AI Architect

Guidehouse; United States; Remote; USD 149,000 - 248,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Parental Leave

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking a seasoned data architecture leader to design AI-enabled solutions for regulatory workflows. You will partner with risk, compliance, and IT teams to translate complex requirements into practical architectures.

The role requires US citizenship, 8+ years of experience, and the ability to obtain public trust; federal experience is a plus. Guidehouse offers a comprehensive benefits package and opportunities for impact across regulated environments.

Qualifications

• Eight or more years of professional experience.
• Ability to translate technical issues into clear business implications.
• Strong AI and technology solution architecture skills.
• Experience with enterprise platforms and data flows.
• Experience in regulated environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design AI-enabled architectures translating priorities into tech solutions.
• Assess environments for AI integration constraints.
• Develop architectures with data flows and interfaces.
• Translate requirements into executable AI designs across stakeholders.
• Lead or support implementation including testing and deployment.
• Embed risk, cybersecurity, privacy, resiliency into designs.
• Support remediation from audits and reviews.
• Create architecture docs with traceability and training support.

Skills

AI architecture

Executive communication

System architecture

Regulatory understanding

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Snowflake

ServiceNow

SharePoint

Job description

Job Family:

Data Engineering & Architecture

Travel Required:

None

Clearance Required:

Ability to Obtain Public Trust

What You Will Do:

• Design practical AI-enabled solution architectures that translate business and supervisory priorities into implementable technology solutions, particularly where AI can improve regulatory examination workflows, staff planning, budgeting, workflow management, and other mission-oriented processes.
• Assess existing technology environments and identify opportunities, dependencies, constraints, and impediments associated with integrating AI capabilities into existing systems and workflows.
• Develop solution architectures that integrate with core enterprise platforms and define required data flows, interfaces, integrations, and dependencies.
• Translate business, functional, and technical requirements into executable AI solution designs, working across business, technology, risk, compliance, and operations stakeholders.
• Lead or support hands‑on implementation, including configuration, integration, testing, troubleshooting, defect and root‑cause analysis, deployment, and transition to sustainable operations.
• Embed technology risk, cybersecurity, data protection, privacy, resiliency, and regulatory considerations into AI solution designs.
• Support remediation and corrective actions where AI, data, integration, or technology issues contribute to deficiencies identified through examinations, audits, technology assessments, or other reviews.
• Develop architecture and implementation documentation with appropriate traceability and version control and support knowledge transfer and training.

What You Will Need:

• Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD “PUBLIC TRUST”; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred.
• US Citizenship is contractually required.
• Minimum of EIGHT (8+) years of professional experience.
• Strong executive communication, documentation, and knowledge-transfer skills, including the ability to translate complex technical issues into clear business implications, risks, decisions, and actions is highly preferred.
• Strong AI and technology solution architecture skills, including hands‑on experience with system architecture, interfaces, integrations, dependencies, and data flows is highly preferred.

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• Bachelor’s degree from accredited university.
• Ability to work effectively across technology, business, risk, compliance, operations, and vendor teams.
• Strong analytical and rapid problem-solving capabilities.
• Experience within banking, financial services, payments, financial regulation, or another highly regulated environment.
• Experience designing or implementing AI-enabled solutions within regulatory, supervisory, risk, compliance, or other mission-oriented workflows.
• Experience working with enterprise platforms such as Snowflake, ServiceNow, and SharePoint , including integration with existing systems and workflows.
• Experience supporting technology remediation or corrective action efforts resulting from regulatory examinations, audits, technology assessments, or similar reviews.
• Experience operating in environments with significant cybersecurity, privacy, resiliency, data governance, and regulatory requirements.
• Experience taking technology solutions through assessment, architecture/design, development or configuration, testing, deployment, and implementation.
• Experience translating business and functional requirements into practical, implementable technology solutions.
• Experience with data architecture, enterprise integration, technology implementation, migration, troubleshooting, and defect resolution.
• Understanding of technology risk, cybersecurity, data protection, resiliency, third-party dependencies, and related technology controls.
• Experience with requirements development and configuration/change management.

The annual salary range for this position is $149,000.00-$248,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.

What We Offer:

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays

• Parental Leave

• 401(k) Retirement Plan

• Group Term Life and Travel Assistance

• Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance

• Health Savings Account, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

• Transit and Parking Commuter Benefits

• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability

• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development, Certifications & Learning Opportunities

• Employee Referral Program

• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach

• Care.com annual membership

• Employee Assistance Program

• Supplemental Benefits via Corestream (Critical Care, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Assistance and ID theft protection, etc.)

• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus

About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer–Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.

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