{"id":3877306,"url":"https://alion.io/job/peraton-lead-ai-solution-architect","title":"Lead AI Solution Architect","company":{"id":722,"name":"Peraton","domain":"peraton.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/peraton","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"iCIMS","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":100,"open_postings":20,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0,"repost_share":0.05,"time_to_fill_p50_days":13,"computed_at":"2026-11-07T05:47:08Z"}},"role":"Solutions","role_family":"Solutions","seniority":"lead","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Chantilly, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":146000,"max":234000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":234000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":12,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"AI Agents","optional":false},{"name":"AutoGen","optional":false},{"name":"Fine-tuning","optional":false},{"name":"Human-in-the-Loop","optional":false},{"name":"Kubeflow","optional":false},{"name":"LangChain","optional":false},{"name":"LangGraph","optional":false},{"name":"LLM","optional":false},{"name":"LoRA","optional":false},{"name":"Machine Learning","optional":false},{"name":"MLFlow","optional":false},{"name":"NIST AI RMF","optional":false},{"name":"PEFT","optional":false},{"name":"QLoRA","optional":false},{"name":"RAG","optional":false},{"name":"TensorRT","optional":false},{"name":"Triton","optional":false},{"name":"vLLM","optional":false},{"name":"Airflow","optional":true},{"name":"Kubernetes","optional":true},{"name":"Milvus","optional":true},{"name":"ONNX","optional":true},{"name":"OpenShift","optional":true},{"name":"pgvector","optional":true},{"name":"PostgreSQL","optional":true},{"name":"Spark","optional":true},{"name":"Transformers","optional":true},{"name":"Weaviate","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-06T16:55:06Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-06","last_verified_at":"2026-11-07T23:00:36Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":1,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":1},"description":"Peraton Overview\nPeraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.\nResponsibilities\nAbout the Role\nPeraton is seeking an experienced AI Solution Architect to design and lead enterprise AI/ML architectures in a secure, mission-focused environment. This individual will translate emerging artificial intelligence capabilities and organizational requirements into scalable, production-ready solutions supporting large-scale mission applications.\nThe ideal candidate brings deep expertise across large language models (LLMs), generative AI, agentic AI, GPU infrastructure, and MLOps, with the ability to architect solutions from initial concept and prototyping through enterprise deployment and operational sustainment. This role will provide technical leadership across data science, platform engineering, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and mission teams to ensure AI/ML solutions meet performance, security, scalability, and operational requirements.\nKey Responsibilities\nAI/ML Architecture & Solution Design\nDesign enterprise AI/ML architectures encompassing model selection, inference infrastructure, training pipelines, MLOps, and mission application integration.\n\nArchitect and deploy LLM, generative AI, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and agentic AI solutions.\n\nLead AI/ML solutions through the full lifecycle, from prototyping and experimentation to production deployment at enterprise scale.\n\nDesign AI/ML architectures capable of operating in classified, disconnected, and air-gapped environments.\n\nEvaluate emerging AI technologies and translate new capabilities into practical, production-ready solutions.\n\nAI/ML Infrastructure & MLOps\nDesign scalable GPU infrastructure leveraging NVIDIA A100/H100 or comparable GPU platforms.\n\nArchitect model-serving and inference environments using technologies such as vLLM, TensorRT, and Triton.\n\nDesign and implement MLOps pipelines using MLflow, Kubeflow, or comparable platforms.\n\nSupport containerized AI/ML environments and integration with enterprise infrastructure and platforms.\n\nOptimize AI/ML architectures for performance, scalability, resource utilization, cost, and operational efficiency.\n\nAI Governance, Security & Responsible AI\nDevelop secure and responsible approaches to AI deployment, governance, evaluation, and lifecycle management.\n\nApply AI risk management and governance principles, including NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF).\n\nAddress security, authorization, and operational requirements associated with deploying AI/ML capabilities in classified environments.\n\nDevelop architectures and operational approaches supporting human-in-the-loop and human-on-the-loop AI capabilities.\n\nTechnology Strategy & Technical Leadership\nEvaluate commercial, government, and open-source AI/ML technologies to identify emerging capabilities and maintain an innovation roadmap.\n\nServe as a technical liaison across data science, platform engineering, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and mission teams.\n\nCommunicate complex AI/ML concepts, architecture decisions, and technical recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.\n\nProvide technical leadership and architectural guidance while balancing innovation, mission requirements, security, scalability, and production readiness.\n\nLocation: This position is fully onsite in Chantilly, VA.\nQualifications\nMinimum of 12 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 10 years with MS/MA\nBasic Qualifications\n12+ years of experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Engineering, or a related technical discipline. An additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.\n\n10+ years of relevant experience in AI/ML architecture, engineering, or technical leadership.\n\nDemonstrated experience designing and deploying production AI/ML architectures at enterprise scale.\n\nStrong experience with LLM architecture, transformer models, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and generative AI.\n\nExperience with model fine-tuning techniques, including LoRA, QLoRA, and/or Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning (PEFT).\n\nExperience designing and implementing GPU architectures leveraging NVIDIA A100/H100 or comparable platforms.\n\nExperience with model-serving and inference technologies, including vLLM, TensorRT, and/or Triton.\n\nExperience designing MLOps pipelines using MLflow, Kubeflow, or comparable platforms.\n\nExperience with agentic AI frameworks, such as LangChain, LangGraph, or AutoGen.\n\nDemonstrated experience designing or deploying AI/ML solutions within classified, disconnected, or air-gapped environments.\n\nAbility to address AI governance, security, risk management, and responsible AI requirements.\n\nActive TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.\n\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience deploying AI/ML workloads using Kubernetes and/or OpenShift.\n\nExperience with vector databases, including Milvus, Weaviate, or pgvector.\n\nExperience with data engineering technologies such as Apache Spark and/or Airflow.\n\nExperience with model evaluation frameworks, including HELM or lm-eval.\n\nExperience applying the NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF).\n\nExperience with ONNX optimization for edge or distributed computing environments.\n\nExperience with GPU capacity planning, resource optimization, and cost modeling.\n\nExperience working with large-scale datasets, including video data.\n\nExperience operating AI/ML solutions across multiple security domains or classification environments.\n\nTarget Salary Range\n$146,000 - $234,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.Benefits Statement\nPeraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.\nApplication Statements\nThe application period for the job is estimated to be 30 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in the role and the Company. During the review of your application, you may be required to participate in an on-camera interview, as well as participate in a process to verify your identity. Use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools of any kind during Peraton interviews is strictly prohibited unless the candidate has obtained prior written authorization. All interview responses must be the candidate’s own.EEO\nEEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.","description_format":"text","description_chars":7934,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":12,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":true,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Parental leave"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["National Security","Information Security","Homeland Security","Systems Integrators"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-06T16:55:06Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"adverts_offering_sponsorship_24m":0,"sanctioned_now":false,"evidence":"green card filings: 4","filings_12m":0,"filings_prev_12m":0,"green_card_filings_12m":4,"median_offered_wage_usd":167500,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-11-07T07:57:00+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: PERM disclosure data (green cards)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":13,"reasons":["conf:3","velocity","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-07T05:47:08Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":234000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/peraton-lead-ai-solution-architect","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/peraton-lead-ai-solution-architect.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-08T00:06:39Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":252,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-09T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":722},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=722"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fperaton-lead-ai-solution-architect"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fperaton-lead-ai-solution-architect"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fperaton-lead-ai-solution-architect"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/peraton-lead-ai-solution-architect\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fperaton-lead-ai-solution-architect"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3877306}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"peraton.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3877306},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}