Solutions Architect

ACS; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 160,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation leave

Health insurance

Flexible spending account

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Retirement benefits

Short- and long-term disability

4-week work from anywhere

Job summary

A leading technology company based in Washington, DC is seeking a Solution Architect to drive cloud-native and AI-first solutions for editorial platforms. Responsibilities include designing AWS architectures, mentoring engineers, and ensuring security and performance standards. Ideal candidates will have over 12 years of experience in software/cloud engineering and hold relevant certifications. This position offers a competitive salary between $160,000 and $180,000, with a hybrid work schedule available.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in software engineering, cloud engineering, or solution architecture.
• Experience with AWS managed services and AI/ML tools.
• Well-versed in applying enterprise architecture frameworks pragmatically.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement end-to-end AWS architectures for editorial platforms.
• Ensure solutions meet security, compliance, reliability, performance, and cost optimization.
• Mentor engineers through hands-on guidance.

Skills

Cloud engineering

Software engineering

Solution architecture

DevOps practices

AI/ML integrations

Hybrid work adaptability

Education

12+ years of experience in software engineering or cloud engineering

AWS Solutions Architect certification

TOGAF or equivalent certification

Tools

AWS managed services

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

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 design and implementing solutions for complex business challenges. And implement 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 skills utilizing Modern technologies such as AWS managed services and AI /ML tools.
• 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.

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