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AI Architect

Job in Fairfax, Fairfax County, Virginia, 22031, USA
Listing for: campus4tech
Contract position
Listed on 2026-06-02
Job specializations:
  • IT/Tech
    AI Engineer, Cloud Computing
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Requirements (Please Read)
  • Local and comfortable with the on-site requirements.
  • Candidates must have experience in government/sector and candidates who have current or recent Public Trust are ideal.
  • Candidates must work W-2 only
  • Candidate must obtain and maintain Public Trust Suitability Clearance from DHS.
Please read the Job Description Carefully

Local Candidates are required

Job Title: AI Architect

Contract Duration: 6 Month Contract to Hire

Location: Fairfax, VA (4-5 days' on-site, 3 days' on-site at minimum)

Client wants a hands-on AI architect who can set AI strategy, design secure cloud-based AI systems, lead teams, and navigate federal compliance-someone who can operate at both technical depth and program leadership level.

Senior Architecture and Hands-On AI Leader
  • Experience specifically in AI/ML architecture and engineering
  • Has designed end-to-end AI solutions, not just models
  • Can define AI strategy, reference architectures, and roadmaps, then guide teams to implement them
  • Still hands-on enough to prototype in Python, evaluate models, and guide engineering decisions

    Federal / Government-Focused Technologist
  • Direct experience delivering AI or advanced analytics solutions to U.S. federal agencies
  • Comfortable operating under FISMA, NIST RMF, FIPS, Gov Cloud security constraints
  • Understands policy, compliance, and ethical AI considerations in government environments
  • Ideally has worked on large ($50M+) federal programs

    Cloud-Centric AI Architect (AWS First)
  • Strong AWS architecture background, ideally AWS Gov Cloud
  • Experience with:
    • Sage Maker, Glue, Databricks, Elastic, S3, EC2, IAM
    • Hybrid or self-hosted AI platforms
  • Can balance performance, scalability, cost, and security in cloud AI designs

    AI Generalist (Not Niche)

    They want breadth more than deep specialization in one area:
  • Machine Learning & Deep Learning
  • NLP & Generative AI
  • Some exposure to Computer Vision
  • Data engineering fundamentals (Pandas, Num Py, pipelines, APIs)
  • This is not a pure GenAI prompt engineer or research scientist.

    Program-Level Leader & Communicator
  • Acts as AI SME for the entire program
  • Can:
    • Define AI governance and usage policies
    • Educate non-AI engineers and stakeholders
    • Mentor junior AI/ML engineers
  • Strong written and verbal skills for architecture documents, briefings, and leadership reviews

    Security-Aware AI Architect
  • Experience embedding security-by-design into AI solutions
  • Familiar with:
    • Dev Sec Ops  pipelines
    • Secure model deployment
    • Data governance and access controls
  • Bonus if familiar with DHS CDM, cyber mission space, or security analytics
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