IT Solutions Architect - Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Pay Range: $50.33/hr. – $65.43/hr. | $104,682 – $136,087 annually

Job Posting Closing on: Wednesday, July 16, 2025 📅

Workdays & Hours: Monday – Friday 8am – 5pm; Some evening/weekend work required. Hybrid on-site work model available with supervisory approval, requiring staff to be on-site at least 2 days per week.

Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities, and Find Out More!

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of over 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.

An IT Solutions Architect position is available with the City of Fort Worth IT Solutions department. This Architect position is newly created and expected to take a leadership role in the adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) within the City of Fort Worth. The primary objective is to define the AI governance and to guide leadership in choosing compatible technologies.  To do this, this position must lead the effort to implement an AI Governance board along with a detailed policy around the use of AI within the City of Fort Worth. Responsible for overseeing all phases of deployment of AI technologies within an organization (planning, risk assessment, deployment, monitoring, etc.)

Specifically, this person will need to have a great understanding of: AI governance, development of local polices around AI, and Federal and State legislation around AI requirements as it pertains to the use of within a government agency.

All of these from a senior to expert level of accomplishment.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in computer science, management information systems, business or a related field
• Five (5) years of increasingly responsible experience in an applicable field
• Valid Driver’s License
• Candidate selected for hire must pass a Criminal Background Check for CJIS

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with implementing Artificial Intelligence (AI) Governance.
• Experience with risk assessments and monitoring around Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology.
• Practical experience with AI and machine learning technologies.
• Hands on experience with drafting policies, procedures, administrative regulations and other technical specifications documents.
• Experience leading stakeholder meetings to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Familiarity with data management, data science concepts and big data technologies.
• Familiarity with AI programming languages such as Python and Java.
• Familiarity with container management platforms such as Docker and Kubernetes.

The IT Solutions Architect - AI job responsibilities include:

• Helping to define AI architecture and guiding leaders and decision-makers in choosing compatible technologies.
• Collaborating with security professionals to manage potential risks and implement AI technologies, applications, and infrastructure in keeping with ethical policies.
• Developing AI models, systems, and infrastructure to help drive organizational improvements and consumer products.
• Working with other IT team members, including data scientists and leaders, to support digital transformation.
• Building systems that teams, departments, or companies can integrate into existing systems.
• Implementing machine learning models and converting them into application programming interfaces (APIs) for various uses.

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Physical Demand

Sedentary Work – Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently, and/or or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Working Conditions

Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, walking and repetitive motions.

Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) Background Check 

Applicants for this position must pass a Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) fingerprint-based background check and maintain CJIS eligibility.  Due to CJIS requirements related to system access, the following will result in being disqualified for this position:  Felony Convictions, Felony Deferred Adjudication, Class A Misdemeanor Conviction, Class B Misdemeanor Convictions in the last 10 years, Class A Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication, Class B Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication in the last 10 years, an Open Arrest for Any Criminal Offense (Felony or Misdemeanor), and ALL Family Violence Convictions regardless of class.

Conditions of Employment

The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.  It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.

The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.

Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.