Principal AI Architect

Sierra Nevada Corporation • Englewood, CO

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Principal AI Architect, you will support the AI architecture strategy and its implementation across the organization, focusing on the most critical and complex AI initiatives. You will ensure AI solutions adhere to enterprise architecture standards and business goals, collaborating with senior leadership, architects, SMEs, and the Enterprise PMO to drive governance and alignment. Your role will involve developing advanced AI models, strategic blueprints, and roadmaps, staying ahead of leading industry trends to create a robust and efficient AI environment. As SNC's corporate team, we provide the company and its business areas with strategic direction and business support spanning executive management, finance and accounting, operations, human resources, legal, IT, information security, facilities, marketing, and communications.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, or related field. Relevant experience can be considered as a substitute for the required educational qualifications. In the absence of a degree, a minimum of 11 years of related experience is required.
• 5+ Years of Experience in AI Architecture.
• Ability to break down AI architecture into product backlog and select features for an MVP sprint
• Experience selecting technologies focusing on cost, schedule, technical capabilities, and ROI.
• Higher level relevant degree may substitute for experience.
• Expert proficiency in Agile management.
• Extensive experience with enterprise architecture, capability planning, and alignment of IT to corporate and BU strategy.
• Strong experience with drafting reference architecture.
• Experience designing, developing, and integrating applications.
• Vendor management experience.
• Strong strategic thinking, analytical, and leadership skills.
• Excellent communication and executive-level presentation skills.
• This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret U.S. Security Clearance. U.S. Citizenship status is required as this position needs an active U.S. Security Clearance for employment. Non-U.S. Citizens may not be eligible to obtain a security clearance. The Department of Defense Consolidated Adjudications Facility (DoD CAF), a federal government agency, handles the adjudicative aspects of the security clearance eligibility process for industry applicants. Adjudicative factors which affect the outcome of the eligibility determination include, but are not limited to, allegiance to the U.S., foreign influence, foreign preference, criminal conduct, security violations and illegal drug use.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Understand the context of the supported product or product portfolio within the organization and its competitive landscape.
• Collaborate with group and business architects to document the business architecture.
• Work with product stakeholders to create a product strategy, identify investments, and develop roadmaps that align with business goals and minimum viable architecture (MVA).
• Define and maintain the high-level target product and portfolio architecture.
• Support technology innovation by identifying opportunities for proof-of-concept work.
• Provide guidance on critical AI architecture decisions based on enterprise reference architecture.
• Collaborate with domain architects for deeper domain knowledge.
• Coach and mentor product team members on product architecture frameworks
• Stay updated with current enterprise guidance and maintain knowledge of the enterprise application and technology portfolio.
• Collaborate with other architect roles supporting product management.
• Identify needed capabilities and features to enable product development.
• Coordinate the implementation of product-specific enablers with product owners and managers.
• Prioritize development of needed enterprise enablers with enterprise architects and portfolio managers.
• Work with major vendors such as Workday and Dassault, focusing on AI roadmaps.
• Assist with the evaluation of emerging technologies.
• Serve as a member of the architecture community of practice.
• Contribute to principles, guidelines, standards, and solution patterns to the MVA based on feedback from product development.
• Escalate non-compliant product architecture decisions.
• Mentor and guide junior and mid-level architects, providing strategic leadership.

Benefits

• SNC offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 401(k) with 150% match up to 6%, life insurance, 3 weeks paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees