Senior Azure AI Solutions Architect / Engineer

Overview

GovCIO is currently hiring for a highly experienced, hands-on Senior Azure AI Solutions Architect / Engineer to lead the architecture, development, and implementation of enterprise Generative AI and intelligent document solutions within a complex federal application environment. This individual will serve as a technical leader for the adoption of Microsoft Azure AI capabilities, working alongside existing application architects, developers, infrastructure teams, and subject matter experts to introduce secure, scalable AI capabilities into established enterprise systems. Initial efforts will focus on AI-assisted document intelligence, enterprise search and retrieval, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), document summarization, structured data extraction, document classification, and AI-assisted business process automation. The successful candidate must be equally comfortable designing the architecture and building the solution. This is not solely an advisory or strategy position. The individual will be expected to configure Azure AI services, develop prototypes and production solutions, integrate with existing applications and data repositories, troubleshoot technical challenges, establish AI development patterns, and transfer knowledge to existing technical teams. The position is remote and supports a federal customer in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Responsibilities: * Lead the architecture, design, development, and implementation of enterprise Generative AI solutions using the Microsoft Azure AI ecosystem. * Design and implement solutions using Microsoft Foundry, Azure OpenAI/model services, Azure AI Search, Azure AI Document Intelligence, and related Azure capabilities. * Architect and implement Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions over enterprise structured and unstructured data. * Develop AI-assisted enterprise search capabilities capable of identifying relevant documents, pages, data elements, and supporting