Skills

Python CI/CD DevOps Azure DevOps Architecture Azure react OpenAI CI/CD Pipelines DevOps CI/CD

Job Specifications

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

Essential

Technical Requirements

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 (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)

Please note that you must be eligible for BPSS clearance.

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