Microsoft AI & Automation Architect

We are looking for an experienced Microsoft AI & Automation Architect to design and deliver AI-enabled automation and agent solutions for our clients.

The Role This is a hands-on consulting role for someone who can combine client engagement, solution architecture and delivery leadership with the ability to personally build and configure solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead client workshops to understand business needs, identify automation and AI opportunities, and define requirements.
• Challenge existing processes and help clients redesign them rather than simply automate the current state.
• Shape solution options and explain technical choices, trade-offs and risks to business and technology stakeholders.
• Design and deliver solutions using Microsoft Copilot Studio, Power Automate and Azure AI Foundry.
• Personally build and configure agents, workflows, integrations, connectors, plug-ins and APIs.
• Design agentic workflows integrating enterprise applications, data sources and AI models.
• Prototype solutions rapidly to validate approaches and demonstrate concepts to clients.
• Provide technical direction to small onshore and offshore delivery teams.
• Allocate work, review outputs and provide technical quality assurance.
• Troubleshoot technical issues and support solutions through testing and deployment.
• Work with architects, security teams, data teams and application owners to ensure solutions are robust and production-ready.

Requirements:

• Strong consulting experience in automation, digital transformation, AI or related technology programmes.
• Demonstrable hands-on experience with Microsoft Power Automate and Copilot Studio.
• Practical experience generative AI solutions.
• Experience designing workflow automation, AI assistants or agent-based solutions.
• Good understanding of connectors, APIs and enterprise application integration.
• Strong requirements discovery, process redesign and solution-shaping skills.
• Confidence working directly with senior client stakeholders.
• Experience leading small technical delivery teams and providing technical guidance and quality assurance.
• Ability to take ownership of a solution from discovery through to deployment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English.
• Bachelor’s degree; quantitative or technical disciplines are an advantage.
• Willingness to travel , up to around 60% depending on project (UK and international).

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with technologies such as Azure OpenAI, Microsoft Graph, Dataverse, Logic Apps, Azure Functions, Entra ID, RAG, AI evaluation and Responsible AI would be advantageous.

Benefits: Infosys Consulting offers industry-leading compensation and benefits, along with top training and development opportunities.