AI Cloud Engineer
Core
Build and operate GPU-enabled Kubernetes infrastructure, data lakes, and streaming analytics to support AI/ML training, inference, and model serving for US federal defense missions.
Role type
Senior IC cloud infrastructure engineer (AI/ML focus)
Builds
GPU-enabled Kubernetes clusters, data lake/streaming pipelines, model registry/serving environments
Domain
Defense / National Security / Cloud Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Kubernetes (GPU-enabled), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible), Python/Bash/PowerShell scripting, Cloud security (Zero Trust), CI/CD pipeline operations
Preferred skills
Data pipeline tools (Kafka, Airflow, Spark), Model registry/serving tooling, NIST AI RMF concepts, AWS/Azure AI/ML certifications, CompTIA Security+
Technologies
Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, Python, Bash, PowerShell, Apache Kafka, Apache Airflow, Apache Spark, AWS, Azure
Responsibilities
Build and operate GPU-enabled Kubernetes infrastructure for AI/ML workloads; Implement Infrastructure as Code for AI/ML components; Implement cloud security controls aligned with Zero Trust Architecture; Monitor and troubleshoot GPU compute and data pipeline infrastructure; Support CI/CD pipeline operations for AI/ML model deployment; Collaborate with data platform and AI/ML architecture teams on infrastructure requirements
Seniority
Mid-Senior, hands-on IC
