AI Platform Architect & Evaluation Lead

Axyde Analytics, LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Axyde Analytics, LLC seeks an AI Platform Architecture and Technical Evaluation Lead on a contingent basis to support ICE AI / Data Advisory responses.

You will provide hands‑on architecture judgment across Kubernetes and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google), evaluate LLM/RAG integration, and connect infrastructure, identity, data and cost telemetry to mission outcomes.

The role involves designing bounded evaluations, documenting tradeoffs, and coordinating engineers and independent review teams.

Qualifications

• Hands-on architecture and implementation experience with Kubernetes and cloud providers (AWS/Azure/Google).
• Experience diagnosing failures across infrastructure, app, identity and data layers.
• Experience evaluating LLM/RAG platform integration, deployment controls, cost telemetry.

Responsibilities

• Map current architecture and evaluate interoperability, portability, failure modes and dependencies.
• Design bounded evaluations of platform alternatives and document tradeoffs.
• Evaluate Kubernetes, cloud and DevSecOps configurations, workload identity, observability, recovery and deployment controls.
• Develop reference architecture and implementation sequencing; coordinate engineers and independent assurance reviewers.
• Attributable production architecture and implementation experience with Kubernetes and at least one of AWS, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud; ability to evaluate cross-cloud boundaries with specialists.
• Hands-on experience diagnosing failures across infrastructure, application, identity and data layers.
• Experience evaluating LLM/RAG platform integration, deployment controls, recovery and cost telemetry.

Skills

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

LLM/RAG

DevSecOps

Cost telemetry

Tools

Databricks

Collibra

MuleSoft

Traceable

Job description

Axyde Analytics, LLC seeks an AI Platform Architecture and Technical Evaluation Lead on a contingent basis to support ICE AI / Data Advisory responses.

You will provide hands‑on architecture judgment across Kubernetes and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google), evaluate LLM/RAG integration, and connect infrastructure, identity, data and cost telemetry to mission outcomes.

The role involves designing bounded evaluations, documenting tradeoffs, and coordinating engineers and independent review teams.