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Perdue Farms · 2 weeks ago

Principal Solutions Architect - AI & Data Science

Salisbury, MD

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$143K/yr - $215K/yr

15+ years exp

Perdue Farms is a fourth-generation, family-owned food and agricultural business focused on premium proteins and innovation. The Principal Solutions Architect will gather requirements, assess current software systems, and oversee development teams for enterprise-wide technology projects, with a strong emphasis on AI and data science.

Food and Beverage

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Design end-to-end AI/ML architectures, including data pipelines, model training, deployment, and monitoring frameworks

Ensure the perspectives of DevOps/MLOps, DevSecOps, FinOps, and Governance are addressed

Leverage existing infrastructure wherever possible (Snowflake / Dataiku / Power BI / Azure)

Collaborate with data scientists, engineers, and business stakeholders to define project requirements and deliverables

Evaluate and select appropriate AI/ML frameworks, tools, and platforms based on project needs

Ensure scalability, reliability, and security of AI/ML solutions in production environments

Oversee the integration of AI/ML models into existing products and services

Building and integrating information systems to meet the company’s needs across multiple domains or subject areas. Assessing the systems architecture currently in place and working with multiple technical staff to recommend solutions to improve it. Resolving complex technical problems as they arise

Providing supervision and guidance to multiple development teams. Providing input on scope and representing business-driven AI and Analytic interests with counterparts in IT

Continually researching current and emerging technologies and proposing changes where needed

Informing various stakeholders about any problems with the current technical solutions being implemented

Assessing the business impact that certain technical choices have

Providing updates to stakeholders on product development processes, and design

Working with multiple Project teams to construct logical and physical designs that stay true to enterprise Reference model and define technical model for AI and Analytics. Drive future state vision for Perdue

Qualification

AI/ML architectureData pipelinesCloud technologiesSoftware architecture designData visualizationDevOps/MLOpsData processingMonitoring & orchestrationData ingestionStakeholder communicationResearchInnovationTeam leadership

Required

Bachelor's degree in information technology, SW engineering, computer science, or related field

15+ years of experience in IT, with 5+ years focus on system architecture. CPG experience

At least five years of experience leading Analytic projects and teams involving complex and large cross functional, business transformation initiatives

Proven experience in engineering and software architecture design

Sound knowledge of various operating systems and databases

Preferred

ML/DL Frameworks: TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras, Scikit-learn, XGBoost

DevOps / MLOps: GitHub, GitHub Actions, CI/CD pipelines

DevSecOps: RBAC, SSO / SCIM, OAuth, Snowflake's security model

Data Visualization: Power BI, Angular

Monitoring & Orchestration: Dagster, Airflow, Grafana, Prometheus

Data Ingestion: Airbyte, Snowpipe Files & Streaming, Kafka, APIs

Data Processing: Dataiku, Spark, Snowflake (streams / tasks / dynamic tables), Python, SQL

Compute: Snowflake Warehouses & Compute Pools, Azure VM's, Kubernetes, Docker

Storage: Snowflake, SQL, Iceberg Tables, Parquet, ADLS

Cloud Platforms: Azure

Strong preference for experience in Snowflake AI/ML capabilities: feature store, model registry, vector db, cortex AI, etc

Benefits

Medical/Rx

401(k) with employer match after 1 year

Critical illness

Accident insurance

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

Optional group life insurance

Short-term and long-term disability protection

Flexible spending accounts

Paid time off

Company

Perdue Farms

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Perdue Farms is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for everyone we touch through innovative food and agricultural products

Founded in 1920

Salisbury, Maryland, USA

10001+ employees

http://www.perduefarms.com/

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