Solutions Architect

ACS Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation leave

Health insurance

Retirement benefits

4-week work from anywhere

Job summary

A leading tech firm seeks a Solution Architect in Washington, DC. The role involves designing cloud-native, AI-driven solutions for editorial and digital publishing. Responsibilities include developing AWS architectures, mentoring engineers, and ensuring solutions are secure and compliant. Required qualifications include 12+ years of experience in software engineering, cloud engineering, or solution architecture, with strong knowledge of AWS services and AI/ML tools. The position offers a hybrid work schedule and a salary between $160,000-$180,000 annually.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in software engineering, cloud engineering, or solution architecture.
• Experience in architecting complex solutions using AWS managed services and AI/ML tools.
• Proven experience building cloud-native platforms using containers and serverless.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement complex AWS architectures for editorial platforms.
• Define and implement cloud-native and AI-first patterns.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure solutions are production-ready.

Skills

Software engineering

Cloud engineering

Solution architecture

AWS services

AI/ML tools

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

DevOps practices

Education

Relevant technical degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Role Summary

The Solution Architect is a hands-on technical leader responsible for designing, building, and evolving cloud-native, AI-first solutions for editorial and digital publishing platforms. This role actively participates in architecture, prototyping, and implementation on AWS while guiding teams toward scalable, secure, and modern solutions aligned with enterprise standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Hands-on experience designing and implementing solutions for complex business challenges, including end-to-end AWS architectures for editorial platforms and AI-enabled products.
• Define and implement cloud-native and AI-first patterns (microservices, EKS, serverless, managed AI services).
• Actively contribute to proofs of concept, reference implementations, and architectural spikes.
• Work closely with engineering, data, DevOps, and CloudOps teams to ensure solutions are deployable, operable, and production-ready.
• Architect and integrate AI-driven capabilities such as content intelligence, automation, personalization, and GenAI use cases.
• Ensure solutions meet security, compliance, reliability, performance, and cost optimization requirements.
• Perform architecture reviews, troubleshoot complex issues, and mentor engineers through hands-on guidance.

Required Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in software engineering, cloud engineering, or solution architecture.
• Well-rounded experience in architecting complex solutions utilizing modern technologies such as AWS managed services and AI/ML tools.
• Proven experience building cloud-native platforms using containers, serverless, and API-driven designs.
• Working knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF or similar), applied pragmatically—not just documentation.
• Exposure to AI/ML or GenAI integrations, including model consumption and managed AI services.
• Experience with IaC and DevOps practices (Terraform, CI/CD pipelines).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with editorial or content-driven platforms (publishing workflows, metadata, XML/HTML).
• AWS Solutions Architect certification.
• TOGAF or equivalent architecture certification.
• Familiarity with RAG, vector databases, and intelligent workflows.

This role is based in our Washington, DC office and a reasonable rate of compensation for this position is between $160,000-$180,000 per year. ACS employees work a hybrid schedule, consisting of working onsite two days per work week, as decided by functional area. The balance of the week is open to working remotely, though employees are always welcome onsite each day if they choose.

ACS currently provides the following benefits for this position: paid vacation leave, paid sick leave, paid holidays, health insurance, flexible spending account or health care savings account, dental insurance, life insurance, vision insurance, retirement benefits, short- and long-term disability, and 4-week work from anywhere; each benefit is subject to the terms of the applicable program. Additional benefits may apply based on skills, experience, and location.

Any actual offer of employment, reflecting the total compensation package and benefits, will be made in the sole discretion of ACS. ACS reserves the right to amend or modify its employment benefits and compensation structure at any time.