# AI Architect (Technical Lead)

Expression is seeking an experienced AI Architect to serve as Technical Lead designing and technically integrating advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Large Language Model (LLM) capabilities supporting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). This role will support the development and integration of secure, mission-focused AI agents within the DHS AI environment. The selected candidate will lead the adaptation of multi-agent AI capabilities, including intelligent workflow orchestration, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), model evaluation, and governed enterprise data integration, to enhance investigative analysis, information retrieval, report generation, and human decision support. The ideal candidate is a hands-on AI architect and technical leader with extensive experience designing and delivering enterprise AI applications. You are equally comfortable defining system architecture, developing and reviewing production-quality software, integrating LLMs with enterprise data systems, and mentoring engineers through complex technical challenges. This position requires a strong understanding of modern AI engineering, distributed application architectures, secure API develop

- **Id**: 4047893
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/expression-networks-ai-architect-technical-lead>
- **Role**: AI/ML
- **Role family**: AI/ML
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 12
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-11T00:33:02Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-11
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T00:44:01Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 10384
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: 401k plan, Life insurance, Vision insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: National Security, C4ISR, Electronic Warfare, Defense AI

## Company

- **Id**: 24004
- **Name**: Expression Networks
- **Domain**: expr.ai
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/expr>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Breezy

## Technologies

- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **AutoGen** — Optional: no
- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **Azure** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Databricks** — Optional: no
- **Docker** — Optional: no
- **ElasticSearch** — Optional: no
- **Explainable AI** — Optional: no
- **Function Calling** — Optional: no
- **Hallucination** — Optional: no
- **Helm** — Optional: no
- **Human-in-the-Loop** — Optional: no
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: no
- **LangChain** — Optional: no
- **LangGraph** — Optional: no
- **LLM** — Optional: no
- **LLMOps** — Optional: no
- **Multi-Agent Systems** — Optional: no
- **Prompt Engineering** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **RAG** — Optional: no
- **Rest API** — Optional: no
- **Semantic Kernel** — Optional: no
- **Structured Outputs** — Optional: no
- **Terraform** — Optional: no
- **Agile** — Optional: yes
- **Asyncio** — Optional: yes
- **FastAPI** — Optional: yes
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: yes
- **Pydantic** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 12
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-11T00:44:01Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 46
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T02:32:55Z

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