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Sr. AI Architect

Ampcus Inc.


Job Location:

Chantilly, VA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 1 October 2026 (3 days ago)
Application Deadline: 29 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Ampcus Inc. is a certified global provider of a broad range of Technology and Business consulting services. We are in search of a highly motivated candidate to join our talented Team.

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior AI Architect to lead the design development and deployment of next-generation Generative AI and Agentic AI solutions. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines AI coding assistants such as Claude Code OpenAI Codex and Cline and experience building autonomous AI agents capable of reasoning planning and executing complex business workflows. This role requires a hands-on technical leader who can define AI strategy architect enterprise-grade AI platforms guide engineering teams and drive innovation across GenAI LLMOps and intelligent agent ecosystems.

Key Responsibilities
AI & GenAI Architecture
  • Design and implement enterprise-scale Generative AI solutions using Large Language Models (LLMs).
  • Architect advanced RAG-based systems incorporating vector databases semantic search enterprise knowledge repositories and hybrid retrieval models.
  • Define scalable AI architectures covering data ingestion embeddings retrieval orchestration guardrails observability and evaluation frameworks.
  • Establish AI governance security compliance and responsible AI practices.
Agentic AI & Autonomous Systems
  • Design and develop multi-agent and Agentic AI solutions capable of planning reasoning tool usage memory management and workflow orchestration.
  • Build autonomous agents using frameworks such as:
    • LangGraph
    • CrewAI
    • AutoGen
    • Semantic Kernel
    • OpenAI Agents SDK
    • LangChain
  • Implement agent collaboration human-in-the-loop workflows and agent monitoring mechanisms.
RAG Engineering
  • Architect and optimize:
    • Knowledge ingestion pipelines
    • Document chunking strategies
    • Embedding architectures
    • Query optimization
    • Re-ranking models
    • Hybrid search implementations
  • Work with vector databases such as:
    • Pinecone
    • Weaviate
    • Qdrant
    • Chroma
    • Azure AI Search
    • Elasticsearch/OpenSearch
AI Coding Platforms & Developer Productivity
  • Lead adoption and integration of AI-assisted development tools including:
    • Claude Code
    • OpenAI Codex
    • Cline
    • GitHub Copilot
    • Cursor
  • Define standards and best practices for AI-driven software engineering and code generation workflows.
  • Architect AI-powered SDLC automation capabilities.
LLMOps & Platform Engineering
  • Build robust CI/CD pipelines for AI applications.
  • Implement:
    • Model evaluation frameworks
    • Prompt management
    • Experiment tracking
    • Cost optimization
    • AI observability
    • Production monitoring
  • Establish enterprise LLMOps standards and governance models.
Technical Leadership
  • Mentor architects engineers and AI specialists.
  • Define technology roadmaps and AI strategy aligned with business objectives.
  • Engage with stakeholders product teams and executive leadership to translate business challenges into AI solutions.
  • Evaluate emerging AI technologies and recommend adoption strategies.
Required Qualifications
Education
  • Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Artificial Intelligence Data Science Engineering or a related field.
Experience
  • 12 years of overall software engineering experience.
  • 5 years in AI/ML solution architecture.
  • 2 years building production-grade Generative AI applications.
  • Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale AI platforms.
Technical Skills
Generative AI & LLMs
  • GPT-4/5
  • Claude
  • Gemini
  • Llama
  • Mistral
  • DeepSeek
  • Open-source LLM ecosystems
RAG Technologies
  • LangChain
  • LlamaIndex
  • Vector databases
  • Embeddings
  • Semantic Search
  • Knowledge Graphs
  • Hybrid Retrieval
Agentic AI
  • LangGraph
  • CrewAI
  • AutoGen
  • Semantic Kernel
  • MCP (Model Context Protocol)
  • Tool Calling
  • Function Calling
  • Agent Memory Architectures
Programming Languages
  • Python (Expert)
  • JavaScript / TypeScript
  • C#
  • Java (Preferred)
Cloud Platforms
  • Microsoft Azure (Preferred)
  • Azure AI Foundry
  • Azure OpenAI
  • AWS Bedrock
  • Google Vertex AI
DevOps & MLOps
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • GitHub Actions
  • Jenkins
  • Terraform
  • MLflow
  • Weights & Biases
Databases
  • PostgreSQL
  • MongoDB
  • Cosmos DB
  • Redis
  • Neo4j
  • Vector Databases
Preferred Certifications
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate
  • Azure Solutions Architect Expert
  • AWS Machine Learning Specialty
  • Google Professional Machine Learning Engineer
  • Databricks Generative AI Certification
Ampcus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age protected veterans or individuals with disabilities.

Required Experience:

Senior IC