Role Overview:
The AI Lead Architect owns the technical architecture for AI-powered Copilot agent solutions within Morgan Stanley's COO and PMO domain.
Operating at 80% architecture and 20% hands-on design, this role is responsible for defining the end-to-end technical blueprint -from RAG pipelines and prompt patterns to governance frameworks and security boundaries.
The AI Lead Architect ensures that every agent built by the vendor squad is architecturally sound, scalable, and compliant with Morgan Stanley's enterprise standards.
Key Responsibilities:
Define and own the end-to-end technical architecture for Copilot Studio agent solutions across PMO and COO use cases
Design retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) architectures using SharePoint, Microsoft Graph, and custom connectors
Establish prompt architecture standards -define reusable prompt patterns, guardrails, and template libraries for the squad
Architect governance and security frameworks including Entra ID integration, data boundary controls, and access policies
Provide architectural oversight for Power Automate workflows, ensuring alignment with orchestration patterns and error handling standards
Define integration patterns and connector strategies across enterprise systems (Jira, Teams, SharePoint, Zoom)
Review and approve solution designs produced by developers and prompt engineers before implementation
Collaborate with Morgan Stanley architecture and security teams to ensure compliance with enterprise technical standards
Contribute hands-on design work (20%) for complex or high-risk agent implementations
Produce and maintain architecture decision records (ADRs), technical design documents, and reference architectures
Required Skills & Experience:
Copilot Studio -mandatory; deep architectural knowledge of agent design, deployment models, and platform constraints
Power Automate -architectural understanding of advanced flow patterns, approvals, and error handling
RAG design -expert-level experience architecting retrieval pipelines with SharePoint, Graph, and custom connectors
Prompt architecture -ability to define structured, reusable prompt patterns and design standards across a team
Governance & security -deep knowledge of Entra ID, data boundaries, and enterprise-grade access control frameworks
Enterprise integration -experience designing connector and API strategies at scale in financial services environments
Solution architecture leadership -5+ years leading architecture for AI, data, or digital transformation programs
Preferred skills:
Architecture experience within a Tier 1 financial institution (banking, wealth management, or capital markets)
Familiarity with Morgan Stanley's technology governance, architecture review boards, or enterprise standards
Microsoft certifications in Azure AI, Power Platform, or Copilot Studio
TOGAF, Zachman, or equivalent enterprise architecture framework certification
Experience producing architecture artifacts for regulated financial services environment
The pay range that the employer in good faith reasonably expects to pay for this position is $56.21/hour - $87.84/hour. Our benefits include medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.
Tundra Technical Solutions is among North America’s leading providers of Staffing and Consulting Services. Our success and our clients’ success are built on a foundation of service excellence. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Unincorporated LA County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: client provided property, including hardware (both of which may include data) entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all portable client computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon completion of the assignment, and; maintain the confidentiality of client proprietary, confidential, or non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected client information technology systems and related data security obligations.
