Azure Cloud Architect – AI Enablement VP

Overview

Embark on a transformative journey as a Senior Azure Cloud Architect – AI Enablement VP. At Barclays, our vision is clear – to redefine the future of banking and help craft innovative solutions. In this role, you will help shape the future of AI r work in Generative AI and Machine Learning will directly influence the scale of intelligent automation and the delivery of exceptional client experiences.

You will design and build cutting-edge AI products that enable strategic decision-making and drive operational efficiency across the bank. As a key technical leader, you will have the autonomy to experiment, lead high-visibility initiatives, and see your innovations deliver tangible impact across a global organization.

To be successful as a Senior Azure Cloud Architect – AI Enablement VP, you should have:

• Extensive expertise in designing and building scalable cloud architectures
• Deep knowledge of Azure services, Dev Ops practices, automation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft Power Platform, and LLM/NLP fundamentals
• Practical experience with core Azure components, including Compute, Storage, Networking, AKS, App Services, API Management, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Azure Functions, and CI/CD Dev Ops pipelines
• Considerable understanding of multi-agent system design, including MCP and agent-to-agent (A2A) architectural patterns
• Proven experience with Azure Identity and Access Management (IAM)

Other highly valued skills include:

• Ability to translate business requirements into scalable technical architectures while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams
• Translate business needs into agent-driven automation strategies and end-to-end AI product designs
• Provide technical leadership through proof-of-concept development, roadmap planning, and adoption of Azure AI best practices

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in this role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is located in our Whippany, NJ office.

Minimum Salary: $170,000

Maximum Salary: $230,000

The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above includes only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available.

Barclays employees are eligible for a suite of competitive and generous employee benefits, including medical, dental and vision coverage, 401(k), life insurance, and other paid leave for qualifying circumstances.

This position is eligible for an incentive award.

To design, develop, and implement solutions to complex business problems, collaborating with stakeholders to understand their needs and requirements, and design and implement solutions that meet those needs and create solutions that balance technology risks against business delivery, driving consistency.

• Design and development of solutions as products that can evolve, meeting business requirements that align with modern software engineering practices and automated delivery tooling. This includes identification and implementation of the technologies and platforms.
• Targeted design activities that apply an appropriate workload placement strategy and maximise the benefit of cloud capabilities such as elasticity, serverless, containerisation etc.
• Best practice designs incorporating security principles (such as defence in depth and reduction of blast radius) that meet the Bank’s resiliency expectations.
• Solutions that appropriately balance risks and controls to deliver the agreed business and technology value.
• Adoption of standardised solutions where they fit. If no standard solutions fit, feed into their ongoing evolution where appropriate.
• Fault finding and performance issues support to operational support teams, leveraging available tooling.
• Solution design impact assessment in terms of risk, capacity and cost impact, inc. estimation of project change and ongoing run costs.
• Development of the requisite architecture inputs required to comply with the banks governance processes, including design…