Solutions Architect

Role Summary

People Tech Group is seeking a hands-on Solution Architect to design and lead an Integrity Operating Window (IOW) AI platform for a leading refinery. This role involves end-to-end architecture ownership across GCP data services , event / middleware , agentic GenAI (MCP microservices) , and the AI & knowledge base layer —delivering a secure, real-time, expert-in-the-loop system.

Key Responsibilities

Own and define the reference architecture from on-prem connectors to dashboards.

Design MCP microservices per data source (PI, IOW / LIMS, APM, ERP, Logbook).

Architect event-driven systems using Pub / Sub or Kafka.

Lead agentic GenAI design : Data Analysis Agent, Knowledge Agent, Expert Feedback Agent, and Orchestrator.

Implement RAG & vector search using pgvector, Vertex AI Matching Engine, or Milvus.

Ensure security & governance : IAM, VPC, KMS, DLP, SSO, etc.

Select and size middleware & data services (Cloud Run, GKE, BigQuery, etc.).

Integrate workflows with ERP systems (SAP PM / Oracle EAM).

Define observability & SLOs for latency, freshness, and accuracy.

Model infra + LLM costs , caching, and autoscaling strategies.

Lead delivery : architecture docs, ADRs, diagrams, and stakeholder engagement.

Required Qualifications

10+ years in distributed systems / data / AI architecture.

3+ years of hands-on experience with GCP .

Expertise in event-driven architectures (Pub / Sub or Kafka).

Strong knowledge of GCP services : Cloud Run, GKE, Cloud SQL, Dataflow, IAM, etc.

Experience with GenAI & RAG : embeddings, grounding, prompt tooling.

Built MCP-style adapters and normalized data pipelines.

Integration experience with PI, LIMS, APM, ERP systems.

Strong understanding of security, compliance, and auditability .

Excellent communication with SMEs and stakeholders.