AI Architect

Fairfax, VA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 3 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Requirements (Please Read)

Local and comfortable with the on-site requirements.
Candidates must have experience in government/sector and candidates who have current or recent Public Trust are ideal.
Candidates must work W-2 only
Candidate must obtain and maintain Public Trust Suitability Clearance from DHS.

Please read the Job Description Carefully

Local Candidates are required

Job Title: AI Architect

Contract Duration: 6 Month Contract to Hire

Location: Fairfax VA (4-5 days on-site 3 days on-site at minimum)

Client wants a hands-on AI architect who can set AI strategy design secure cloud-based AI systems lead teams and navigate federal compliance-someone who can operate at both technical depth and program leadership level.

Senior Architecture and Hands-On AI Leader

Experience specifically in AI/ML architecture and engineering
Has designed end-to-end AI solutions not just models
Can define AI strategy reference architectures and roadmaps then guide teams to implement them
Still hands-on enough to prototype in Python evaluate models and guide engineering decisions

Federal / Government-Focused Technologist
Direct experience delivering AI or advanced analytics solutions to U.S. federal agencies
Comfortable operating under FISMA NIST RMF FIPS GovCloud security constraints
Understands policy compliance and ethical AI considerations in government environments
Ideally has worked on large ($50M) federal programs

Cloud-Centric AI Architect (AWS First)
Strong AWS architecture background ideally AWS GovCloud
Experience with:
- SageMaker Glue Databricks Elastic S3 EC2 IAM
- Hybrid or self-hosted AI platforms
Can balance performance scalability cost and security in cloud AI designs

AI Generalist (Not Niche)
They want breadth more than deep specialization in one area:
Machine Learning & Deep Learning
NLP & Generative AI
Some exposure to Computer Vision
Data engineering fundamentals (Pandas NumPy pipelines APIs)
This is not a pure GenAI prompt engineer or research scientist.

Program-Level Leader & Communicator
Acts as AI SME for the entire program
Can:
- Define AI governance and usage policies
- Educate non-AI engineers and stakeholders
- Mentor junior AI/ML engineers
Strong written and verbal skills for architecture documents briefings and leadership reviews

Security-Aware AI Architect
Experience embedding security-by-design into AI solutions
Familiar with:
- DevSecOps pipelines
- Secure model deployment
- Data governance and access controls
Bonus if familiar with DHS CDM cyber mission space or security analytics

Requirements (Please Read) Local and comfortable with the on-site requirements. Candidates must have experience in government/sector and candidates who have current or recent Public Trust are ideal. Candidates must work W-2 only Candidate must obtain and maintain Public Trust Suitability Cleara...