Defence Solutions Architect, DACH (On-Prem/Air-Gapped)

United States Digital Space LLC; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Lunch stipend

Health benefits

RRSP 401K matching

Parental leave top-up

Enrichment benefits

Learning stipend

Paid vacation

Travel budget

Home office stipend

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a Solutions Architect for the DACH region, focusing on Germany and Europe to grow the defence and security AI business. You will design architectures for on-prem, air-gapped, and sovereign deployments, ensuring GDPR, BSI C5, and EU AI Act compliance, while engaging with partners and customers at executive levels.

You will own the technical narrative end-to-end, lead customer pilots, and translate complex requirements into scalable AI solutions, working

Qualifications

• 3+ years in customer-facing technical roles such as consulting data scientist, forward deployed engineer, deployment strategist, or solutions architect.
• Passion for Agentic AI and practical understanding of LLM value in production.
• Solid grounding in ML fundamentals (training, evaluation, retrieval) and ability to design evaluation frameworks.
• Excellent communication skills for CEOs and technical audiences.
• Thrive in ambiguity and can structure processes where none exist.
• Comfortable with Python and Assistive Coding tools.
• Experience in or with the defence sector and understanding of defence IT procurement.
• Willingness to undergo a German security clearance (SÜG) and, ideally, existing clearance.
• Preferred: experience in the German defence market or RFP/public tenders.
• Must have: fluency in English and German (C1 or higher).
• Note: range of experience levels from Associate to Staff is welcome.

Responsibilities

• Develop deep understanding of customer problems and map them to the company solutions with partners.
• Lead design and deployment of customer pilots to demonstrate impact to strategic enterprise and government customers.
• Own the customer’s technical narrative end-to-end from discovery to pilot results and feedback.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering to ensure offerings meet customer needs.
• Engage with partners to enable and accelerate customer adoption.
• Own the technical response for RFPs and tenders, including security questionnaires and Lastenheft mapping.
• Scale processes for the solutions architect team and adjacent groups.
• Work with cross-functional teams to align capabilities with customer requirements.

Skills

Customer-facing tech

Agentic AI

ML fundamentals

Communication skills

Ambiguity tolerance

Python

Defense sector

German language

Security clearance

Tools

Assistive coding tools

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a Solutions Architect for the DACH region, focusing on Germany and Europe to grow the defence and security AI business. You will design architectures for on-prem, air-gapped, and sovereign deployments, ensuring GDPR, BSI C5, and EU AI Act compliance, while engaging with partners and customers at executive levels.

You will own the technical narrative end-to-end, lead customer pilots, and translate complex requirements into scalable AI solutions, working