Senior AI/ML Enterprise Architect & Evangelist

Unissant; Ashburn (VA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Unissant, Inc. seeks a Senior Enterprise Systems Architect, AI/ML Strategist & Evangelist, to guide enterprise AI strategy for a federal client in Ashburn, VA.

The role requires senior thought leadership connecting strategy, architecture, and hands-on execution to mission outcomes. You will lead AI/ML adoption across programs, design scalable architectures, mentor teams, and partner with executives to align AI investments with data, infrastructure, and modernization goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 15+ years in enterprise technology leadership.
• 8+ years delivering AI/ML solutions in mission-critical environments.
• Security clearance DHS CBP or TS/SCI required.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-wide AI/ML strategy, adoption, and roadmap development across programs, customers, and technical teams.
• Identify opportunities where AI/ML can improve mission performance, decision-making, operational efficiency, automation, and customer services.
• Evaluate emerging technologies including Generative AI, Large Language Models, Agentic AI, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, intelligent automation, and related enterprise AI capabilities.
• Design secure, scalable enterprise AI/ML architectures across hybrid-cloud, multi-cloud, and on-premises environments.
• Guide implementation of AI platforms, MLOps environments, data pipelines, vector databases, agent frameworks, and cloud-native AI solutions.
• Partner with engineering, operations, cybersecurity, data, cloud, and enterprise architecture teams to align AI solutions with existing systems and target-state architectures.
• Conduct architecture reviews and technical assessments to ensure solutions align with governance, interoperability, scalability, privacy, and security requirements.
• Build prototypes and proof-of-concept solutions and provide technical leadership, mentoring, and implementation guidance to delivery teams.
• Serve as a senior AI advisor to customer stakeholders and executive leadership through workshops, demonstrations, solution reviews, and strategic briefings.
• Support business development, solutioning, capture efforts, proposals, and customer demonstrations related to AI-enabled opportunities.

Skills

AI/ML strategy

Enterprise architecture

TOGAF/FEAF/DoDAF

MLOps

Cloud architecture

Stakeholder influence

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS/Azure/GCP cloud platforms

Job description

Unissant, Inc. seeks a Senior Enterprise Systems Architect, AI/ML Strategist & Evangelist, to guide enterprise AI strategy for a federal client in Ashburn, VA.

The role requires senior thought leadership connecting strategy, architecture, and hands-on execution to mission outcomes. You will lead AI/ML adoption across programs, design scalable architectures, mentor teams, and partner with executives to align AI investments with data, infrastructure, and modernization goals.