AI-Driven Enterprise Architecture Director

National Rifle Association; United States; On-site; USD 225,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

The National Rifle Association in Northern Virginia is seeking a world-class Senior Director of Enterprise Architecture to shape an AI-native strategy across all systems and lead modernization initiatives that maximize business value while upholding stringent security and regulatory standards.

The role demands hands-on leadership across software, data, and infrastructure teams to build scalable, sovereign AI-powered platforms for member services, e-commerce, and operations.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of progressive experience in software architecture, enterprise architecture, or technical leadership roles.
• Proven success leading large-scale digital and AI transformations in complex environments.
• Strong background in AI/ML technologies including LLM orchestration, vector databases, graph databases, RAG architectures, multi-agent systems, MLOps/LLMOps, and AI Governance frameworks.
• Expertise in data engineering, real-time data platforms, and legacy system modernization.
• Demonstrated enterprise security, compliance, and risk management experience in regulated environments, including zero-trust and data sovereignty.
• Proven ability to deliver measurable business outcomes (cost savings, revenue enablement, user growth) through architecture decisions.
• Support and alignment to the mission, values and culture of the NRA.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute a modern, AI-native architecture and technical strategy across all systems.
• Lead high-impact modernization initiatives delivering maximum business value while maintaining security, compliance, and risk management.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership across Software Development, Database Management, Infrastructure, and AI/Data teams.
• Establish architecture principles, standards, governance processes (including AI Governance), and design review boards.
• Drive adoption of DevOps, CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code, GitOps, observability, MLOps/LLMOps, and scaled agile practices.
• Lead integration of advanced AI capabilities including LLM orchestration, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), vector databases, graph databases, and multi-agent systems.
• Embed security-by-design, zero-trust, privacy-by-design, and robust data protection controls into all architectures.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and internal controls, with focus on ethical AI use and AI Governance frameworks.
• Transform the organization to leverage scaled agile delivery and AI-driven automation.

Job description

The National Rifle Association in Northern Virginia is seeking a world-class Senior Director of Enterprise Architecture to shape an AI-native strategy across all systems and lead modernization initiatives that maximize business value while upholding stringent security and regulatory standards.

The role demands hands-on leadership across software, data, and infrastructure teams to build scalable, sovereign AI-powered platforms for member services, e-commerce, and operations.