Enterprise Architect

Enterprise Architect – Contract

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Akkodis seeks an Enterprise Architect for a contract role with a client in McLean, VA. Candidates must have deep expertise in large language models, vector databases, and cloud deployments, with strong proficiency in Python for developing and integrating AI solutions.

Rate Range: $75 to $80 per hour. The rate may be negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors.

• Define and own the enterprise AI architecture and standards, setting the technical vision for large-scale AI programs across cloud environments.
• Design and govern AI solutions leveraging large language models (LLMs), vector databases, and RAG/agent-based approaches, ensuring scalability, security, and performance.
• Lead Responsible AI strategy and execution, establishing guidelines for fairness, transparency, compliance, and model governance.
• Drive end-to-end solution delivery—from requirements and design to cloud-native development, deployment, and integration—primarily using Python (and C where applicable).
• Enable and mentor engineering teams in prompt engineering (zero/one/few-shot, chain-of-thought), Lang Chain- or framework-based pipelines, and multi-cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) AI services.
• Establish integration patterns and UI frameworks for AI applications, optimizing data pipelines, embeddings, and inference while enforcing architecture best practices.

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, or a related field.
• Minimum 10+ years in software architecture and development, with at least 5+ years focused on AI/ML solutions and enterprise architecture.
• Proven expertise in large language models (LLMs), AI frameworks, and vector databases, with hands-on experience in cloud deployments (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Strong proficiency in Python and experience in developing AI applications, including prompt engineering, RAG, and multi-cloud integration strategies.

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Pay Details: $75.00 to $80.00 per hour.

Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled. Military connected talent encouraged to apply.

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