AI & Data Solutions Architect
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)" class="highlight"><span style="color:rgb(23, 27, 39)" class="colour"><span style="font-family:PuviRegular, sans-serif" class="font"><span style="font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; orphans:2; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; widows:2; word-spacing:0px; white-space:normal; margin-top:0px" class="size"><span lang="EN-US">OTSI (Object Technology Solutions, Inc) has an immediate opening for an </span></span></span></span></span><b>AI & Data Solutions Architect</b><br></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-style:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; orphans:2; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; widows:2; word-spacing:0px; white-space:normal; margin-top:0px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)" class="highlight"><span style="color:rgb(23, 27, 39)" class="colour"><span style="font-family:PuviRegular, sans-serif" class="font"><span style="font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; orphans:2; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; widows:2; word-spacing:0px; white-space:normal; margin-top:0px" class="size"><br></span></span></span></span>Location: Seattle (Remote, some travel required) </p><p style="margin-top:0px">We are seeking a highly technical, client-facing AI & Data Solutions Architect to lead enterprise engagements, drive presales strategy, and facilitate architecture design sessions. You will serve as a trusted advisor to our clients, architecture complex data modernization and AI adoption strategies. While this role heavily emphasizes client interaction, executive presentation, and architectural design, it requires a strong technical practitioner who is fully capable of engaging in hands-on development and technical problem-solving to support global delivery teams and ensure project success.<br></p><p style="margin-top:0px"><b>Key Responsibilities</b><br></p><ul style="margin-top:0in"><li style=""><b><span style="">Strategic Presales & Solution Architecture:</span></b><span style=""> Act as the lead technical strategist during sales cycles. Partner with Sales to shape deal strategy, facilitate architecture design sessions with C-suite stakeholders, define solution scope, and build compelling business and technical narratives.</span><br></li><li style=""><b><span style="">End-to-End Architecture Design:</span></b><span style=""> Architect scalable, cloud-native software solutions and modern data platforms (e.g. Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, Snowflake) aligned with enterprise analytics and AI initiatives.</span><br></li><li style=""><b><span style="">Delivery Oversight & Hands-On Execution:</span></b><span style=""> Provide technical leadership to global development and data engineering teams. Serve as the definitive technical escalation point who can configure systems, develop scripts, or build proofs-of-concept to ensure the delivery of critical project milestones.</span><br></li><li style=""><b><span style="">Advanced AI Strategy:</span></b><span style=""> Design robust AI/ML solutions that advance beyond foundational LLM integrations. Guide clients in implementing Agentic AI workflows, autonomous orchestration, and secure enterprise integrations utilizing frameworks such as the Model Context Protocol (MCP).</span><br></li><li style=""><b><span style="">Governance & Optimization:</span></b><span style=""> Ensure architectural consistency, quality, and strict adherence to enterprise AI governance and security frameworks throughout the SDLC. Optimize cloud architectures across Azure, AWS, and GCP to balance innovation, performance, and cost efficiency.</span><br></li><li style=""><b><span style="">Research & Development:</span></b><span style=""> Stay up to date with AI/ML technologies, advancements, and trends. Provide insights to guide internal R&D efforts on company products, tools, and accelerators outside of client engagements.</span><br></li></ul><p style="margin-top:0px"><b>Required Skills: Consulting, Presales & Leadership</b><br></p><ul style="margin-top:0in"><li style=""><b><span style="">Client Engagement:</span></b><span style=""> 8+ years in client-facing presales, consulting, or solution architecture roles. Proven ability to facilitate executive discussions, translate complex technical concepts into clear business value, and drive consensus among enterprise stakeholders.</span><br></li><li style=""><b><span style="">Executive Presentation:</span></b><span style=""> Exceptional white boarding and communication skills. Demonstrated capability to dynamically design and articulate modern data architectures for both engineering leadership and business executives.</span><br></li><li style=""><b><span style="">Global Collaboration:</span></b><span style=""> Experience mentoring development teams and partnering seamlessly across a global delivery model to ensure the successful hand off, translation, and execution of defined architectures.</span><br></li></ul><p style="margin-top:0px"><b>Required Skills: Core Technical Expertise</b><br></p><ul style="margin-top:0in"><li style=""><b><span style="">Cloud & Data Platforms:</span></b><span style=""> 7+ years designing cloud-native architectures (Azure, AWS, or GCP). Deep architectural knowledge of modern data platforms (preferably Databricks or Microsoft Fabric) and distributed compute frameworks (Apache Spark).</span><br></li><li style=""><b><span style="">Applied AI & Machine Learning:</span></b><span style=""> Strong architectural experience designing AI/ML solutions, vector databases, and RAG architectures. Expertise in developing Agentic AI systems and workflow automation utilizing frameworks such as LangChain and the Model Context Protocol (MCP).</span><br></li><li style=""><b><span style="">Practitioner Capability:</span></b><span style=""> Retained hands-on engineering proficiency with a strong command of <b>Python and SQL</b>, alongside experience in highly scalable backend languages like <b>Java or Go</b>. Fully capable of executing detailed technical work and navigating the modern SDLC.</span><br></li><li style=""><b><span style="">AI Productivity & Infrastructure:</span></b><span style=""> Active utilization of AI productivity tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude) to accelerate development. Solid understanding of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and CI/CD pipelines to ensure the reliable, scalable deployment of AI models into production environments.</span><br></li><li style=""><b><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif" class="font"><span style="font-size:12pt" class="size">Enterprise Integration:</span></span></b><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif" class="font"><span style="font-size:12pt" class="size"> Expertise in designing robust data pipelines, semantic models, and API integrations that seamlessly connect AI capabilities within complex, legacy enterprise environments (e.g., SAP, Oracle).<br style=""> </span></span></li></ul><div><br></div><br>