Artifical Intlligence Architect

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·         Client: State of South Carolina

·         Job Title: Software Architect - Consultant (Artificial Intelligence)

·         Job ID: 13016

·         Due: 08/5 at 5:00PM EST.

·         Interview Process: 1 round, Virtual/Online

·         Duration of the Contract: 12 months

·         Possibility for Extension: Yes

·         Work Location: Fully Remote with occasional onsite visits required.

·         Candidate Location: No South Carolina residency required. Open to nationwide candidates; must be able to work eastern time zone hours. All travel-related costs for onsite work will be the responsibility of the resource, regardless of the frequency of onsite work.”

Why is this position open: New Position - As an artificial intelligence (AI) subject-matter expert, this position will support OTIS and the State’s AI Center of Excellence by providing technical expertise for the evaluation and responsible implementation of AI solutions.

Required Skills

·         Education - Undergraduate degree in computer science, data science, artificial intelligence or related field required.

·         1 year of proven experience with establishing proof of concept success criteria and evaluating AI solutions against criteria

·         2 years of hands-on experience with ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and comparable generative AI platforms

·         2 years of experience designing and implementing AI agents and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) solutions.

·         1 year of experience using AI-assisted coding tools to accelerate development, testing, debugging, and documentation.

·         1 year of experience defining AI use case success criteria, key performance indicators (KPIs) and production monitoring measures for AI use cases.

·         1 year of experience building dashboards and reporting for AI adoption, performance, cost, risk, and operational outcomes.

·         1 year of hands-on experience integrating AI capabilities with Azure and AWS.

Preferred Skills

·         Background in a variety of programming languages and principals.

·         Familiarity with the foundations of artificial neural networks (ANNs), transformers, natural language processing, image classification and time-series data.

·         Experience with data tools and techniques for storing, retrieving, and cleaning data.