AI Strategy and Solution Architect - Remote

Liberum, LLC.; Olympia (WA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

401(k) with 4% matching

Paid time off and sick leave

Bonus leave program

Job summary

Liberum, LLC. in Olympia, WA is seeking a Strategic AI Architect to serve government and enterprise clients by developing practical AI roadmaps and engaging stakeholders effectively. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in technology architecture and AI solutions, along with strong communication skills.

This role involves guiding clients through AI adoption while addressing data privacy and governance standards. You will be instrumental in transforming skepticism into confidence about AI technology.

Qualifications

• 7 or more years in technology architecture or solutions consulting, with at least 3 years focused on AI.
• Demonstrated experience developing AI roadmaps and translating strategic intent into phased plans.
• Hands-on proficiency with LLMs and prompt engineering in production contexts.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain practical AI roadmaps based on client readiness and business value.
• Assess clients' current AI capabilities and develop actionable plans.
• Engage stakeholders at all levels to facilitate AI adoption.

Skills

Technology architecture

AI solution delivery

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

Data privacy

Education

Post-secondary degree in a relevant technical or business discipline

Tools

LLMs

Vector databases

Agentic AI design patterns

Job description

The Role

Liberum continues to build out its artificial intelligence (AI) practice to meet clients where they are across a full spectrum of need. We are seeking a Strategic AI Architect to serve as a trusted advisor and hands‑on practitioner, helping government and enterprise clients define, communicate, and execute AI roadmaps that are practical, scalable, and built to last.

We are looking for someone who is as comfortable in a whiteboard session as they are in a terminal window. Equally important, we are looking for someone who genuinely enjoys the human side of technology adoption and gets energy from helping skeptical people become confident ones.

• You will build, demonstrate, and coach.
• You will walk into rooms full of skeptics and walk out with believers.
• You bring the technical credibility to design real AI systems.
• You bring the communication skills to earn trust with executives, agency staff, and everyone in between.

Position Responsibilities

AI Roadmap and Strategy

• Develop and maintain practical AI roadmaps for clients based on readiness, risk tolerance, and business value.
• Assess the current state of client AI capability and translate findings into clear, phased plans that stakeholders understand and can rally around.
• Define governance structures, decision frameworks, and success metrics appropriate to each tier of solution delivery.

Industry Awareness and Trend Translation

• Stay actively current on the rapidly evolving AI landscape and translate industry developments into practical, actionable guidance for client environments.
• Advise clients on model selection, platform tradeoffs, and emerging capabilities across the LLM and GenAI ecosystem.
• Distinguish signal from noise in AI trends, helping clients invest in approaches with staying power rather than chasing the next headline.

Coding and Rapid Prototyping

• Use AI-native development workflows and agentic IDEs to rapidly prototype working solutions that make abstract concepts concrete.
• Demonstrate what is possible in working sessions with clients, reducing the gap between strategy and tangible output.
• Leverage prompt engineering and LLM-driven code generation to accelerate solution development.

Agentic AI Design and Orchestration

• Help clients build a foundational understanding of agentic AI and what it can realistically do in their environment.
• Evaluate client use cases to assess whether agentic architectures are the right fit, or whether simpler approaches will deliver better outcomes.
• Guide clients through deployment decisions, including build vs. buy, orchestration tooling, and phasing of rollout.
• Serve as a knowledgeable translator between agentic AI capabilities and the practical, operational realities of the client’s business.

Data Privacy, Security, and AI Governance

• Evaluate and recommend data architecture patterns that protect PII and citizen data, particularly in public sector environments subject to regulatory oversight.
• Design guardrails, access controls, and governance policies that enable AI adoption without compromising security or public trust.
• Help clients distinguish between cloud-hosted AI solutions and on-premise or hybrid architectures based on their specific data residency and sovereignty requirements.

Stakeholder Engagement and Change Leadership

• Engage stakeholders at all levels, from executive sponsors to frontline staff, with approaches tailored to their concerns and readiness.
• Navigate organizational complexity and resistance with patience, credibility, and practical empathy, particularly in environments with significant fear around AI adoption.
• Lead workshops, demonstrations, and awareness sessions that build understanding and momentum without overwhelming or alienating participants.
• Coach client-side staff to build internal AI capability, reducing dependence on external support over time.
• Identify opportunities to create additional client value across engagements and contribute to Liberum’s growing AI practice.

Public Voice and Practice Building

• Publish thought leadership — blog posts, white papers, or articles — that establish Liberum as a credible AI voice in the public sector.
• Speak at agency, industry, and conference events where appropriate, representing the practice externally.
• Serve as the named architect on flagship engagements and contribute to RFP and SOW work as the AI subject matter expert.

Requirements

• 7 or more years in technology architecture, solutions consulting, or a closely related discipline, with at least 3 years focused on AI or GenAI solution delivery.
• Demonstrated experience developing AI roadmaps and translating strategic intent into phased, executable plans.
• Hands‑on proficiency with LLMs, RAG architectures, vector databases, and prompt engineering in production or near-production contexts.
• Working knowledge of agentic AI design patterns and multi‑agent orchestration frameworks.
• Fluency with AI-native development workflows, including agentic IDEs and vibe coding approaches for rapid prototyping.
• Experience translating business intent into technical architecture decisions — formal business analysis credentials not required, but the ability to read business need and translate it cleanly to technical execution is essential.
• Clear command of AI data architecture and the ability to identify and mitigate privacy and security risks at each stage of an AI pipeline.
• Demonstrated communication craft. We require evidence — not just a claim — that you can deliver the same technical material across audiences with different baseline AI literacy.
• Proven ability to navigate organizational complexity, build consensus, and lead change in environments with competing priorities or significant resistance.

Desired Education and Experience

• Post‑secondary degree in a relevant technical or business discipline.
• Understanding of key data privacy and governance standards including FedRAMP or StateRAMP.
• Experience delivering AI consulting engagements across multiple clients or industries.
• Familiarity with responsible AI frameworks, AI ethics principles, and practical implementation of AI governance policies.
• Experience working with or within state or local government, public sector agencies, or other highly regulated environments.
• Exposure to AI lifecycle management frameworks.
• An existing public presence as an AI voice — speaker, author, contributor, or community member.

Benefits

• Liberum offers a comprehensive benefits package with full medical, dental, life, short‑term disability coverage, and 401(k) (4% matching, no vested period).
• Salary range varies between $165‑215k annually based on experience/level of hire.
• PTO and sick leave are provided to all full‑time employees. Liberum also offers 9 paid holidays per year.
• Paid vacation time for regular full‑time employees will be earned and accrued on each pay date. At the end of the calendar year, any unused vacation will carry over into the next calendar year.
  • 0–5 yrs, FTE 15 days (120 hours), 5 hours accrued per pay cycle (bi‑monthly).
  • 5+ yrs, FTE 20 days (160 hours), 6.67 hours accrued per pay cycle (bi‑monthly).
• As a WA state employer, we follow all WA state ordinances, ensuring that employees accrue sick leave at a rate of 1 hour per 40 hours worked.
• At the end of the calendar year, all unused vacation will roll over into the next calendar year.
• We also offer a bonus leave program for employees interested in participating.