Senior AI Systems Architect — Enterprise Gen‑AI & Secure Cloud

Unissant; Ashburn (VA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Unissant, Inc. seeks a Senior AI Systems Architect to serve as technical lead and enterprise architect for AI/ML, Gen-AI, and analytics initiatives for a federal customer. You will design scalable AI capabilities, implement guardrails, and ensure secure, mission-focused solutions across cloud-native architectures.

The role emphasizes leadership, collaboration with cybersecurity teams, and modernization of legacy systems into AI-enabled architectures, with on-site work in Ashburn, VA.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of enterprise architecture, AI/ML engineering, cloud modernization, or advanced analytics solutions.
• 5+ years designing and implementing AI/ML or Gen-AI solutions in enterprise or federal environments.
• Strong expertise in Generative AI, LLM architectures, RAG frameworks, MLOps, AI operationalization, Computer Vision, NLP, Cloud-native architectures.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture for AI/Gen‑AI initiatives across national security domains.
• Design scalable enterprise AI architectures supporting AI‑as‑a‑Service capabilities.
• Architect multimodal AI solutions for text, image, video, and structured/unstructured data.
• Define integration patterns for cloud-native, event-driven, microservices architectures.
• Architect secure AI environments and governance frameworks.

Skills

Enterprise AI Architecture

Generative AI

Cloud-Native Engineering

MLOps & AI Operationalization

Mission Systems Modernization

Event-Driven Architecture

Computer Vision & Image Intelligence

DevSecOps & Zero Trust

Federal Security & Compliance

Technical Leadership

Innovation & Research

Executive Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology Management or Engineering

MBA/Master's Degree in a relevant field

Job description

Unissant, Inc. seeks a Senior AI Systems Architect to serve as technical lead and enterprise architect for AI/ML, Gen-AI, and analytics initiatives for a federal customer. You will design scalable AI capabilities, implement guardrails, and ensure secure, mission-focused solutions across cloud-native architectures.

The role emphasizes leadership, collaboration with cybersecurity teams, and modernization of legacy systems into AI-enabled architectures, with on-site work in Ashburn, VA.