Principal AWS Data Platform & ML Ops Architect (Remote, Continental United States) at ICA.ai
Arlington
$170,000–$174,000
Aug 1, 2026
Arlington
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A hands-on architect role responsible for designing and building a unified AWS-native data and AI/ML platform that serves multiple federal government products and projects. The work spans shared data pipelines, MLOps workflows, search and RAG foundations, and governance standards, while also providing technical design authority and mentoring across data engineering and data science teams. Well-suited to an experienced AWS platform architect comfortable writing production code.
Senior level · Remote · Full-time
Advertised as Principal, but the requirements read as Senior.
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What the occupation pays Median $142,568 (middle half $111,775–$173,013).
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Why we read it this way (7)
The role is titled 'Principal' but the actual scope — hands-on platform architect owning a single shared platform for one consulting firm's federal programs — is consistent with a Senior-level position. Genuine org-wide or enterprise-wide technical authority across multiple organizations is not evidenced, so the seniority is assessed as Senior despite the Principal title.
The alt SOC (15-1252 Software Developers) reflects that the posting explicitly requires writing production code and building platform components; the primary SOC (15-1243 Database Architects) was chosen because the dominant mandate is designing shared data pipelines, data models, storage patterns, and serving layers across an enterprise platform.
Clearance: the posting requires candidates to be 'able and willing to obtain a Public Trust Clearance,' which is a suitability determination, not a US security clearance level. This does not meet the gate threshold for any clearance enum value, so the clearance requirement is set to None.
No specific total years of experience figure is stated in the posting; 'extensive' and 'strong' experience language was not converted to a numeric value.
AWS Certifications (Solutions Architect, Data Engineer, or Machine Learning) are listed as a required qualification. These are treated as a single required credential with the specific cert types noted here rather than split into separate skills.
Compensation is described only as 'competitive salary' with no figures provided.
The role is remote-US (continental US), with a preference for candidates in the DC/MD/VA area; the CBSA reflects the company's headquarters location and stated geographic preference.
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