Azure AI Architect

Job Title: AI/ML Solution Architect-Azure AI Foundry Location: Remote - USA Duration: Long-term Contract About Smart IT Frame: At Smart IT Frame, we connect top talent with leading organizations across the USA. With over a decade of staffing excellence, we specialize in IT, healthcare, and professional roles, empowering both clients and candidates to grow together. Job Description: We are seeking an experienced AI/ML Solution Architect with strong expertise in Microsoft Copilot, Azure services, Python, and PySpark. The ideal candidate will play a key role in designing, architecting, and delivering AI/ML-driven solutions for enterprise environments. This role requires deep technical understanding, hands-on development skills, and the ability to collaborate with cross-functional business and engineering teams. Key Responsibilities: • Lead end-to-end architecture and solution design for AI/ML projects in a cloud environment. • Develop scalable data and ML pipelines using Python, PySpark, and Azure Databricks. • Integrate, configure, and optimize Microsoft Copilot capabilities within business applications. • Collaborate with data scientists, engineers, and product teams to build robust AI solutions. • Drive best practices for model development, versioning, deployment, and monitoring. • Support cloud modernization initiatives and architecture reviews. • Clearly document architectural designs, patterns, and implementation details. Required Skills & Experience: • 8+ years of experience in software engineering / data engineering / solution architecture roles. • Strong experience building and deploying ML solutions on Azure (Azure ML, Azure Data Factory, Storage, AKS, etc.). • Hands-on expertise in Python and PySpark for data processing and model development. • Experience with Copilot / AI copilots / Generative AI integration and solutioning. • Strong understanding of cloud-based architecture, CI/CD, DevOps, data governance, and security. • Ability to lead technical discussions, solution design sessions, and architecture reviews. • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. Good-to-Have Skills: • Experience with LLMs, OpenAI APIs, or custom model fine-tuning. • Knowledge of Databricks, delta lakes, and large-scale distributed systems. • Microsoft Azure certifications (Architect, Data Engineer, AI Engineer). Why Join: • Opportunity to work with cutting-edge AI/ML and Copilot technologies. • Remote flexibility.