AI Solution Architect (FEMA ITSA)

Location: United States; primarily from company facilities or remotely, with periodic travel to government facilities in the Washington, DC metropolitan area and northern Virginia

Salary: $130,000–$180,000 per year

Company

hirify.global provides technology and modernization services for federal government organizations.

What you will do

• Evaluate federal enterprise IT systems and application portfolios for AI, machine learning, robotic process automation, and advanced analytics readiness.
• Identify and prioritize responsible AI and automation use cases that improve service delivery, reduce manual processing, and support fraud prevention.
• Assess data quality, completeness, lineage, accessibility, labeling, standards, and governance for analytics and AI.
• Define AI governance, oversight, and risk considerations covering transparency, bias, privacy, security, and human oversight.
• Analyze APIs, data exchanges, upstream and downstream dependencies, and data mesh integration patterns.
• Contribute AI and automation recommendations to modernization roadmaps and follow-on implementation work.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, data science, engineering, mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 15 or more years of progressive IT experience, including substantial experience architecting data, analytics, machine learning, or AI solutions.
• Experience assessing enterprise data readiness and designing data platforms for analytics and AI.
• Hands-on familiarity with Azure AI, Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, SageMaker, Google Vertex AI, and intelligent automation tools.
• Knowledge of responsible AI and AI risk management frameworks, including the NIST AI Risk Management Framework.
• Must be a U.S. citizen and able to obtain and maintain a favorably adjudicated Public Trust suitability determination.

Nice to have

• Experience with federal AI policy and governance, OMB AI guidance, AI use case inventories, or agency AI governance boards.
• Experience applying AI and analytics to fraud detection, case processing, grants processing, or other mission operations.
• Relevant Azure, AWS, Google, or CDMP certifications.
• Experience supporting DHS or other federal civilian agencies.

Culture & Benefits

• Work is performed primarily from company facilities or remotely.
• Periodic travel to government facilities in the Washington, DC metropolitan area and northern Virginia is required.
• Required federal security, privacy, and insider threat awareness training must be completed and recertified annually.