AI Solution Architect (m/w/d)

virtual7 GmbH is seeking an AI Solution Architect to design and evolve the overall AI/ML architecture for complex enterprise environments, focusing on Microsoft Azure. The role combines ML engineering, RAG architectures, and MLOps to deliver secure, scalable, production-ready AI solutions, while leading interdisciplinary AI/ML engineering teams and advising stakeholders.

• Design and develop the AI/ML overall architecture as an enterprise AI platform with a focus on Microsoft Azure
• Provide technical leadership for ML pipeline projects, including training, deployment, monitoring, and drift detection
• Conceive and optimize RAG architectures with respect to chunking, retrieval, guardrails, and context orchestration
• Define and drive MLOps strategies, including CI/CD for models, experiment tracking, and model registry
• Technically lead and coordinate interdisciplinary teams of ML/AI, LLM, and MLOps Engineers
• Advise internal and external stakeholders on AI architectures and present concepts to IT leadership and business units

• Strong experience with cloud-based AI/ML solutions, ideally Microsoft Azure (Azure Machine Learning, Azure OpenAI Service)
• Practical MLOps experience with tools such as MLflow, Kubeflow, or Azure ML Pipelines
• Experience building RAG architectures, prompt engineering, and working with vector databases