AI Solutions Architect, Senior Manager

Opportunity

Design and implement effective AI solution architecture or strategy utilizing various AI technologies and methods to address clients’ business problems and needs, while aligning with the organization’s strategies and business goals, and key ethical considerations. Apply advanced theories, principles, and concepts, and contribute to the development of new principles and concepts. Lead the development of solutions to highly complex problems. Work with a wide latitude for unreviewed action or decision, and be responsible for the supervision and development of first-level supervisors or managers.

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AI Solutions Architect, Senior Manager

• 8+ years of experience designing and delivering AI/ML or data‑intensive systems
• 5+ years of experience in architecture or technical leadership roles
• Experience with cloud‑native architecture, including AWS such as Bedrock, Sage Maker, EKS, IAM or KMS, networking, and observability
• Experience briefing executive stakeholders and simplifying complex technical concepts
• Knowledge of modern AI and LLM technologies, including retrieval methods, model fine‑tuning approaches, quantization or distillation, RL/RLAIF concepts, evaluation techniques, and guardrail patterns
• Ability to lead engineering teams and dive into code or architectures when necessary
• Ability to design AI architectures that are secure, scalable, cost‑aware, and aligned to DoW operational constraints
• Ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance
• Bachelor’s degree

• Experience supporting DoW clients or other federal mission environments
• Experience with Lang Chain or Lang Graph, vector stores such as FAISS, Pinecone, and Weaviate, and high‑throughput serving, including vLLM and Ray Serve
• Experience with multi‑cloud, including AWS, Azure OpenAI, GCP Vertex AI, and Oracle
• Experience with enterprise data platforms such as Databricks or Salesforce
• Experience with public speaking, authorship of whitepapers, conference talks, or similar thought leadership
• Experience hiring for, building, or leading technical teams
• Knowledge of AI governance, model risk management, NIST frameworks, and DoW security policies
• Possession of excellent communication skills

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work‑life programs, and dependent care. Full‑time and part‑time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. The projected compensation range for this position is $ to $ annualized USD.

This posting will close within 90 days from the posting date.

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

AI is a part of our daily work, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. The use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in‑person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.

• Remote:
  May still be required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
• Hybrid:
  Expected to work from a Booz Allen facility frequently, and may also be required to work from or visit a customer facility.
• Onsite:
  Work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.