Overview
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Position will lead the design, development, and implementation of a modern application infrastructure utilizing Vector Databases, Retrieval-Augmented Generation(RAG), and other Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies. This initiative is crucial for significantly enhancing internal users' ability to find applicable documents, content, and information required to be knowledgeable about Department policies and initiatives.
The Senior Architect contractor is required due to the specialized nature of implementing AI/ML infrastructure, particularly Vector Databases and RAG systems, and the need for immediate, focused expertise that is not currently available internally.
As outlined in the standard description, the Senior Architect will:
Key Activities: Relevance to AI Implementation
Design & Development: Define the end-to-end technical architecture for the new AI-powered search system, including selection and integration of the Vector Database, RAG framework, and associated AI models.
Implementation: Oversee and execute the deployment of the new application infrastructure, ensuring it meets highly-available and highly-performant requirements for real-time internal querying.
Consultation & Analysis: Consult with internal stakeholders (clients) to define user needs, analyze current content structures, and advise on optimal data preparation and indexing strategies for the Vector Database.
Vision & Problem Solving: Provide the technical vision for leveraging generative AI to solve complex content retrieval problems, anticipating future scaling needs and data volume challenges.
Independent Execution: Utilize their proven experience in defining systems and application architecture to perform a variety of complicated tasks with minimal or no direct supervision, ensuring rapid, high-quality delivery of the solution.
Skill | Required / Desired | Amount | of Experience |
Experience with utilizing Natural Language Processing (NLP) in data retrieval. | Required | ||
Experience with implementing Large Language Models (LLM s) | Required | ||
Experience with implementing Vector Databases within an enterprise. | Required | ||
Experience safeguarding confidential information. | Required | ||
Experience working with the government sector. | Required | ||
Ability to lead a team. | Required | ||
Strong communication/ leadership skills. | Required | ||
Strong influence, collaboration and negotiation experience. | Required | ||
Ability to collaborate with supporting resources across business and/or functional lines. | Required | ||
Have excellent oral and written skills/possess strong meeting and work session facilitation skills. | Required | ||
Have the ability to work independently and as part of a team, the ability to manage time and resources to meet assigned deadlines. | Required | ||
Have strong understanding of prioritization stemming from the elicitation of system and/or user requirements. | Required | ||
Have excellent organizational skills, proven analytical, planning, problem solving, and decision-making skills | Required | ||
Must be knowledgeable in the English language/speak clearly and understandably use the English language | Required |