AWS Practice Architect AI/ML (Fulltime Remote)

TEKsystems; Dallas (TX); Remote; USD 136,000 - 204,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401(k) Retirement Plan

Life Insurance

PTO

Job summary

TEKsystems is seeking a Practice Architect, AI/ML to lead delivery and consulting projects across cloud, AI/ML, and DevOps domains. The role emphasizes AWS, microservices, serverless, and cloud-native development with engagement leadership and presales support.

The position may travel up to 25% and is remote for North American clients, with a base in Dallas, TX. bachelor's-level qualifications and extensive AWS experience are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Computer Science or related technical field required.
• 5+ years' experience in information technology and/or professional services.
• At least 3 years of experience as a Cloud Architect or equivalent role.
• At least 3 years of AWS services experience.
• At least 1 year of cloud migration experience.

Responsibilities

• Engagement Support: support new deals through transition and delivery phases with Delivery organization.
• Engagement Delivery: drive transition, set up engagement operating model, define metrics, identify improvements.
• Practice Support: contribute to design, development, and improvement of service offerings and artifacts.
• Human Resources: assist with interviewing, hiring, and onboarding of project team members.
• Pre-Sales Support: assist Solution Architects with estimates and risk assessments.
• Delivery: coordinate with Delivery team to initiate and transition projects.
• Communicate and host meetings, ensure adherence to methodology.
• Define team performance metrics aligned with KPIs.

Skills

AWS expertise

DevOps

CI/CD

Microservices

Serverless

Cloud architecture

Python scripting

Linux admin

Networking basics

Solution delivery

Presales support

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science

Tools

AWS

Terraform

GitHub

Confluence

Jira

Job description

Description

Think of TEKsystems Global Services (TGS) as today's growth solution for enterprises. We deliver cloud, data, and customer experience solutions. Our partnerships with leading cloud, design, and business intelligence platforms fuel our expertise. We value deep relationships, dedication to serving others, and inclusion. We drive positive outcomes for our people and our business, stay true to our commitments, and act in harmony with our words. We exist to create significant opportunity for people to achieve fulfillment through career success.

Heres what the opportunity supported through our TGS Talent Acquisition Team requires:

The Practice Architect, AI/ML position is a leadership role responsible for managing multiple consulting and delivery projects or programs. The Practice Architect, AI/ML provides consulting and delivery assurance of services for clients through a range of internal and external functions. As a Practice Architect, you are expected to have the experience and background to perform all the duties described below for engagements that are focused on consulting/delivery management within the defined subject matter area, including resource management, deliverables development, project planning and execution, adherence to contract attributes and costing, customer interaction, and other key aspects of solution-based managed services.

For a Practice Architect these engagements are typically delivered remotely for North American customers or, rarely, at the customer location, usually in North America. They are expected to have the skills required for complex, deliverable-based, fully outsourced, or extremely large-scale engagements or programs, and to lead delivery for a larger cross-functional project/program. This role may require up to 25% travel.

The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in Cloud Services (primarily AWS), Microservices and Serverless architectures, AI/ML solutions, Cloud‑Native Development, CI/CD and DevOps, presales, delivery, and operational excellence. They will provide advanced-level support for strategic ongoing and new TGS client initiatives. They will work with our other key partners to help develop robust cloud offerings and deliver holistic solutions across key focus areas of TGS Enterprise Modernization strategic objectives.

Provide leadership, expertise, and support for DevOps and AWS Cloud engagements through a range of internal and external functions in the following areas:

• Engagement Support: provide support of newly won deals through the transition and delivery phases while partnering with the Delivery organization to ensure projects are started and delivered according to the Enterprise Modernizations portfolio guidelines

• Engagement Delivery: drive the transition phase and set up the engagement operating model; help define metrics; and support delivery against the defined statement of work. Help identify opportunities for service improvements

• Practice Support: provide input, expertise, and implement changes into the design, development, and improvement of service offerings and back‑office procedures; assist in the research and development of new offerings and analyze competing offerings to ensure practice is current and competitive within the market; create and maintain practice artifacts that document key methods, processes, and delivery tools

• Human Resources: assist with interviewing, hiring, and onboarding of project team members during initial engagement phase

• Pre‑Sales Support: as required, support Solution Architects and Solution Executives with technical opinions, methodology recommendations, work estimates, and solution support.

Engagement Delivery Support Responsibilities

• Partner with our Delivery organization to ensure the project initiation and transition phase is executed according to the Enterprise Modernization portfolio guidelines and that the assigned Delivery Manager/Service Manager is provided the knowledge required to deliver the engagement effectively.

• Facilitate internal communication and assemble a solution delivery team for new engagements

• Provide solution consulting and advice during the initiation and transition phases to the Delivery Manager as needed

• Attend project kick‑off meetings, status reviews, and other delivery meetings as requested by the Delivery Manager

• Ensure engagement methodology is followed by the team from opportunity assessment to project closeout

• Develop a collaborative relationship with the Delivery team to support the organization from a delivery perspective

• Help define the team's performance metrics in alignment with customers' KPIs and OKRs

• Identify opportunities for service improvement through problem management, service optimization, automation, etc.

