Senior AI Solutions Architect – Hybrid - Linthicum, MD

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Senior AI Solutions Architect
- Hybrid
- Linthicum, MD

About us

Creative Information Technology Inc (CITI) is an esteemed IT enterprise renowned for its exceptional customer service and innovation. We serve both government and commercial sectors, offering a range of solutions such as Healthcare IT, Human Services, Identity Credentialing, Cloud Computing, and Big Data Analytics. With clients in the US and abroad, we hold key contract vehicles including GSA IT Schedule 70, NIH CIO-SP3, GSA Alliant, and DHS-Eagle II.

Join us in driving growth and seizing new business opportunities.

Role and Responsibilities

State of Maryland is looking for Senior AI Solutions Architect. Work schedule is Hybrid
- Linthicum, MD.

The Application Architect (Senior) manages major projects that involve providing professional support services and/or the integration, implementation, and transition of large, complex systems. This individual is responsible for performing the following tasks:

The Senior AI Solution Architect designs and deploys scalable AI/ML systems, bridging business needs with technical execution. Key responsibilities include creating data strategies, selecting AI frameworks (e.g., Tensor Flow, PyTorch), managing LLMs/pipelines, and providing technical leadership. This role requires 5+ years of experience in IT, machine learning, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), and a bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science or a quantitative field

Providing design and development of e-government solutions and taking responsibility for technical design and implementation of the architecture.

Designing, developing, and maintaining infrastructure and backend applications.

Providing expertise on defining the role of broadband and wireless applications.

Providing definition of current State architecture blueprints.

Providing expertise with web servers, gateways, application servers, and content management systems.

Providing experience in web application technologies and middleware solutions.

Researching new technologies and products for their applicability to business processes.

Comparing various solutions and determining the most suitable.

Ensuring that development efforts are well-planned and in compliance to standards.

This position requires a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related scientific or technical discipline. (

Note:

A Master's degree is preferred.)

The proposed candidate must have at least ten (10) years of experience planning, designing, building, and implementing IT application systems. This individual must have led or been chief architect in a major IT applications implementation effort. This individual must also have a strong background in software engineering principles and techniques.

Specialized

Experience:

The proposed candidate must have at least six (6) years of experience in designing medium to large-scale sites, and management of at least five Internet projects.

Provide guidance on modernization of legacy applications and refactoring into cloud-native and service-oriented architectures.

Maintain technical documentation, architecture decision records (ADRs), and architectural runbooks.

Mentor junior architects and senior developers on architectural thinking, scalability, and best practices.

Proficient in Python, Java, or C#; familiar with CI/CD for machine learning (MLOps).

Strong communication, presentation, and consulting skills for working with stakeholders and executives. Extensive IT

Experience:

Significant experience in software development, engineering, and IT, often moving up from roles like Data Scientist or Machine Learning Engineer.

AI/ML Expertise:
Proven experience in running and fine-tuning models (e.g., LLMs, LoRA, RLHF).

Cloud & Data:
Strong proficiency in cloud computing platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and data architecture.

Domain Expertise:
Often requires experience in specialized areas like healthcare, finance, or security-sensitive environments. At least ten (10) years of experience with architecting multi-tier web solutions.

Strong experience in developing and deploying solutions using Node.

JS on Linux based AWS EC2 Cloud Infrastructure and Docker container.

Experience with modern Dev Ops automation and modern…