Data & AI Architect

Zantech•Washington, DC

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Are you looking for your next challenge? Are you ready to work with a performance-based small company? At Zantech, we are a dynamic Woman Owned Small Business focused on providing complex, mission-focused solutions with a proven track record of outstanding customer performance and high employee satisfaction. We would love to talk with you regarding the next step in your career. Come join our team! Zantech is looking for a talented Data & AI Architect to contribute to the success of our upcoming Enterprise Business Transformation project in a Hybrid role based out of the Washington DC Metro area. The Data & AI Architect play a crucial role in: HHS Grants Data Model & AI Inference Architecture (PRIMARY) OneGrants Cloud Support Current State Assessment (data perspective) Summary: The Data & AI Architect will play a crucial role in providing support for OneGrants Cloud (early development phase). Designs AI-powered cloud data lake architecture, HHS grants data model, semantic layer, AI inference architecture for predictive/generative AI. Develops proof-of-concepts for AI-enabled business process automation using 20 years of grants data. Ensures alignment with Federal Data & AI Strategy, trustworthy AI principles, FedRAMP, FISMA Moderate requirements.

Requirements

8+ years data architecture
5+ years AI/ML architecture
3+ years cloud data platforms (AWS data services)
Data lake/lakehouse architecture - S3, Glue, Athena, Lake Formation
AI/ML architecture - SageMaker, inference endpoints, LLMs
Data modeling - dimensional, semantic layers, ontologies
Data governance, quality, lineage
AI ethics and responsible AI frameworks
US Citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain an active Secret trust or higher clearance, per contract requirements.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or Statistics
Master's degree or PhD in specialized domain
AWS ML Specialty or Data Analytics Specialty preferred)

Responsibilities

HHS Grants Data Model & AI Inference Architecture
OneGrants Cloud Support
Current State Assessment (data perspective)
Designs AI-powered cloud data lake architecture
Develops proof-of-concepts for AI-enabled business process automation
Ensures alignment with Federal Data & AI Strategy, trustworthy AI principles, FedRAMP, FISMA Moderate requirements