburgh (Hybrid)

Day Rate - Market Rates

Duration - 12 months

Harvey Nash's Public Sector Client are looking to bring in a contract AI Architect, you will be responsible for the development and ongoing maintenance of the enterprise-wide AI technology approach alongside the delivery of the AI strategic roadmap.

Key Responsibilities

• Define the enterprise-wide approach to AI delivery, ensuring alignment with organisational strategy, architecture principles, compliance requirements - driving innovation and informing strategic decisions.
• Evaluate and integrate diverse AI technologies and platforms (cloud, on-premises, hybrid, open-source, and vendor solutions) to meet different business needs.
• Collaborate with enterprise, data, principle and solution architects to ensure AI capabilities are seamlessly Embedded within the broader technology ecosystem.
• 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 in areas such as:
• Multilingual speech transcription and translation
• Intelligent document parsing and metadata extraction
• Cognitive search across structured and unstructured documents

Technical Requirements

Essential:

• Demonstrable experience of shaping AI capabilities to ensure they are designed, implemented, and integrated in alignment with business objectives, technology strategy, and architecture principles
• 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 (Front End 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)

Please note that you must be eligible for BPSS clearance.