Senior Cloud and AI Architect - Remote

Eliassen Group; Bismarck (ND); Remote; USD 124,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

401k with company matching

Life insurance

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a skilled Cloud / AI Architect for a remote, contract role. You will lead enterprise-scale AI solutions, build production-grade AI pipelines on AWS, and shape governance for agent-oriented architectures.

The position emphasizes collaboration with stakeholders and delivering scalable AI-enabled workflows across the organization. The role requires 10+ years in cloud and AI, strong technical leadership, and hands-on execution from proof-of-concept to production.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in cloud architecture, software engineering, data platforms, or related technical fields.
• Proven experience architecting and delivering enterprise AI/ML solutions in large-scale environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS Agent Core and building Agentic AI frameworks, workflows, and orchestration pipelines.
• Experience designing, implementing, and scaling Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures in enterprise environments.
• Demonstrated ability to develop proof-of-concept solutions and transition them into scalable production platforms.
• Experience evaluating or implementing cloud-native AI solutions across AWS and/or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Strong understanding of large language models (LLMs), vector databases, embeddings, prompt engineering, and agent orchestration patterns.
• Experience integrating AI solutions with enterprise applications, APIs, and data ecosystems.
• Prior experience serving in an Architect, Principal Engineer, or similar technical leadership role.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to simplify technical concepts for business audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of enterprise-scale Agentic AI solutions and intelligent workflow automation platforms.
• Build proof-of-concept and production-ready AI pipelines leveraging AWS Agent Core and modern agent-based architectures.
• Design and implement Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) frameworks to support scalable enterprise knowledge retrieval and AI-driven decision-making.
• Define architectural standards, patterns, and best practices for AI agents, orchestration workflows, vector search, and enterprise data integration.
• Evaluate and recommend cloud platform strategies across AWS, GCP, and other emerging AI ecosystem technologies.
• Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to translate complex requirements into scalable AI solutions.
• Provide technical leadership while remaining hands-on with prototyping, pipeline development, and solution implementation.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities for AI-driven process optimization and workflow enrichment.
• Communicate complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences, including customer-facing discussions and executive-level presentations.
• Support enterprise adoption of AI capabilities through architecture reviews, technology assessments, and implementation guidance.

Skills

Cloud architecture

AI/ML expertise

Stakeholder management

Technical leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering/Data Science

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

AWS Agent Core

Agent orchestration tools

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)

Vector databases

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a skilled Cloud / AI Architect for a remote, contract role. You will lead enterprise-scale AI solutions, build production-grade AI pipelines on AWS, and shape governance for agent-oriented architectures.

The position emphasizes collaboration with stakeholders and delivering scalable AI-enabled workflows across the organization. The role requires 10+ years in cloud and AI, strong technical leadership, and hands-on execution from proof-of-concept to production.