RAG AI Data Architect (Hybrid/Remote)

Synectics for Management Decisions Inc; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Synectics for Management Decisions Inc. is seeking an AI/ML Data Specialist to design and deploy AI capabilities for a federal client, focusing on document ingestion, retrieval-augmented generation, and secure knowledge-base services.

Hybrid or remote options are available in the Washington, DC metro area. The role emphasizes guardrails for accuracy, reliability, and human oversight, with measurable evaluation of bias, error rate, and governance.

Qualifications

• Experience building RAG or retrieval-based AI systems, including document ingestion, embedding, and indexing pipelines.
• Experience with LLM integration, prompt design, and evaluation of model accuracy, reliability, and bias.
• Familiarity with AWS-native AI/ML services and secure deployment of AI applications in a government environment.
• Understanding of AI governance and compliance requirements, including guardrails and human-oversight design.
• Strong documentation skills for model behavior, limitations, and user expectations.

Responsibilities

• Build automated document ingestion and indexing pipelines for unstructured content
• Develop RAG capabilities for internal information retrieval, combining relevant-document retrieval with LLM-generated, citation-backed answers grounded strictly in internal content
• Deploy secure AI-driven knowledge-base and query services appropriate for internal use
• Define and implement evaluation metrics for accuracy, reliability, bias, and error rate
• Establish AI guardrails, including monitoring, usage boundaries, and human oversight
• Produce comprehensive documentation for models, data flows, interfaces, and evaluation results
• Meet defined performance standards for accuracy, retrieval precision, and citation coverage

Skills

RAG systems

LLM integration

AWS services

AI governance

Documentation

Education

AWS ML Certification

Job description

Synectics for Management Decisions Inc. is seeking an AI/ML Data Specialist to design and deploy AI capabilities for a federal client, focusing on document ingestion, retrieval-augmented generation, and secure knowledge-base services.

Hybrid or remote options are available in the Washington, DC metro area. The role emphasizes guardrails for accuracy, reliability, and human oversight, with measurable evaluation of bias, error rate, and governance.