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AI Solutions Architect job description

This AI Solutions Architect job description is the spec our practice leads vet against: 6 responsibilities, 6 requirements, 4 nice-to-haves. Copy it, or hire a vetted specialist.

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  1. Role summary
  2. Responsibilities
  3. Requirements
  4. Nice-to-have
  5. What this role costs, by market

Role summary

We are hiring an AI Solutions Architect to own our enterprise AI reference architecture, from model selection to security and cost. You will define target designs for RAG, agents and ML across cloud and sovereign environments, lead architecture reviews and turn business cases into delivery plans. Success means AI that passes security review, meets residency rules and stays on budget.

Responsibilities

  1. Define target architectures for RAG, agents and ML across cloud and sovereign environments.
  2. Select models, vector stores and orchestration through vendor-neutral evaluation.
  3. Design data residency, identity, encryption and audit for regulated workloads.
  4. Build TCO and capacity models and lead the AI architecture review board.
  5. Translate business cases into delivery roadmaps and squad plans.
  6. Coach engineering teams on reference patterns and approved components.

Requirements

  1. 8+ years in solution or enterprise architecture, including recent AI or ML platforms.
  2. Hands-on design work with Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock or Vertex AI.
  3. Strong grounding in cloud security, identity and data-protection patterns.
  4. Proven TCO and capacity modelling for compute-heavy workloads.
  5. C4 or TOGAF-style documentation and architecture decision records.
  6. Confident communication with executives, security teams and engineers.

Experience bands offered by Remote Pro Ai (years) Senior 8–⁠12 · Lead 12+

Nice-to-have

  1. TOGAF, AWS Solutions Architect Professional or Azure Solutions Architect Expert.
  2. Experience with Databricks and Kubernetes-based AI platforms.
  3. Delivery under PDPL, SAMA, NCA or EU AI Act obligations.
  4. Arabic for Gulf stakeholder workshops.

What this role costs, by market

In-house figures are indicative annual gross salaries for a Senior-level direct hire, before employer costs such as social insurance, medical cover, visas, recruitment fees and equipment. Remote Pro Ai seats are monthly and all-inclusive. Remote Pro Ai’s base monthly rates for vetted Mid, Senior and Lead engineers are at least 30% below the median published by comparable vetted-talent vendors serving the GCC, and 37–⁠47% below the European and US medians (Remote Pro Ai price benchmark, October 2026). Design, marketing, business-development and sales seats are priced at the base band.

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We do not yet publish in-house salary benchmarks for this role. Our Salary & Rate Guide covers 13 engineering, security, game and design roles.

GCC & Egypt Tech Talent Salary & Rate Guide 2026, Remote Pro Ai Research estimates: the midpoint of the Senior monthly gross range × 12. Benchmarks are updated every October. Updated: October 2026.

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Frequently asked questions

Yes. The text is free to copy and adapt for your own vacancy, and the DOCX download keeps the formatting. It reflects the specification our practice leads use when they vet specialists for this role, so it doubles as a scope document when you brief stakeholders, recruiters or procurement.

Each responsibility and requirement maps to something we test. Candidates complete a live technical assessment scored by a practice lead, then a client-fit interview and reference checks. 3.4% of applicants pass 5 gates, and only those specialists appear on the shortlists we send.

Pay for the same role varies widely between Riyadh, Dubai and London, and employer costs differ again. Each figure is the annualised midpoint of the Senior range in our Salary & Rate Guide, so you can compare an in-house hire with an all-inclusive Remote Pro Ai seat on equal terms. Your exact Remote Pro Ai price comes from a quotation valid for 30 days.

Often, once employer costs and time-to-hire are counted: there is no placement fee (the only optional fee is the direct-hire conversion fee, under Direct hire conversion in the MSA), and the specialist starts within 4 working days instead of after a months-long search for a permanent hire. Remote Pro Ai’s base monthly rates for vetted Mid, Senior and Lead engineers are at least 30% below the median published by comparable vetted-talent vendors serving the GCC, and 37–⁠47% below the European and US medians (Remote Pro Ai price benchmark, October 2026).

Match the level to the scope. Mid specialists deliver well-defined work inside your architecture, Senior specialists own a component end to end, and Leads set direction and run the squad. This role is offered at Senior and Lead only, and the level line under Requirements shows the bands Remote Pro Ai can staff.