[Remote] Sr. AI Solutions Architect — GCP & Agentic Systems

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. USDM Life Sciences is a premier consulting company with over 20 years of experience in the life sciences sector. They are seeking a Sr. AI Solutions Architect to design and deliver production-grade agentic AI pipelines on Vertex AI for pharmaceutical and biotech clients, working closely with Google engineers and client architects.ResponsibilitiesDesign and build production agentic orchestration layers on Vertex AI using modular, composable, independently invokable agentsDeliver GCP pipeline infrastructure using Cloud Dataflow, Apache Beam, Airflow, Cloud Functions, and BigQueryIntegrate FHIR Server APIs within enterprise security and data governance controls for pharma and healthcare clientsOwn GCP IAM design, agent identity governance, and log retention architecture for regulated pharmaceutical data environmentsAuthor to-be technical architecture documentation (D3) covering GCP infrastructure and securityLead technical working sessions with client engineering teams and Google engineers, representing USDM's delivery expertiseMentor junior consultants and contribute to internal knowledge sharing, reusable assets, and delivery standardsSupport pre-sales and proposal activities with technical scoping and solution design inputSkillsAn active Google Cloud Professional certification (Cloud Architect, Data Engineer, or ML Engineer), current and not lapsedA Google Cloud Delivery Readiness Program (DRP) score at the Master tier, demonstrating validated GCP delivery expertise across certifications, skills, and real-world project experienceProduction Vertex AI agentic pipeline experience. You have built and shipped real systems at scale, not demos or proofs of conceptHands-on GCP pipeline engineering experience with Dataflow, Beam, Airflow, and BigQuery in production environmentsFHIR Server API integration experience, R4 minimum, built against a real FHIR server in a healthcare or pharma environmentExperience designing GCP security models including IAM, service account governance, agent identity controls, and log retention in regulated environmentsProduction pipeline observability experience including failure handling, retry logic, drift detection, and SLA monitoringStrong communication skills and the ability to lead technical discussions with both engineering teams and business stakeholdersBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical fieldExperience delivering in life sciences, pharmaceutical, or GxP regulated environmentsA background in Google Professional Services or a large global systems integrator with an active GCP practiceFHIR R5 depth and the ability to hold design-level conversations with FHIR engineersFamiliarity with large-scale enterprise data environments and multi-tenant cloud architectureCompany OverviewUSDM Life Sciences makes it easier to accelerate innovation and maximize human productivity. It was founded in 2000, and is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is http://www.usdm.com.Company H1B SponsorshipUSDM Life Sciences has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 3 in 2025, 2 in 2024, 2 in 2023, 5 in 2022, 3 in 2021, 8 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.