Ai Platform Architect at KBR
Huntsville, AL
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Aug 10, 2026
Huntsville, AL
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role designs, deploys, and sustains a classified, on-premises AI platform built on high-performance computing hardware for a U.S. Army defense contractor. The architect leads HPC infrastructure, multi-tenant DevSecOps environments, AI model hosting and lifecycle management, and classified data partitioning, while working with Information Assurance stakeholders to achieve and maintain ATO accreditation. It suits a senior infrastructure/platform engineer with deep experience in secure, regulated AI environments.
Senior level · 10+ years · Huntsville, AL · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $123,099 (middle half $94,422–$145,807).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 12, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The degree requirement has two paths: a BS in a STEM field with 10+ years of experience, or a Master's degree with 5+ years. The minimum hard-required degree is a Bachelor's, and the overall years minimum is set to 10 (the lower experience threshold corresponding to the lower degree).
SOC classification is genuinely ambiguous. The role is primarily about architecting and building AI/HPC platform infrastructure (closer to 15-1252 Software Developers / platform engineering) but also carries significant systems architecture and operations responsibilities that could fit 15-1299. 15-1299 was chosen as primary because the role spans AI platform architecture, HPC operations, networking, and security compliance in a way that doesn't map cleanly to a single standard occupation.
An active Secret clearance is explicitly required; the posting does not gate on TS/SCI.
'On-premises AI infrastructure' is listed as a required skill but is a capability area rather than a named tool — included because the posting explicitly gates on it and no single canonical tool name covers it.
Container orchestration tools are listed under Preferred without naming a specific product; Kubernetes is the canonical tool in this category and is captured as preferred.
The Huntsville, AL location is inferred from the reference to 'Huntsville Site Program Management' in the job description; no explicit city is stated in the posting header.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): on-premises AI infrastructure.
Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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