AI Solution Architect

Booz Allen Hamilton; Lincoln (MA); On-site; USD 113,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton in the United States seeks an AI Solution Architect with 10+ years delivering AI-enabled mission and enterprise systems. You will design architectures, build secure data pipelines, and lead complex deployments across restricted environments.

You will mentor engineers, handle ambiguity, and partner with government stakeholders to ensure compliant, innovative AI capabilities. Secret clearance is required, on-site Lincoln, MA.

Qualifications

• Experience architecting AI-enabled mission or enterprise systems across restricted environments.
• Design and implement data pipelines and application workflows on enterprise platforms.
• Build secure analytics ecosystems and integrate AI/ML into production workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement AI solution architecture or strategy for diverse clients.
• Mentor engineers and lead end-to-end implementation under high-pressure conditions.
• Collaborate with government stakeholders to align with policies and ethics.

Skills

Architectural design

Leadership

Problem solving

Communication

Mentoring

Ambiguity handling

Rapid learning

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Palantir Foundry

Gotham

Kubernetes

AWS

CI/CD

Job description

Join a culture of empowerment and connectivity.

Develop your craft

Learn the skills you need to accelerate your career.

Discover benefits that your life and work.

Innovate with intention

Build mission-ready tech that protects the nation.

Design and implement effective AI solution architecture or strategy utilizing approaches of various AI technologies and met hods to address clients' business problems and needs, while complying with the organization’s strategies and business goals, and key ethical considerations. Apply leading-edge principles, theories, and concepts, and contribute to the development of new principles and concepts. Work on unusually complex problems and provide highly innovative solutions. Operate with substantial latitude for unreviewed action or decision, and mentor or supervise employees in both company and technical competencies.

You Have:

• 10+ years of experience architecting and delivering AI-enabled mission or enterprise systems, including data integration, secure compute, and operator-facing applications across restricted or classified environments
• 10+ years of experience designing and implementing data pipelines, ontologies, and application workflows on platforms such as Palantir Foundry or Gotham, including air gapped, degraded connectivity, or multiclassification deployments
• 10+ years of experience building secure analytics ecosystems, including log pipelines, monitoring frameworks, operational dashboards, or intelligence fusion environments, whether greenfield or migrated from legacy tooling
• 10+ years of experience with DevSecOps practices such as containerization, orchestration, CI / CD, and automated testing adapted for limited toolchain environments where standard pipelines don’t fully apply
• 10+ years of experience integrating AI / ML capabilities into production workflows or operator tooling, including LLM backed assistants, model augmented decision aids, or automation that expands what a small team can deliver
• 10+ years of experience making sound architectural tradeoffs in constrained, shifting, or high-pressure mission c ond itions such as restricted toolsets, tight timelines, fragmented networks, or mid execution requirement changes
• Ability to quickly learn unfamiliar technologies, develop real hands-on mastery, and lead engineers through full implementation with confidence
• Ability to architect under ambiguity, own outcomes end to end, and communicate decisions clearly to engineers, government stakeholders, and senior non-technical leaders

Nice If You Have:

• Experience working across multiple clouds, enclaves, or classification levels on the same program, including translating architectures between NIPR, SIPR, or JWICS or coalition equivalents
• Experience on major defense programs or with large systems integrator s, delivering mission capability while navigating bureaucratic, acquisition, or compliance friction
• Experience supporting DoD installations, operational units, or C2 systems espe cia lly when the inherited environment was undocumented, partially broken, or technically inconsistent
• Experience building agentic workflows, automation pipelines, or custom tooling that materially increased engineering throughput or reduced operator friction
• Experience in a senior technical lead or architect role where you were accountable for both the design and successful delivery of the system
• Experience operating on a tiger team, flyaway cell, or rapid response unit parachuting into complex problems, delivering under compressed timelines, and exiting cleanly
• AWS, Palantir Foundry or Gotham, Kubernetes, or similar Architecture Certification s

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information ; Secret clearance is required.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $112,900.00 to $257,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

AI Solution Architect

The Opportunity:

Design and implement effective AI solution architecture or strategy utilizing approaches of various AI technologies and met hods to address clients' business problems and needs, while complying with the organization’s strategies and business goals, and key ethical considerations. Apply leading-edge principles, theories, and concepts, and contribute to the development of new principles and concepts. Work on unusually complex problems and provide highly innovative solutions. Operate with substantial latitude for unreviewed action or decision, and mentor or supervise employees in both company and technical competencies.

You Have:

• 10+ years of experience architecting and delivering AI-enabled mission or enterprise systems, including data integration, secure compute, and operator-facing applications across restricted or classified environments
• 10+ years of experience designing and implementing data pipelines, ontologies, and application workflows on platforms such as Palantir Foundry or Gotham, including air gapped, degraded connectivity, or multiclassification deployments
• 10+ years of experience building secure analytics ecosystems, including log pipelines, monitoring frameworks, operational dashboards, or intelligence fusion environments, whether greenfield or migrated from legacy tooling
• 10+ years of experience with DevSecOps practices such as containerization, orchestration, CI / CD, and automated testing adapted for limited toolchain environments where standard pipelines don’t fully apply
• 10+ years of experience integrating AI / ML capabilities into production workflows or operator tooling, including LLM backed assistants, model augmented decision aids, or automation that expands what a small team can deliver
• 10+ years of experience making sound architectural tradeoffs in constrained, shifting, or high-pressure mission c ond itions such as restricted toolsets, tight timelines, fragmented networks, or mid execution requirement changes
• Ability to quickly learn unfamiliar technologies, develop real hands-on mastery, and lead engineers through full implementation with confidence
• Ability to architect under ambiguity, own outcomes end to end, and communicate decisions clearly to engineers, government stakeholders, and senior non-technical leaders
• Secret clearance
• Bachelor’s degree

Nice If You Have:

• Experience working across multiple clouds, enclaves, or classification levels on the same program, including translating architectures between NIPR, SIPR, or JWICS or coalition equivalents
• Experience on major defense programs or with large systems integrator s, delivering mission capability while navigating bureaucratic, acquisition, or compliance friction
• Experience supporting DoD installations, operational units, or C2 systems espe cia lly when the inherited environment was undocumented, partially broken, or technically inconsistent
• Experience building agentic workflows, automation pipelines, or custom tooling that materially increased engineering throughput or reduced operator friction
• Experience in a senior technical lead or architect role where you were accountable for both the design and successful delivery of the system
• Experience operating on a tiger team, flyaway cell, or rapid response unit parachuting into complex problems, delivering under compressed timelines, and exiting cleanly
• Top Secret clearance
• AWS, Palantir Foundry or Gotham, Kubernetes, or similar Architecture Certification s

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information ; Secret clearance is required.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $112,900.00 to $257,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Identity Statement

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Candidate AI Usage Policy

AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.

Work Model
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration, whether it occurs in person or virtually. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.

• Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.

• Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen facility frequently, in alignment with leadership expectations and the needs of the role. You may also be required to work from or visit a customer facility.

• Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.