AI/ML Senior Cloud Architect

Summary

Join Trek10, a Premier Tier AWS Consulting Partner, as an AI/ML Senior Cloud Architect to lead client engagements in designing and building scalable cloud architectures. Lead teams, manage projects using Agile methodologies, and develop implementation roadmaps for data modernization and AI/ML pipelines. You will be a customer advocate, support sales and marketing efforts, and lead the design and architecture of AWS solutions focused on data, AI, and ML. As a technical leader, you will conduct architecture reviews, lead re-platforming efforts, mentor teams, and contribute to internal IP development. Stay up-to-date on AWS services and AI/ML trends, and engage in client communication and presentations. Travel up to 30% is expected.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field and 6 years of general IT experience (programming, hardware, software, etc); or 8+ years of general IT experience (programming, hardware, software, etc
• 8+ years of experience in data-centric cloud architecture, 5+ years of experience with AI/ML, with 3+ years specifically in AWS-based data and ML solutions
• Hands-on expertise with data lakes, streaming data, and AI/ML workloads in production environments
• Deep familiarity with AWS AI/ML services (SageMaker, Comprehend, Rekognition, Bedrock etc.) and data services (Glue, Athena, Redshift, etc.)
• Strong background in Python, SQL, and ML frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, or Scikit-learn
• Experience with MLOps pipelines, CI/CD, model deployment, and monitoring in cloud environments
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect or DevOps – Professional or equivalent certification strongly preferred in addition to the AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty
• Able to demonstrate effective verbal and written communication skills, including documentation and presentation skills

Responsibilities

• Lead client engagements and be Trek10’s face to the world
• Lead a team to navigate complex bureaucratic relationships to bring all stakeholders together around a common product vision and strategy
• Build relationships with vendors and partners
• Keep an eye out for opportunities to support our clients in even greater ways
• Participate in delivery efforts using Agile or other work methodologies
• Be a technical team advocate, ensuring clear direction and efficient execution
• Drive more complex projects and contribute to the detailed idea space effectively
• Own the implementation of stories and other engineering of advanced cloud work for clients
• Lead cross-functional implementation teams to deliver world-class solutions to clients
• Develop and oversee implementation roadmaps for data modernization, AI/ML pipelines, and cloud-native analytics platforms
• Be a customer advocate, prioritize the most compelling features and capabilities and solution fit to customer needs
• Support sales and marketing with go to market plan and strategy and content to accelerate product/service sales growth
• Pay attention to market and competitor trends, lead differentiation and value proposition
• Support cost and price modeling, funding opportunities, and other sales enablement mechanisms relative to your practice/product space
• Become intimately familiar with your customers, their challenges, needs, and opportunities to deliver world class solutions
• Lead the design and architecture of scalable, secure, and cost-optimized AWS solutions focused on Data, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Machine Learning (ML)
• Engage with clients including presentations, technical decisions, and education opportunities
• Deliver compelling technical presentations and product demos to C-level executives and technical stakeholders
• Engage in early-stage client discussions to understand business goals and translate them into cloud-based technical solutions
• Collaborate closely with sales and business development teams in presales activities , including crafting proposals, presenting technical capabilities, and responding to RFPs
• Lead POCs and MVPs for new data and AI initiatives leveraging AWS-native and third-party tools
• Conduct architecture reviews and recommend improvements to ensure reliability, performance, and alignment with AWS Well-Architected Framework
• Lead re-platforming and refactoring efforts for existing systems
• Learn, coach, and share knowledge and skills with other Trek10 team members
• Prepare work for team members of varying levels of experience, defining stories and task type work
• Perform code reviews, provide feedback, and pair when beneficial
• Guide and mentor client and internal engineering teams on architecture best practices, data governance, and MLOps methodologies
• Evaluate libraries, tools, and services for suitability
• Contribute to internal IP and open source development
• Write Infrastructure as Code (IaC) in multiple frameworks and can break apart projects into independent components at an appropriate level, taking into account different aspects of a stack and know how to build stability and security into them
• Help clients get work done smarter with automation and code
• Provide deep expertise in AWS services such as SageMaker, Redshift, Glue, Bedrock, and S3
• Provide thought leadership around scalable next-generation cloud architecture experience and guidance to clients
• Write cool blog posts, do talks at community events, help us achieve additional certifications in the AWS Partner Community, help our clients solve all sorts of problems
• Learn, research, and stay up to date on best practices and evolutionary capability in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud
• Stay up-to-date on emerging AWS services, AI/ML trends, and industry innovations to influence internal capabilities and client roadmaps
• Other duties as assigned

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced experience building scalable, automated infrastructure
• Advanced experience in large-scale enterprise IT environments
• Advanced experience working in a consultative, client-facing consulting role
• Advanced experience with Cloud Native patterns with services like AWS Lambda
• Able to demonstrate effective verbal and written communication skills
• If working for our Federal Practice area Previous or current experience with Federal / Government stakeholders
• Intermediate experience with newer ATO strategies such as Fast Track or Continuous ATO

Benefits

• Medical, dental and company paid vision and telemedicine; Insurance that start on day one of your employment!
• 401k plan with a healthy company match
• Vacation and unlimited sick time
• Company paid short-term disability and long-term disability
• 9 company paid holidays
• Monthly Employee Care stipend to spend on YOU!
• Annual home office set up and equipment allowance
• Have fun! We get together at various locations across the US for team retreats!
• Robust training and continuous learning environment with lots of team support!
• Develop a skill set that will set you up for long term professional growth and development!
• Get paid (of course)! We have competitive salaries!
• We are a remote-first company with a lot of flexibility!