AI Solutions Architect - Portfolio & Delivery Lead (Hybrid)

Amentum; Honolulu (HI); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off

401(k) matching

Educational reimbursement

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Tax-saving options

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Pet insurance

Job summary

Amentum is seeking an AI Solutions Architect — Programs & Delivery to lead the COE's technical execution backbone, JANUS, and lighthouse delivery. The role partners across governance, engineering, and business units to ensure AI initiatives are documented, planned, and delivered per lighthouse criteria.

The position is Hybrid to the Reston, VA office, requiring US citizenship, with compensation in the $160k–$180k range and strong emphasis on cross-functional orchestration and risk management.

Qualifications

• Typically 5+ years of progressive experience in AI / data program architecture, AI portfolio management, or enterprise solution delivery with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Information Systems, or related field. Master's preferred.
• Experience operating an enterprise intake / portfolio system for AI, data, or technology initiatives.
• Working knowledge of AI/ML solution architecture, including data pipelines, model integration patterns, and platform components.
• Hands-on familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure preferred; AWS or GCP also acceptable).
• Experience working with structured and semi-structured data, databases, and integration patterns across enterprise systems.
• US Citizenship is required.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day operation of JANUS for COE intake, triage, prioritization, and lifecycle tracking of AI use cases.
• Translate business problems into technical AI solution architectures, identifying reusable patterns and platform components across AI Pilots.
• Support the AI Solution Architect — Generative AI (peer role) on integration, deployment, and operational hand-off of GenAI capabilities into mission and enterprise workflows.
• Coordinate with spoke leads on lighthouse charter execution, surfacing blockers to the Chief AI Architect and the AI Advisory Council.
• Maintain the COE decision log and Council package readiness on a monthly cadence.
• Partner with vendor Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) during platform buildout, ensuring reusable patterns are documented and transitioned to internal owners with FDE exit criteria met.
• Maintain alignment between AI work and Amentum's two-cloud posture (Azure Commercial for COE, Azure Government for customer-mandated programs).

Skills

Program-architecture

Executive/stakeholder mgmt

Communication

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/engineering/data science/IS

Job description

Amentum is seeking an AI Solutions Architect — Programs & Delivery to lead the COE's technical execution backbone, JANUS, and lighthouse delivery. The role partners across governance, engineering, and business units to ensure AI initiatives are documented, planned, and delivered per lighthouse criteria.

The position is Hybrid to the Reston, VA office, requiring US citizenship, with compensation in the $160k–$180k range and strong emphasis on cross-functional orchestration and risk management.