AI Solution Architect

SoftStone, Inc. is seeking an AI Solution Architect to join our Team Full Time or Part Time Contract.

Public Visibility & Thought Leadership

• This role offers opportunities for external visibility and authorship for candidates who are interested:
• Contribute to iSoftStone’s external point of view on AI, agentic systems, and Frontier Firm operating models.
• Author or co-author technical guidance, reference architectures, patterns, and case studies across blogs, presentations, and internal or external artifacts.
• Support Microsoft-aligned initiatives, including workshops, customer sessions, and select speaking engagements.
• Share practical insights from real delivery—what works, what doesn’t, and why—to help shape scalable, repeatable best practices.

What We’re Looking For

• 7+ years of experience in solution or platform architecture with deep, hands-on engineering expertise.
• Proven experience building agentic AI solutions using Azure AI Foundry, including orchestration, model integration, and production-grade deployment.
• Demonstrated track record architecting and delivering production AI solutions for enterprise clients, from design through implementation and scale.
• Deep expertise across the Microsoft Azure ecosystem, including identity, security, governance, and core enterprise platform services.
• Strong experience designing, building, and deploying generative AI systems and agent-based architectures in real-world production environments.
• Proficiency in one or more of the following languages: Python, C#, or TypeScript.
• Comfortable operating across strategy and execution—able to whiteboard architectures, translate requirements into designs, and build working solutions.
• Passion for enabling teams, raising engineering standards, and creating scalable, repeatable AI platforms and patterns.
• Clear and confident communicator, capable of engaging both technical teams and senior client and executive stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications (Nice to Have)

• Microsoft certifications such as Azure AI Engineer Associate or Azure Solutions Architect Expert.
• Experience working in regulated or large-scale enterprise environments.
• Background in building internal platforms, accelerators, or shared delivery practices.
• Interest in publishing, presenting, mentoring, or contributing to community and internal knowledge-sharing initiatives.

Engagement Type: Contract-to-Perm

Hours: Part-time or Full-time

Pay Range (Contract): $100 - $125/hour (commensurate with experience)

Location: Remote (US or Europe based; strong US time-zone overlap preferred)

Primary Location: Pay Range: $100 to $125 per hour (based on experience)

Regular full-time hourly and salaried employee benefits (if scheduled to work at least 30 hours per week): medical, dental, vision, 401k, long term disability, life insurance, holidays, PTO, floating holidays.

iSoftStone is a global IT service and consulting company that creates value and drives success through technology solutions, service excellence, and digital innovation. We specialize in web and application development, software testing and support, data and content management, digital experience, accessibility, and data for machine learning and AI. With 20 delivery centers and more than 90,000 employees worldwide, iSoftStone is proud to serve some of the world’s most well-known businesses, including 90+ Fortune Global 500 companies.

iSoftStone is committed to the practice of equal opportunity for all its employees and applicants in employment, and does not discriminate on the basis of race or ethnicity, color, age, national origin, religion, creed, marital status, sex, pregnancy, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, status as an honorably discharged veteran or disabled veteran or military status, political affiliation or belief, citizenship/status as a lawfully admitted immigrant authorized to work in the United States, or presence of any physical, sensory, or mental disability. In addition, reasonable accommodation will be made for known physical or mental limitations for all otherwise qualified persons with disabilities.