Lead AI Architect

Who Is Nisos

Nisos is the human risk management company specializing in unmasking threats before they escalate. We are a trusted advisor who operates as an extension of security intelligence legal and human resource teams to protect their people and business. Our intelligence-led solutions help enterprises make critical decisions manage human risk and drive real world consequences for digital threats.

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What Is The Opportunity

We are seeking a visionary Lead AI Architect to spearhead the transformation of our managed intelligence services into autonomous AI-powered workflows. This is a critical leadership role where youll serve as the primary bridge between our managed services teams and engineering architecting the future of how Nisos delivers intelligence at scale. Youll design and implement agentic AI systems that augment our analysts capabilities automate complex investigative workflows and enable our teams to focus on high-value strategic work.

What Are The Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical liaison between managed services teams and engineering translating operational workflows into agentic AI architectures
• Lead discovery sessions with service delivery teams to identify automation opportunities and design AI-powered solutions
• Partner with service line leaders to understand client needs and translate them into scalable AI capabilities
• Define the roadmap for transitioning manual processes to autonomous agent workflows
• Establish governance frameworks for AI agent deployment in sensitive intelligence operations
• Design and architect multi-agent systems that can perform complex OSINT investigations autonomously
• Build agentic workflows using frameworks like LangChain AutoGPT CrewAI n8n or custom solutions
• Architect RAG systems that enable agents to access and reason over vast intelligence databases
• Design agent orchestration systems that coordinate multiple AI agents for complex investigative tasks
• Implement human-in-the-loop systems that maintain analyst oversight while maximizing automation
• Define standards for agent observability debugging and performance monitoring
• Research and evaluate emerging agentic AI technologies and their application to intelligence workflows
• Build proof-of-concepts that demonstrate the value of agentic automation to stakeholders
• Create reusable agent templates and tools that accelerate service transformation
• Establish best practices for prompt engineering and agent behavior design
• Drive adoption of AI agents across different service lines through training and evangelism
• Ability to balance innovation with practical delivery requirements

Required and Preferred Education and Experience

• Degree in Computer Science AI/ML or equivalent experience
• 8 years combined in software architecture and intelligence analysis with 4 years focused on AI/ML systems
• Proven experience building production agentic AI or intelligent automation systems
• Track record of successful digital transformation initiatives
• Experience in professional services consulting or client-facing roles preferred
• Background in security intelligence or investigative domains highly valued
• Publications or thought leadership in agentic AI space a plus
• Expert knowledge of LLM orchestration frameworks (LangChain Semantic Kernel AutoGen CrewAI)
• Strong experience with multi-agent architectures and agent communication protocols
• Proficiency in advanced prompt engineering and chain-of-thought reasoning techniques
• Experience with function calling tool use and plugin architectures for LLMs
• Deep understanding of RAG architectures vector databases and semantic search
• Expert in Python and modern AI/ML frameworks
• Understanding of OSINT methodologies and intelligence analysis workflows
• Experience translating complex human workflows into automated systems
• Proven ability to collaborate with non-technical stakeholders and translate business needs into technical solutions
• Track record of mentoring teams on AI best practices

Where will you work

Successful candidates may review our job contract and employee handbook for definitive details but the short story is that we support work-life balance. Employees work with their team and manager to establish:

• Hybrid office schedule: employees balance working remotely and working at our office in Belfast City Centre.
• Flexible schedule: employees generally work normal business hours. We routinely meet in the afternoon with US-based colleagues but we rarely schedule meetings earlier than 8 am or past 6 pm local time.

What equipment will you use

The position requires use of Macbooks and MacOS. We ensure you can work well from home by providing Macbook Pros monitors peripherals and noise-canceling headphones.

Where will you go

You will be required to travel to the United States for meetings and quarterly planning. You must be able to travel and be authorized to work in the United Kingdom.

Disclaimer
This job description is not designed to cover nor contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Nisos Core Value: We are Diverse
Were an equal opportunity employer dedicated to fostering a diverse workplace and prioritizing dignity and respect for our workforce. The goals of our trusted-partner culture are to establish an environment where employees have a sense of belonging and to support all employees in reaching their fullest potential. We do this by cultivating a listening culture that values each individuals unique perspectives backgrounds and contributions.

We integrate diversity equity inclusion and belonging into our business strategy and across the employee lifecyclefrom recruitment and onboarding to engagement development and off-boarding. We believe in equal employment opportunity and advancement for all regardless of race religion color sex national origin ancestry caste physical or mental disability medical condition genetic information marital status gender gender identity or expression age military or veteran status sexual orientation or any other protected basis under applicable federal state and local laws.

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