Principal Architect ( Azure + AI)

Own the Azure Cloud and Data Standards: Serve as a deep Azure-native expert at the reference-architecture altitude. Define the sanctioned Azure landing-zone, the Fabric data standard, and the sanctioned Azure AI consumption patterns. Design and oversee modern data architectures that fuel AI systems, leveraging Data Lakehouse paradigms and integrating native tools like Microsoft Fabric and Azure SQL to ensure seamless data flows and high-performance querying.

Lead Technology-Portfolio and Build-vs-Buy Strategy: Assess the enterprise technology landscape, evaluate vendor solutions, and formulate build-vs-buy decisions for new technology insertion.

Govern the delivery of enterprise-grade AI systems: Oversee LLM-powered features, RAG pipelines, agentic frameworks, and model inference infrastructure across complex, multi-team programs at the governance and standards level.

Continuously evaluate the global AI landscape - foundation model developments, emerging frameworks, and regulatory shifts - and brief engineering and business leadership on strategic implications.

Lead AI risk management at the organizational level: vendor lock-in, data privacy, model drift, adversarial inputs, and compliance with evolving AI regulation (EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, GDPR, HIPAA).

Drive original IP creation: reusable AI architectural frameworks, reference architectures, accelerators, and internal tooling that increase 3Pillar’s competitive advantage across engagements.

Active leader in the Architecture Practice community, mentoring Engineers and others through Communities of Practice (CoPs) or on project teams, supporting the growth of technical capabilities.

Contribute architectural skills within an Agile team, with no supervision or within a team of architects.

High level of English proficiency required to interact with a globally-based development team.

Communicate in a clear and understandable manner with stakeholders, and be able to articulate the details of the designed architecture using the appropriate level of technical language.

Natural leader with critical reasoning and good decision making skills.

Have extremely good knowledge on SDLC processes and familiarity with actionable metrics and KPIs.

Operational excellence in design methodologies and architectural patterns across multiple platforms.

Ability to work on multiple parallel projects and utilize time management skills and multitasking capabilities.

Experience leading Agile software development methodologies.

High-level design proficiency following UML / C4 / ArchiMate.

Demonstrate mentorship and thought leadership to engineers and decision-makers throughout the organization.

Demonstrated innovative thinking within teams for problem-solving.