Pre‑Sales Support

• Work with Solution Architects and Solution Executives, when needed, to develop scope, prepare estimates, prepare implementation plans, and ensure project risks are assessed during the sales cycle for project services and outsource engagements

• As needed, understand client business and technical requirements and communicate internally with Solution Architects and Solution Executives to ensure solution matches client needs

• As needed, support Solution Architects and Solution Executives in the process to calculate risk premium, prepare and review estimates, and prepare project pricing

Practice Support

• Collect and provide input into the design, development, and improvement of service offerings and internal DevOps and Cloud accelerator programs

• Implement service offering changes in process and procedures

• Maintain and organize Enterprise Modernization portfolio intellectual property

• Work with Managers and Director to improve and implement changes to project delivery processes, methodology, and back‑office procedures

• Stay informed with regard to developments in the application management industry and maintain current knowledge of the generally accepted best practices in service transition and management

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's in Computer Science or other engineering or technical discipline is required

• 5+ years' experience in information technology and/or professional services, with emphasis on subject matter expertise

• At least 3 years of experience as a Cloud Architect or equivalent role

• At least 3 years of AWS services experience is required.

• At least 1 year of cloud migration experience is required

• At least 1 year of Microservices and Serverless experience is required

• Develop innovative solutions to complex business and technology problems

• Strong track record of delivering projects of demonstrable complexity & scale

• Hands‑on knowledge of various AWS services like ECS, EKS, Lambda, EventBridge, S3, DynamoDB, Systems Manager, API Gateway, ACM, Route53, CloudWatch

• Experience with AWS AI/ML services such as Bedrock, Amazon Q/QuickSuite, AgentCore

• Experience with strategizing and solution migration of legacy enterprise apps (Lift & Shift/ Code Refactoring)

• Experience with source code and software collaboration technologies (e.g., GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Artifactory)

• Experience configuring and managing CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, CodePipeline)

• Strong infrastructure as code experience, preferably in Terraform

• Strong hands‑on scripting skills (e.g., Python, Bash, PowerShell)

• Some knowledge of one application programming language like C#, Java, or JavaScript (Node)

• Knowledge of IP networking, VPN's, DNS, load balancing, and firewalling

• Strong practical Linux and Windows‑based systems administration skills in a Cloud or Virtualized environment

• Ability to travel to client locations to deliver professional services, as needed

• Work remotely with team members across a range of time zones and regions.

• Able to present designs to a varied audience across technical and non‑technical stakeholders

• Ability to identify and address potential design or architecture issues, and work with uncertainty

• Willing to lead discussion and challenge technical and design decisions where standards or best practices are not met

• Implement central architecture standards, using JIRA, Confluence, etc., raising and tracking architecture tasks, dependencies, and risks for 2-3 in‑flight projects they are assigned to

• Sharp analytical abilities and proven design skills

• Strong sense of ownership, urgency and drive

• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills with an emphasis on communicating technical requirements and solutions to internal and external audiences.

• Professional‑level AWS certification is mandatory

Desired Qualifications

• Masters in Computer Science or other engineering or technical discipline

• 6+ years' experience in information technology and/or professional services, with emphasis on subject matter expertise

• 4+ years of Cloud Architecture experience

• 4+ years of AWS experience

• 2+ years of cloud migration experience

• 2+ years of Microservices and serverless experience

• Experience with enterprise AWS services including Organizations, Control Tower, Transit Gateways, Direct Connect

• Prior success in automating real‑world production environments using Chef, Puppet, Salt, Ansible, Helm or cloud native equivalents

• Ability to lead adoption and mentor team members on modern DevOps and architectural concepts

• Proficient in designing and building highly available, resilient large‑scale distributed systems

• Demonstrated leadership abilities in an engineering environment in driving operational excellence and best practices

• Demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in a highly innovative and fast‑paced environment

• Strong knowledge of container technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud native frameworks

• Excellence in technical communication with peers and non‑technical cohorts

Certifications

• Candidate must have a professional-level certification in AWS Cloud

• Candidate must have 1-2 associate-level certifications in AWS Cloud

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Dallas, TX.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $136000.00 - $204000.00/yr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

We reserve the right to pay above or below the posted wage based on factors unrelated to sex, race, or any other protected classification. Additional earnings may be available through incentive programs like annual bonuses, profit sharing, etc. Our full‑time, internal employment benefits include the following: Medical, Dental, and Vision Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre‑tax and Roth post‑tax contributions available Life Insurance (Voluntary Life and AD&D for employee and dependents) Short and Long‑Term Disability Health Spending Account (HSA) Transportation Benefits Employee Assistance Program Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Dallas, TX.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Nov 3, 2026.

Workplace Type

This is a fully remote position.

About TEKsystems

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full‑Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real‑world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services

We're a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We're a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full‑stack capabilities and speed. We're strategic thinkers, hands‑on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We're building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.