• Design, document, and oversee the implementation of the end-to-end software architecture for our biothreat intelligence platform. • Lead technical design reviews, mentor engineers on best practices, and establish standards for coding, security, and performance across the organization. • Architect scalable and efficient data processing pipelines to ingest, clean, and validate diverse structured and unstructured data sources. • Design the infrastructure to support advanced AI/ML capabilities, including systems for Retrieval-Augmented Generation and deployment of forecasting and anomaly-detection models. • Evaluate and select appropriate technologies, frameworks, and patterns to meet current and future needs. • Define and govern the strategy for our cloud infrastructure, containerization with Docker and Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and system monitoring.