AWS Practice Architect AI/ML (Fulltime Remote)

TEKsystems • Dallas, TX

7d • $136,000 - $204,000 • Remote

About The Position

The Practice Architect, AI/ML is a leadership role responsible for managing multiple consulting and delivery projects or programs and providing consulting and delivery assurance for clients. The role spans resource management, deliverable development, project planning and execution, adherence to contract attributes and costing, customer interaction, and other aspects of solution-based managed services. Engagements are typically remote for North American customers, with occasional work at customer locations, and may involve complex, deliverable-based, fully outsourced, or large-scale programs. The role may require up to 25% travel.

The ideal candidate brings expertise in AWS cloud services, microservices and serverless architectures, AI/ML solutions, cloud-native development, CI/CD, DevOps, presales, delivery, and operational excellence. The Practice Architect provides advanced support for strategic client initiatives, helps develop cloud offerings with partners, and delivers solutions aligned with TGS Enterprise Modernization objectives.

The role supports AWS and DevOps engagements across engagement support and delivery, practice development, human resources activities, and presales. It partners with delivery teams to transition and initiate engagements, establish operating models and metrics, ensure delivery follows portfolio guidelines and engagement methodology, and identify service improvements. It also contributes to service offerings, procedures, practice artifacts, intellectual property, project delivery methods, and presales solution development.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or another engineering or technical discipline.
• At least 5 years of experience in information technology and/or professional services, with emphasis on subject matter expertise.
• At least 3 years of experience as a Cloud Architect or in an equivalent role.
• At least 3 years of AWS services experience.
• At least 1 year of cloud migration experience.
• At least 1 year of microservices and serverless experience.
• Professional-level AWS Cloud certification is mandatory.
• Hands-on knowledge of AWS services including ECS, EKS, Lambda, EventBridge, S3, DynamoDB, Systems Manager, API Gateway, ACM, Route 53, and CloudWatch.
• Experience with AWS AI/ML services such as Bedrock, Amazon Q/QuickSuite, and AgentCore.
• Experience strategizing and designing migrations of legacy enterprise applications, including lift-and-shift and code-refactoring approaches.
• Experience with source-code and software-collaboration technologies such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, or Artifactory.
• Experience configuring and managing CI/CD pipelines such as GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, or CodePipeline.
• Strong infrastructure-as-code experience, preferably with Terraform.
• Strong hands-on scripting skills, such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Some knowledge of an application programming language such as C#, Java, or JavaScript (Node).
• Knowledge of IP networking, VPNs, DNS, load balancing, and firewalling.
• Strong practical Linux and Windows systems-administration skills in a cloud or virtualized environment.
• Ability to travel to client locations to deliver professional services as needed.
• Ability to work remotely with team members across time zones and regions.
• Ability to present designs to varied technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to identify and address design or architecture issues and work with uncertainty.
• Sharp analytical abilities and proven design skills.
• Strong ownership, urgency, and drive.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, including communicating technical requirements and solutions to internal and external audiences.
• Develop innovative solutions to complex business and technology problems and demonstrate a track record of delivering projects of demonstrable complexity and scale.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Computer Science or another engineering or technical discipline.
• 6 or more years of experience in information technology and/or professional services, with emphasis on subject matter expertise.
• 4 or more years of Cloud Architecture experience.
• 4 or more years of AWS experience.
• 2 or more years of cloud migration experience.
• 2 or more years of microservices and serverless experience.
• Experience with enterprise AWS services such as Organizations, Control Tower, Transit Gateways, and Direct Connect.
• Prior success automating production environments using Chef, Puppet, Salt, Ansible, Helm, or cloud-native equivalents.
• Ability to lead adoption and mentor team members on modern DevOps and architectural concepts.
• Proficiency in designing and building highly available, resilient, large-scale distributed systems.
• Demonstrated leadership in engineering, including driving operational excellence and best practices.
• Ability to achieve stretch goals in a highly innovative and fast-paced environment.
• Strong knowledge of container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes, and cloud-native frameworks.
• One or two associate-level AWS Cloud certifications.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership, expertise, and support for DevOps and AWS Cloud engagements across internal and external functions.
• Support newly won deals through transition and delivery, partnering with the Delivery organization to ensure projects follow Enterprise Modernization portfolio guidelines.
• Drive engagement transition, establish the engagement operating model, help define metrics, and support delivery against the statement of work.
• Identify service improvement opportunities through problem management, service optimization, and automation.
• Partner with Delivery to ensure project initiation and transition are executed according to portfolio guidelines and that Delivery or Service Managers have the knowledge needed to deliver effectively.
• Facilitate internal communication and assemble solution delivery teams for new engagements.
• Provide solution consulting and advice during initiation and transition phases.
• Attend project kick-off meetings, status reviews, and other delivery meetings as requested.
• Ensure engagement methodology is followed from opportunity assessment through project closeout.
• Develop collaborative relationships with Delivery teams and help define team performance metrics aligned with customer KPIs and OKRs.
• Work with Solution Architects and Solution Executives to develop scope, estimates, implementation plans, and project risk assessments during sales cycles.
• Understand client business and technical requirements as needed and communicate them internally to help ensure solutions meet client needs.
• Support risk-premium calculations, estimate preparation and review, and project pricing as needed.
• Provide input into the design, development, and improvement of service offerings and internal DevOps and Cloud accelerator programs.
• Implement service-offering changes in processes and procedures.
• Maintain and organize Enterprise Modernization portfolio intellectual property and practice artifacts documenting methods, processes, and delivery tools.
• Work with Managers and the Director to improve project delivery processes, methodology, and back-office procedures.
• Research new offerings, analyze competing offerings, and stay current on application-management developments and accepted service-transition and management practices.
• Assist with interviewing, hiring, and onboarding project team members during initial engagement phases.
• Implement central architecture standards and use tools such as JIRA and Confluence to raise and track architecture tasks, dependencies, and risks across 2–3 assigned in-flight projects.
• Present designs to technical and non-technical stakeholders, identify architecture issues, and lead discussions that challenge decisions when standards or best practices are not met.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Critical illness, accident, and hospital coverage
• 401(k) retirement plan with pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions
• Life insurance, including voluntary Life and AD&D coverage for employees and dependents
• Short- and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time off and leave, including PTO, vacation, or sick leave
• Potential additional earnings through incentive programs such as annual bonuses and profit sharing

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior