Azure Solution Architect - Industrial IoT

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At AIS, we're looking for more than just skills - we're looking for driven individuals who are passionate about making a difference, eager to grow, and aligned with our core principles.

At AIS, we are dedicated to providing our employees with diverse opportunities to grow their careers while supporting a variety of impactful projects. For this position, we are seeking a talented individual to join AIS as a Infrastructure Architect.

• Architects scalable, resilient solutions
• Authors roadmaps and blueprints
• Integrates diverse components
• Advances automation (Power Shell/Python/Ansible) and governance/policy

• Leads architectural initiatives
• Establishes performance benchmarks
• Integrates systems at scale
• Researches emerging tech
• Mitigates enterprise risk

• Ensures integrity, scalability, and cost/performance optimization
• Produces comprehensive design artifacts
• Sets and enforces standards with broad autonomy

• Leads architectural teams
• Builds strategic partnerships
• Institutionalizes knowledge management
• Communicates designs and executive‑ready reports

• Delivers architectural consulting aligned to business strategy
• Proposes enterprise technologies
• Nurtures vendor alliances
• Seeds new project opportunities

As your initial project assignment, you will support the unique needs of our client as a Azure Solution Architect - Industrial IoT.

We are seeking an experienced Azure Solution Architect – Industrial IoT to lead the design and deployment of secure, scalable, and reliable Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions in Microsoft Azure. This role is responsible for translating operational technology (OT) and business requirements into end‑to‑end cloud and edge architectures that enable industrial connectivity, telemetry ingestion, device management, analytics, and operational insights.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in Azure services, industrial protocols, edge computing, cybersecurity, and systems integration across manufacturing, utilities, energy, or other industrial environments. This position is located on‑site in Groton, CT.

• Lead the architecture, design, and technical governance of Azure‑based industrial IoT and edge solutions.
• Define end‑to‑end IIoT reference architectures spanning sensors, PLCs, SCADA/DCS systems, industrial gateways, edge compute, cloud ingestion, storage, analytics, and visualization.
• Design solutions using Azure services such as Azure IoT Operations, Azure IoT Hub, Azure Event Hubs, Azure Data Explorer, Azure Functions, Azure Stream Analytics, Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure Arc, Azure Monitor, Microsoft Defender for IoT, and Azure Digital Twins as appropriate.
• Architect secure and resilient connectivity patterns between plant‑floor assets and Azure, including edge‑to‑cloud messaging, store‑and‑forward, intermittent connectivity handling, and remote site deployment models.
• Develop strategies for ingesting and normalizing data from industrial protocols and systems such as OPC UA, Modbus, MQTT, BACnet, DNP3, and proprietary OEM interfaces.
• Collaborate with OT engineers, plant operations, cybersecurity teams, infrastructure teams, and software developers to ensure solutions align with operational requirements and…