Senior AI Architect — Defence & Security (On-Prem)

Spyro Soft; Wrocław; Hybrid; PLN 240,000 - 420,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personal security clearance

On-site client work

Job summary

Spyrosoft is seeking a Lead AI Consultant to combine consulting skills with technical depth to design, prototype and implement AI solutions for defence, security and aerospace clients. You will work from our Wrocław office, with hybrid duties including on-site client work.

Security clearance is required or pursued during the assignment. You will lead discovery and pre-sales, translate requirements into feasible AI solutions, and design secure architectures for on-prem, air-gapped and hybrid

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of IT experience, with at least 3 years in AI-focused roles.
• Proven experience leading consulting, discovery, pre-sales, solution design or AI delivery engagements.
• Strong knowledge of Generative AI and LLM-based solutions, including RAG, evaluation, guardrails, prompt engineering, fine-tuning and observability.
• Deep understanding of security risks and controls across the AI solution lifecycle.
• Experience designing or implementing on-premises, isolated or air-gapped solutions.
• Working understanding of networking, network segmentation, secure remote access and data-flow controls.
• Ability to choose technology based on security and operational constraints rather than defaulting to public cloud.
• Hands-on proficiency in Python and ability to build prototypes with engineering teams.
• Familiarity with Jupyter, MLflow, scikit-learn, PyTorch or TensorFlow.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery and pre-sales engagements, including workshops, opportunity assessment, use-case definition and project scoping.
• Translate operational, business and security requirements into feasible AI solutions.
• Assess the value, technical feasibility and security implications of AI use cases.
• Advise clients on model, infrastructure and deployment choices based on constraints.
• Design secure AI architectures for cloud, hybrid, on-premises and air-gapped environments.
• Define how data will be processed, stored and transferred, including network isolation and access controls.
• Address security at application level, including prompts, RAG, guardrails and model behaviour.
• Build prototypes and support implementation directly in the client’s environment.
• Prepare estimates, proposals and statements of work with engineering and delivery teams.
• Explain architecture and security decisions to both technical specialists and business stakeholders.
• Lead AI project delivery and remain involved beyond pre-sales when needed.
• Contribute to Spyrosoft’s AI Consulting offering for defence and security clients.

Skills

Leadership

Consulting

Pre-sales

Solution design

AI delivery

Security awareness

On-premises deployment

Air-gapped environments

Python proficiency

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Python

Jupyter

MLflow

scikit-learn

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Job description

Spyrosoft is seeking a Lead AI Consultant to combine consulting skills with technical depth to design, prototype and implement AI solutions for defence, security and aerospace clients. You will work from our Wrocław office, with hybrid duties including on-site client work.

Security clearance is required or pursued during the assignment. You will lead discovery and pre-sales, translate requirements into feasible AI solutions, and design secure architectures for on-prem, air-gapped and hybrid