CareerPlan

AI Architect - Top Secret Clearance (TS/SCI CI Poly) required

Remote US VAFull-time$130k–$215k2026-11-04 → 2026-11-10
On-siteSecurity clearance required

Core

Design and deliver strategic AI solutions for enterprise clients, focusing on model selection, optimization, sovereign deployments, and operationalizing AI as a service.

Role type

Senior AI Architect (Consulting/Services)

Builds

Production AI models, inference pipelines, and Models-as-a-Service on OpenShift

Domain

Enterprise Open Source, Generative AI, Cloud Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Enterprise architecture, OpenShift, Red Hat AI platforms (vLLM, KServe, Eval Hub), Kubernetes, Python/Go/Java, Ansible, RAG, Agent frameworks

Preferred skills

Agent development, FinOps for AI, Sovereign/regulated deployments, Model customization, Open source contributions

Technologies

OpenShift, vLLM, llm-d, LLM Compressor, Eval Hub, Kubernetes, Ansible, MCP, A2A, LangGraph, NVIDIA/AMD accelerators

Responsibilities

Lead model selection and optimization; Design portable inference workloads; Architect retrieval and context patterns; Design and stand up Models-as-a-Service; Lead engagement delivery and customer enablement

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership