AI ArchitectGEI Consultants • Markham, ON, Canada
AI Architect
GEI Consultants • Markham, ON, Canada
30+ days ago
Job type
- Full-time
Job description
Job Description
Job Description
Description
Your role at GEI.
The AI Architect is responsible for designing and leading AI-based solutions and services to select the optimal architecture for GEI’s priority digital and AI initiatives. This role owns the end-to-end solution architecture for AI and agent-based systems, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, and cost-effective while aligned with GEI governance, cloud, and data standards.
The AI Architect translates business needs into practical AI solution designs across data, models, applications, and AI extensibility layers. This role plays a hands-on leadership role in active AI Solutions Factory use cases, guiding architectural decisions, identifying technical and operational risks, and defining mitigation strategies to ensure solutions are production-ready and sustainable.
Essential Responsibilities & Duties
- Design and lead AI-based solutions and services, selecting optimal architectures aligned with GEI’s cloud, data, and security standards.
- Define and maintain AI reference architecture patterns for platforms such as Azure AI, Azure OpenAI, Copilot extensions, and related integrations.
- Lead solution architecture for priority AI use cases, including hands-on design, technical decision-making, and architecture reviews.
- Identify technical, security, data, and delivery risks associated with AI solutions and implement appropriate mitigation strategies.
- Embed Responsible AI principles into solution designs, including privacy, security, transparency, and model risk management.
- Partner with GEI enterprise architecture, IT, and delivery teams to harmonize AI, cloud, and data standards.
- Create and maintain architecture decision records, solution diagrams, and deployment guidance to support consistent implementation.
Minimum Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in solution or enterprise architecture, including 3+ years in applied AI or machine learning solutions.
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure services, including Azure OpenAI, Copilot Studio, cognitive search, vector databases, and API integrations.
- Strong understanding of identity, networking, data governance, and security within cloud-based environments.
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical design discussions, manage stakeholders, and coach engineering teams.
We are GEI.
Some of the world’s most pressing problems – from climate change to sustainable development, to critical infrastructure and the future of our energy supply – need our brightest and diverse minds working together to create safer, more resilient communities for tomorrow.
We are technical experts, collaborators, and entrepreneurs who draw from diverse backgrounds to solve our clients’ most complex challenges.
With several offices across North America, we offer a range of engineering, science, and technical consulting services. Our range of expertise, project types, and culture make us the choice for top talent in the AEC industry. See all our office locations here.
Employee-owned. Employee-focused.
As an employee-owned company, our employees support our flat leadership structure, have a say in how our business operates and benefit from our financial success. We are committed to employee growth with career development opportunities, competitive total rewards, a well-being program, flexible work arrangements and more. Our company culture is driven by our 4 Cs – we are Client-Centered, Curious, Collaborative, and Community Minded – which support our focus on sustainability, safety, diversity, equity and inclusion. Get to know us better by visiting GEI’s career site here.
GEI’s Total Rewards Package Includes
- Market-Competitive Compensation, including Eligibility for an Annual Performance Bonus
- Pay Range For This Position: CA$130,000.00– CA$170,000.00/year
- Comprehensive Benefits Program, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability and More
- Well-Being Program and Paid Parental Leave
- Commuter Benefits
- Hybrid Work Schedules and Cell Phone Stipends
- GEI University (GEIU) with Continuing Education Assistance and Tuition Reimbursement
- Connecting Conversation Program with a Focus on Professional Development and Opportunities for Advancement
- Support and Financial Rewards for Publication Awards, Professional Dues, and Professional Licenses
- Paid Holidays and Generous Paid Time Off Program
- Rewards and Recognition
- GEI-Funded Profit Sharing and 401(k)
- Opportunity to be an Owner and Shareholder (Learn more here)
- A Vibrant Culture that is Focused on Partnership, Sustainability, Giving Back to Our Communities and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- And More…
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Functional Demands:
Sedentary
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Light
Medium
Other
Activity Level Throughout Workday (check one per row)
Physical Activity Requirements
Occasional
(0-35% of day)
Frequent
(33-66% of day)
Continuous
(67-100% of day)
Not Applicable
Sitting
x
Standing
x
Walking
x
Climbing
x
Lifting (floor to waist level) (in pounds)
x
Lifting (waist level and above) (in pounds)
x
Carrying objects
x
Push/pull
x
Twisting
x
Bending
x
Reaching forward
x
Reaching overhead
x
Squat/kneel/crawl
x
Wrist position deviation
x
Pinching/fine motor skills
x
Keyboard use/repetitive motion
x
Taste or smell (taste=never)
x
Talk or hear
x
Accurate 20/40
Very Accurate 20/20
Not Applicable
Near Vision
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Far Vision
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