Lead AI Architect - Agentic & Secure Gov Analytics

Analytica; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Analytica, a Bethesda, MD-based federal contractor, seeks a Principal AI Architect to set the technical direction for safe, traceable, human-in-the-loop AI and analytics for a federal modernization initiative.

You will design a secure, scalable platform that integrates structured and unstructured data, enabling examiners with search, review, monitoring, and decision support, while complying with security and privacy requirements.

Qualifications

• Deep experience designing agentic AI, LLM, NLP, semantic-search, or advanced analytics solutions.
• Demonstrated experience defining AI architecture, model strategy, retrieval patterns, evaluation methods, guardrails, and governance.
• Experience leading Federal delivery of secure AI capabilities using Government-controlled data and infrastructure.
• Strong knowledge of RAG, grounded generation, source traceability, human-in-the-loop design, and on-premises model deployment.
• Strong communication, documentation, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Familiarity with Linux, PostgreSQL or Microsoft SQL Server, Java or .NET, Jenkins, self-hosted Azure DevOps, Kubernetes/Rancher, and open-source AI models.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain Top Secret eligibility, as required for all contractor personnel supporting the effort.
• Active Top Secret highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform role-specific work to set the technical direction for safe, traceable, human-in-the-loop agentic AI and analytics.
• Collaborate with pilot agencies, and multidisciplinary technical teams through iterative development and user testing.
• Produce clear documentation that supports Government operation, maintenance, transition, and future expansion.
• Follow Federal security, privacy, accessibility, records-management, and Government data-ownership requirements.

Skills

Agentic AI design

AI architecture

Governance & guardrails

RAG & grounded generation

Human-in-the-loop

On-prem model deployment

Cross-functional collaboration

Clearance and security

Tools

Linux

PostgreSQL

Microsoft SQL Server

Java

.NET

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Kubernetes/Rancher

Open-source AI models

Job description

Analytica, a Bethesda, MD-based federal contractor, seeks a Principal AI Architect to set the technical direction for safe, traceable, human-in-the-loop AI and analytics for a federal modernization initiative.

You will design a secure, scalable platform that integrates structured and unstructured data, enabling examiners with search, review, monitoring, and decision support, while complying with security and privacy requirements.