IT Solutions Architect

Description

Are you curious about new technologies?

Are you an independent self-starter who thrives in a collaborative research and development (R&D) environment, working alongside an energetic, multi-domain team of hardworking scientists and engineers?

Do you seek to explore exciting emerging technologies and develop them into groundbreaking and impactful applications?

If so, we're looking for someone like you to join our team at APL!

We are seeking a forward-thinking innovative architect to help us, design, develop, build, and deploy impactful new capabilities for the vital mission of the classified work of the Air and Missile Defense Sector (AMDS). As a member of our team, you will join a group inventing new ways of accomplishing our goals and rapidly building new abilities for our enterprise. We are committed to innovation, and we strive to foster an environment of open exploration and scalable development for delivery.

An IT Solutions Architect in our group is an instrumental technical leader who advances research within a defined specialty with a willingness to work closely with peers, program managers, and leadership. People in this role help define and refine research directions, engage directly with sponsors, and make substantive contributions to proposal strategy, development, and execution. They are expected to apply seasoned technical judgment to ambiguous or novel challenges and develop ideas into executable, mission aligned, and sponsor funded efforts.

As a Solutions Architect...

• You will be responsible for generating and analyzing data and metrics for data driven decision making.
• Build tools to automate IT systems for efficiency and expedite business processes.

You meet our minimum qualifications for the job if you...

• Possess a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Physics, Data Science, Quantum Theory, or related field.
• Have 5+ years of experience in one or more of the following fields:
  Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, data science, code development, systems architecting, or backend development.
• Have a solid understanding of software development best practices, i.e. working with Kanban boards and using version control software like Git.
• Developed, implemented, and lead independent research initiatives from initial concept through implementation, including successful proposal development.
• Are comfortable specifying and configuring hardware, and installing/configuring operating system level dependencies.
• Are proficient in Python or other programming languages, with the ability to translate concepts into well‑documented, well‑structured efficient code.
• Exhibit strong written and oral communication skills.
• Are able to obtain an Interim Secret level security clearance by your start date and can ultimately acquire a final Secret level clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a government security clearance investigation and must meet the requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship.

You’ll go above and beyond our minimum requirements if you...

• Have a Master or PhD degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or fields related to Quantum Computing, AI and algorithm development.
• Are extremely competent in a wide variety of programming languages, including C++, Python, and Java, on both Linux and Windows platforms, with experience bringing concepts from conceptualization to prototype.
• Have extensive experience in developing and deploying Software Defined Infrastructure in particular on the Open Shift or Kubernetes platform.
• Have experience developing AI/ML prototypes in code, using one or more of scikit‑learn, Tensorflow, PyTorch, or similar machine learning frameworks.
• Have worked extensively…