The role is going to be of a AI Solution Architect with one of our Public Sector clients located at 215 Garry Street Winnipeg Manitoba.

If you have the required experience and are available for new opportunities, please send the following documents at & info@smsoftconsulting.com by 5 Aug 2026, at 12:00 PM

Skills Matrix

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Hourly Rate Expectation and Availability Clearly Described (Mandatory)

Onsite hourly rate

Remote hourly rate

Job Title: 29954-RFR-DTS-066 - AI Solution Architect

Office Location: Remote & Onsite

#Business Days: Up to 24 Month

Duration: The duration of the engagement may be for up to a 24-month term. Due to the nature of projects , there may be exceptional circumstances where the total term may be extended beyond 24 months. The 24-month term is anticipated to start with a 6-month initial term followed by up to 18-month renewal(s).

Description

Services And Deliverables

All Services will be performed on-site with primary location at 215 Garry Street, Winnipeg, in the province of Manitoba, regardless of the location of residence of the Proponent’s resource. The service location of the resource may change as a part of STATEMENT OF WORK between Proponent and Manitoba. Manitoba at its sole discretion may provide an option to work remotely. The remote working rate is the rate at which the proponent’s resource will work primarily remotely and called onsite if needed at Manitoba’s sole discretion. The onsite rate is the rate at which proponent’s resource will work primarily onsite as per the location defined in STATEMENT OF WORK and may work remotely if needed with prior written permission from Manitoba at its sole discretion.

Standard working hours for the resource will be in accordance with Manitoba usual working hours of 8:30 am to 4:30 pm CST (7.25 hours per day), Monday to Friday. Manitoba offices are closed on all Manitoba statutory holidays, and these days will be unpaid. Manitoba at its sole discretion may decide that at certain times extended working hours are needed to meet project deadlines. But extended working hours are to cover exceptional circumstances and may not be available during the entire duration of the engagement with the proponent’s resource. Overtime work cannot be used and billed unless approved by Manitoba with an advanced written approval.

Skill Requirements/Qualifications

A clean criminal record check status will be required at the proponent’s expense prior to the successful Service Provider Resource(s) arriving onsite or working remotely. Maintaining a clean status is required throughout the Proponents contract. An enhanced background check, completed by Manitoba may be required on certain projects due to the confidentiality of the materials shared to the Proponent. If the proponent fails, they must rectify on their own cost and time.

Qualifications

The following are minimum qualifications and/or experience for the delivery of the Services. The Resource must have the following minimum qualifications or experience:

Experience working directly with business users to gather, clarify, document, and validate business requirements for technology or AI-enabled solutions. Experience designing, building, testing, and implementing AI-enabled solutions using Microsoft Copilot Studio, agents, or comparable low-code/no-code AI development platforms. Experience facilitating workshops, discovery sessions, demonstrations, user testing, or adoption activities with business areas and technical teams. Experience integrating solutions with Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Azure services, enterprise data sources, APIs, or other business systems. Experience producing clear solution documentation, including requirements, design decisions, testing results, deployment notes, user guidance, and knowledge transfer materials. Demonstrated ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and move solutions from discovery through implementation in a complex enterprise environment.

It is preferred that the Resource has the following qualifications or experience:

Experience with Microsoft Foundry, Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, or related Microsoft AI services. Experience with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or other agentic development tools used to support solution design, prototyping, development, testing, or documentation. Experience designing, implementing, or integrating Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers or similar patterns for securely connecting AI agents to tools, systems, and data sources. Experience with Power Platform components, including Power Automate, Power Apps, Dataverse, custom connectors, and environment governance. Relevant Microsoft certifications related to Azure, AI, Power Platform, security, or solution architecture would be considered an asset, but are not required.