Senior Director, Forward-Deployed AI Solutions

Gallatin; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grant

Healthcare coverage

401k

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

Gallatin seeks a Sr. Director of Solutions Architecture in the United States to lead the design, deployment, and operation of agentic AI platforms for mission-critical government environments.

This forward-deployed leadership role spans pre-sales and post-sales, shaping how teams translate complex mission needs into secure, scalable architectures and ensuring successful delivery at customer sites. You will oversee a team that collaborates with product, engineering, and business development,

Qualifications

• Active security clearance preferred; TS/SCI a plus.
• 10+ years of experience spanning software/systems engineering, infrastructure, or technical program leadership.
• Proven experience building and leading technical, customer-facing teams.
• Hands-on experience deploying and operating platforms in classified or government cloud environments.
• Familiarity with modern AI/ML technologies including LLMs and agentic AI systems.
• Proven ability to engage senior government stakeholders and translate concepts into mission value.
• Strong working knowledge of Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, and modern DevSecOps practices.
• Proficiency in Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, or similar languages.
• Experience navigating FedRAMP, RMF/ATO, Zero Trust, NIST.
• Comfort operating in ambiguous, fast-moving environments with high stakes; hands-on with customers.

Responsibilities

• Lead forward deployed engineering organization across pre-sales and post-sales.
• Conceptualize and design end-to-end technical solutions for agentic AI platforms.
• Serve as senior technical point of contact for program offices and partners.
• Direct deployment, operation, and continuous improvement of AI/ML-enabled platforms at customer sites.
• Partner with product, engineering, and business development to shape roadmaps and responses to RFPs.
• Drive security architecture requirements including FedRAMP, IL4/IL5/IL6, Zero Trust, RMF/ATO.

Skills

Team leadership

Solution architecture

Customer engagement

Forward deployment

Cross-functional leadership

Security compliance

Automation

Kubernetes

Cloud infrastructure

Python/JS

Tools

AWS GovCloud

Azure Government

Job description

Gallatin seeks a Sr. Director of Solutions Architecture in the United States to lead the design, deployment, and operation of agentic AI platforms for mission-critical government environments.

This forward-deployed leadership role spans pre-sales and post-sales, shaping how teams translate complex mission needs into secure, scalable architectures and ensuring successful delivery at customer sites. You will oversee a team that collaborates with product, engineering, and business development,