AI Solutions Architect

Position Summary

Johnson Technology Systems Inc. (JTSi) is building the next generation of AI-native infrastructure for U.S. federal contracting. We are looking for an AI Solutions Architect to own the design, development, and delivery of intelligent platforms across our proposal automation, talent acquisition, and CRM integration workstreams. This role sits at the center of JTSi's AI Initiatives R&D function. You will architect multi-LLM pipelines, design retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems over federal contracting corpora, and integrate AI capabilities directly into OfficeGaps—JTSi's proprietary SaaS CRM.

KEY PROJECTS YOU WILL OWN

• JTSi Vertex — Federal Proposal Management Platform
• Formant AI — Document & Resume Intelligence Platform

What we Offer

• Direct ownership of production AI systems
• Clearance sponsorship pathway for eligible candidates
• Path to technical leadership in a growing AI practice
• Collaborative R&D environment with real deployment stakes
• Federal contracting domain exposure across civilian and defense
• Access to frontier LLM tooling (Claude, GPT, Gemini, CoPilot)
• Competitive compensation and growth trajectory
• Tight-knit team with high autonomy and direct leadership access

Key Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end AI system architecture for federal contracting use cases: proposal automation, document intelligence, and talent acquisition
• Build, maintain, and scale RAG pipelines over structured and unstructured federal corpora (RFPs, CPARS, FAR clauses, past proposals)
• Orchestrate multi-LLM workflows (Claude, GPT) across document analysis, compliance review, and content generation tasks
• Develop and maintain FastAPI services integrating AI platform capabilities into OfficeGaps and other enterprise systems
• Lead the Agentic AI Initiative—identify, scope, and deliver AI enhancements to the Contacts and Procurement tabs within OfficeGaps
• Maintain vector stores (Chroma, Pinecone) and embedding pipelines ensuring retrieval quality and latency targets are met
• Collaborate with proposal, recruiting, and business development teams to translate operational workflows into AI product specifications
• Own technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and stakeholder-facing demonstrations of platform capabilities
• Lead a four-person AI Initiatives R&D team—conduct weekly standups, manage sprint planning, and drive delivery accountability

Required Qualifications

• Python (FastAPI, Streamlit)
• Prompt engineering and structured output design
• LLM orchestration: Claude, GPT APIs
• Federal contracting domain knowledge
• RAG pipeline design and implementation
• SAM.gov and GovWin workflow familiarity
• Vector search: Chroma, Pinecone
• Document parsing and chunking pipelines
• REST API design and SaaS integration
• GitHub, VS Code, Claude Code
• SQL and data engineering fundamentals

Preferred Qualifications

• FAR compliance review experience
• SAP Technology Consultant certification
• IBM Generative AI Engineer certification
• Agentic AI / multi-agent framework design
• Power BI, Tableau, or dashboard tooling
• Experience in defense or civilian federal contracting