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# Solutions Architect / Technical Lead (US citizenship is required)

- **Company:** CGI Group
- **Location:** Alexandria, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $143,500.0 - $310,700.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Automation of Tests, Data Sharing, DevOps, Identity and Access Management, Software Engineering, Systems Architecture, Working Model 2D, Data Processing, Backend, Core Data, Information Technology, Software Version Control
- **Published:** August 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=df1b588b354e6ac1

## About the Role

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
10+ years of software development experience, including senior architecture ownership of a non trivial distributed or data processing system.
Demonstrated experience designing on AWS (GovCloud or commercial), including IAM, data boundaries, and infrastructure as code.
Track record owning a shared data contract / API between independent teams and enforcing it in practice., * Application Development

 * Back End Development
 * Back End Development
 * DevOps
 * English

## Description

We're looking for a hands on technical lead and architect for a new AI assisted platform that helps federal agencies tackle challenges related to payment integrity. You'll own how the whole system fits together AI powered document processing, a rules engine that applies complex eligibility rules, and the workflow where human reviewers approve each case all running securely in AWS. As the team's senior technical authority, you'll set the architecture and engineering standards, make the key design decisions, and keep a multidisciplinary team aligned and unblocked. Candidate will have expertise in leveraging AI to build client driven prototypes and have experience in production implementation of AI enabled solutions.
This position is located in our Fairfax VA office; however, a hybrid working model is acceptable. Due to the nature of government contracts, US citizenship is required., Own the overall system architecture end to end: document intake and AI extraction, the rules engine, the human review workflow, and reporting all in AWS, leveraging AWS services.
Define the core data model and the interfaces between major components so teams can build against stable contracts.
Set the engineering standards the team works to: version control of rules and data,
end to end traceability of every fact and decision, and strong automated testing.
Work closely with the security engineer so the design will meet its federal security
authorization (ATO) requirements from the start, rather than being reworked late.
Stay hands on: lead by designing alongside the team and unblocking senior engineers on the hardest technical problems.


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