Azure AI Foundry Architect

About the role

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is seeking an Azure AI Foundry Architect to lead the design and delivery of generative AI solutions on Azure. The role focuses on building end‑to‑end AI platforms for clients, particularly in regulated sectors such as banking and financial services.

Key responsibilities

• Design and implement Azure AI Foundry and Azure OpenAI solutions, including Generative AI, LLMs, and agentic AI.
• Develop Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines, embeddings, and Azure AI Search integrations.
• Perform prompt engineering, model evaluation, and create Python‑based REST APIs for enterprise integration.
• Ensure Azure security using Entra ID, Key Vault, and RBAC, and manage MLOps/LLMOps CI/CD pipelines for production deployment.
• Apply responsible AI practices, governance, and monitoring throughout the solution lifecycle.
• Communicate solution architecture to stakeholders and provide strong Azure architecture guidance.

Required skills

• Azure AI Foundry
• Azure OpenAI
• Generative AI, LLMs, Agentic AI
• RAG, embeddings, Azure AI Search
• Prompt engineering and model evaluation
• Python programming
• REST API development and enterprise integration
• Azure security (Entra ID, Key Vault, RBAC)
• MLOps/LLMOps, CI/CD, production deployment
• Responsible AI, governance, monitoring