Data Architect (AI)

Location: 100% remote; U.S. Citizenship required, with the ability to obtain and maintain a federal government suitability clearance.

Company

hirify.global develops enterprise data and AI platforms supporting federal clients.

What you will do

• Design scalable enterprise data architectures, data lakes, warehouses, and AWS analytics platforms.
• Develop logical, physical, and dimensional data models and establish data governance, quality, security, and metadata standards.
• Build and optimize data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes, APIs, and serverless solutions using AWS, Python, and SQL.
• Design AI-enabled solutions including RAG, LLM integrations, AI agents, and MCP-based architectures.
• Develop AI evaluation frameworks covering model accuracy, retrieval quality, safety, and business impact.
• Translate stakeholder needs into scalable technical solutions and provide architectural leadership across Agile teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of experience in data architecture, data engineering, or enterprise data management.
• Expertise in data modeling, data integration, metadata management, governance, and AWS-based data platforms.
• Strong hands-on experience with Python, SQL, APIs, and serverless architectures.
• Experience implementing LLMs, RAG solutions, AI agents, MCP integrations, and AI evaluation methodologies.
• Knowledge of vector databases, embeddings, semantic search, and enterprise knowledge retrieval.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• U.S. Citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a federal suitability clearance are required.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting federal agencies.
• Experience with vector databases such as pgvector.
• AWS certification in Data Engineering, Solutions Architecture, Machine Learning, or Generative AI.
• Experience with Agile, DevSecOps, and CI/CD practices.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully remote work arrangement.
• Collaboration across Agile teams with architectural and technical oversight responsibilities.