New Value Solutions, a national IT consulting company, is seeking an AI Solution Architect to define the architecture and set the technical direction for AI-Native projects. This is a senior, architecture-led role that remains hands-on and credible at the code level, providing technical leadership to the cross-functional engineering team that designs, builds, and deploys production-grade application rewrites using AI-native tools and techniques on the Azure platform. Responsibilities

Own the end-to-end solution architecture for AI-native applications and application rewrites, defining logical components, interfaces, integration patterns, and foundational model selection (LLMs/SLMs). Architect and introduce an end-to-end AI-Native SDLC playbook covering the full lifecycle from requirements intake through production deployment, documenting methodology, roles, decision points, trade-offs, lessons learned, and reusable templates. Author Architecture Definition Documents (ADDs), reference architectures, and engineering standards (ADRs, runbooks) that guide the delivery team's implementation. Translate business objectives into solution designs and validate architectural feasibility through hands-on prototyping, proof-of-concept builds, and reference implementations. Build reference implementations using C#, ASP.
NET, .
NET 10, Python, and Azure with monitoring, logging, and observability, establishing the patterns the engineering team scales to production. Architect and build reference RAG pipelines (embeddings, retrieval, re-ranking) and define vector storage solutions (e.g., Azure AI Search, Cosmos DB, pgvector, Qdrant) to meet latency, cost, and quality targets. Design and standardize agentic AI frameworks and multi-agent orchestration patterns (e.g., Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, CrewAI, LangGraph, LangChain,



LlamaIndex) as reusable orchestration components. Integrate LLM and AI capabilities into enterprise applications using Azure OpenAI, OpenAI APIs, and open-source models, progressing reference solutions from prototype to production-ready release. Define prompt engineering strategies, prompt versioning, memory management, and task chaining with evaluation coverage using frameworks such as PromptFlow or Prompty. Select, configure, and operationalize the AI development toolchain, including IDE integration (e.g., VS Code, Visual Studio), AI coding assistants (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor), agentic development tools (e.g., Copilot Agent Mode), AI-assisted code review, and developer workflow automation. Define and implement the release and deployment process, ensuring AI agents and AI-assisted development activities operate within existing enterprise guardrails, including change management, approvals, automated test gates, deployment controls, rollback procedures, and production readiness reviews. Integrate application quality, risk, and release-readiness controls into the pipeline, including static analysis, dependency scanning, secret detection, code quality checks, and review gates for AI-generated code. Design and govern AI evaluation and quality assurance processes using LLM eval frameworks (e.g., Azure AI Evaluation SDK, DeepEval), including automated regression suites, red-teaming, safety testing,



and quality gates for AI-generated outputs. Establish AI observability and tracing using Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Dynatrace, LangSmith, and MLflow Tracing (OpenTelemetry) for end-to-end request logging, latency tracking, and trace correlation. Ensure solutions adhere to privacy, security, data residency, and ethical-AI regulatory requirements, collaborating with security teams on threat modeling unique to intelligent systems. Produce a measurable comparison of the AI-native SDLC against the current lifecycle, covering delivery velocity, defect density, automation coverage, and cost-to-deliver. Present pilot outcomes, quantified benefits, risks, and recommendations on scaling the AI-native SDLC methodology to senior stakeholders across future application rewrites. Deliver a reusable AI-Native SDLC adoption package, including playbook, reference architecture, toolchain configuration, delivery templates, governance checkpoints, security gates, and production deployment checklist. Provide technical direction, coaching, and code review to senior developers and engineers, mentoring the team and raising engineering standards across the portfolio. Requirements

Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or a related STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) discipline. 12+ years of progressive software development and solution/systems architecture experience, including recent hands-on delivery with LLMs or AI integration (an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered). Proven experience designing AI-powered solutions (LLM/RAG/agentic systems) and transitioning them from prototype to stable production release, with solid current engineering ability on par with senior

📌 AI Solution Architect (Winnipeg)
🏢 New Value Solutions Group
📍 Winnipeg