AI Architect (AI/ML)

Location: Washington, DC, United States

Salary: $150,000–$190,000 per year

Company

hirify.global is supporting a United States Secret Service contract for the Department of Homeland Security.

What you will do

• Provide enterprise architecture leadership for the USSS AI Team and AI Program Management Office.
• Develop AI governance charters, operating frameworks, decision-making playbooks, and oversight mechanisms.
• Define target-state AI architectures, integration patterns, technology standards, and three-year technical roadmaps.
• Design architecture principles and technical standards for data management, model lifecycle management, MLOps, and AI operations.
• Create reference architectures, capability maps, data flow diagrams, security frameworks, technology recommendations, and architecture decision records.
• Facilitate architecture reviews and cross-functional engagement with cybersecurity, infrastructure, mission delivery, and field stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 15 years of enterprise architecture experience with significant AI/ML architecture experience, or an accepted equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Demonstrated expertise in enterprise-scale AI/ML architectures, platforms, and infrastructure.
• Deep knowledge of AI/ML technology stacks, including data pipelines, model training infrastructure, inference platforms, MLOps tooling, and AI operations.
• Experience developing enterprise architecture frameworks, reference architectures, governance frameworks, technical standards, and decision-making structures.
• Strong knowledge of federal cybersecurity requirements, cloud architecture patterns, and Zero Trust principles.
• Ability to maintain a Public Trust clearance.

Culture & Benefits

• Work supports national security outcomes and the AI transformation of the United States Secret Service.
• Collaborate across cybersecurity, infrastructure, mission delivery, and field stakeholder groups.
• Contribute to secure, scalable, sustainable, and compliant AI adoption in a federal environment.