Solutions Architect - Defence and National Security

Cohere Cohere · AI Frontier · Ottawa, ON · Revenue

Cohere is seeking a Solutions Architect for Defence and National Security in Ottawa. This role involves building customer demos and proof-of-concepts using Cohere's foundation models and Agentic AI Foundry. Responsibilities include architecting NLP and generative AI solutions, collaborating with customers to translate business requirements into technical solutions involving model fine-tuning, custom agents, and agent orchestration, and supporting LLM deployment. The role requires experience in AI/ML solution architecture, agentic AI, model customization, deploying AI models in enterprise contexts, Python, Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud AI services. A Canadian Secret Security Clearance is required.

What you'd actually do

  1. Develop and deliver cutting-edge agentic AI solutions utilizing Cohere’s foundation models and Agentic AI Foundry - North.
  2. Architect scalable, secure, and customizable NLP and generative AI solutions tailored to enterprise customer needs.
  3. Collaborate with customers to understand complex workflows, design pilots, and translate business requirements into technical solutions encompassing model fine-tuning, custom agents, and agent orchestration.
  4. Support deployment and integration of large language models (LLMs) and custom solutions into production environments using Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud infrastructures, ensuring high performance and security.
  5. Lead technical engagements, including deep dives into AI architectures, workshop facilitation, and establishing best practices for agent-based AI systems and model customization.

Skills

Required

  • 5+ years of experience in AI/ML solution architecture
  • expertise in agentic AI
  • model customization
  • deploying tailored AI models in enterprise contexts
  • Python
  • Jupyter Notebooks
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • AWS Sagemaker, Bedrock, or Azure AI Foundry or Google Vertex AI
  • designing and deploying “agentified” AI workflows
  • building on agent orchestration frameworks
  • deploying custom agents to production
  • model fine-tuning methodologies
  • development of AI agents optimized for specific workflows and enterprise needs
  • in-depth understanding of the strengths, weaknesses, and operational considerations of generative LLMs
  • customizing and orchestrating these models
  • excellent communication skills

Nice to have

  • Background in building and managing scalable AI/ML ecosystems
  • knowledge of multi-cloud deployment strategies
  • Familiarity with security standards for deploying agent-based AI solutions, including data privacy, model safety, and access controls
  • Experience working in a startup-like context

What the JD emphasized

  • Security Clearance: Secret Clearance in Canada is required
  • agentic AI
  • model customization
  • deploying tailored AI models
  • agentified AI workflows
  • custom agents
  • agent orchestration frameworks
  • model fine-tuning methodologies
  • AI agents optimized for specific workflows
  • customizing and orchestrating these models

Other signals

  • Solutions Architect
  • Defence and National Security
  • agentic AI solutions
  • foundation models
  • Agentic AI Foundry - North
  • NLP and generative AI solutions
  • model fine-tuning
  • custom agents
  • agent orchestration
  • LLMs
  • agent-based AI systems
  • model customization