Location Ottawa, ON, Hybrid, with remote flexibility for the right candidate Language English, strong written and spoken communication required. Bilingual English/French is an asset. Duration 6-month contract About the Opportunity This is an exciting chance for a hands-on Innovation & AI Solution Architect to turn promising ideas into secure, scalable AI solutions within a Microsoft-first environment. Youll work across a diverse portfolio of innovation initiatives, translating business requirements into practical AI agents, prototypes, and production-ready solutions. Working closely with business analysts, subject matter experts, and digital teams within a national organization, youll combine architecture with hands-on building. Your work will help teams responsibly adopt AI while maintaining Canadian data residency, solid governance, and security by default. Whats In It for You Youll have the opportunity to work at the forefront of enterprise AI, tackling varied use cases while gaining exposure to Microsofts evolving AI ecosystem. This is a collaborative environment where you can bring ideas forward, build reusable solutions,



coach others, and see your technical work move from concept through validation and handoff. Your Responsibilities Youll design end-to-end AI architectures using patterns such as single-agent, multi-agent, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and workflow automation. Youll build and test conversational and agentic solutions using Microsoft Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry, Semantic Kernel, and Microsoft Agent Framework. Youll apply prompt engineering, grounding, guardrails, Model Context Protocol (MCP), connectors, and multi-agent orchestration. Youll develop RAG pipelines, integrations, proof-of-concept environments, and reusable agent and prompt components. Youll establish evaluation and monitoring approaches covering accuracy, safety, traceability, cost, and latency. Youll embed responsible AI, privacy, Canadian data residency, identity, governance, and security controls into solution designs. Youll provide technical documentation, coaching, knowledge

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