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AI Solutions Architect / Technical Lead (SME)

ALTA IT Services

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Top Secret/SCI
Senior Level Career (10+ yrs experience)
Unspecified
IT - Support
Huntsville, AL (On-Site/Office)

Title: AI Solutions Architect / Technical Lead (SME)
Clearance: Top Secret
Location: Huntsville, AL
Contact: Cdinnocenti@altaits.com

Overview
We are seeking an expert-level AI Solutions Architect / Technical Lead (Subject Matter Expert - SME) to design and guide the implementation of mission-critical Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) platforms for our Federal Government client. This role is ideal for a seasoned architect ready to manage the technical vision for large-scale, secure, and compliant AI systems in the cloud.

Key Responsibilities
• As the AI Solutions Architect, you will:
• Architect AI/ML Systems: Serve as the technical authority for designing robust, scalable, and highly available AI/ML solutions, focusing heavily on Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Large Language Model (LLM) integration.
• Secure Cloud Deployment: Design and oversee the deployment of distributed systems within secure cloud environments, specifically AWS GovCloud, ensuring all infrastructure and workloads meet stringent security and compliance mandates.
• LLM & RAG Implementation: Define the technical strategy for hosting and serving LLMs at scale using specialized frameworks, and architect end-to-end Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures and vector search solutions.
• Compliance & Accreditation: Ensure all designed solutions adhere strictly to required Federal compliance frameworks (FedRAMP High, RMF, CJIS), contributing to system accreditation documentation (ATO).
• Technical Guidance: Provide leadership and deep technical guidance to engineering teams on microservice architectures, container orchestration using Kubernetes/EKS, GPU workload management, and model observability best practices.
• Workflow Design: Define patterns and best practices for workflow orchestration and governance within the AI/ML pipeline lifecycle.

Required Qualifications & Expertise
• Experience: Minimum 12+ years of progressive experience in enterprise architecture or large-scale system design.
• AI/ML Specialization: At least 5+ years of direct experience architecting and implementing live AI/ML or NLP systems.
• Cloud & Containerization: Deep expertise in deploying and securing systems within AWS GovCloud, and extensive experience with container orchestration using Kubernetes (or EKS), especially managing resource-intensive GPU workloads.
• Distributed Systems: Proven experience designing and managing microservice architectures, distributed systems, and workflow orchestration.
• LLM/NLP Expertise: Hands-on experience with:
• LLM Hosting Frameworks (e.g., vLLM, Text Generation Inference (TGI), AWS SageMaker hosting).
• Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures.
• Implementing embeddings and vector search solutions.
• Designing solutions for model observability and monitoring.
• Compliance & Security: Demonstrated experience delivering systems that meet strict Federal compliance requirements, such as FedRAMP High, RMF (Risk Management Framework), or CJIS.

Desired Qualifications
• Active Security Clearance (e.g., Secret, Top Secret, TS/SCI).
• Experience with specific vector database technologies (e.g., Pinecone, Weaviate, Milvus).
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional or equivalent certification.
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ALTA IT Services, LLC combines experience and expertise to deliver IT talent that meets and exceeds the expectations of our clients. Since 2004, we have specialized in delivering IT services and staffing nationwide from our Rockville, MD headquarters and two regional offices located in Columbia, MD and Cincinnati, OH. ALTA provides IT staffing and services to support critical IT initiatives, including Artificial Intelligence, Program & Project Management, Enterprise Platforms, Cybersecurity, Systems Engineering & Administration, Software & Web Services, Data Science & Analytics, DevOps, Quality Assurance, Help Desk, Network Management & Support, and Training. Our team of recruiting professionals can recruit any skill necessary to support both commercial and government client needs throughout the United States.

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Job Category
IT - Support
Clearance Level
Top Secret/SCI