AI Automation Engineer

BlackCube Labs; Chandler (AZ); On-site; USD 106,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

PGS Worldwide in Chandler, AZ seeks an AI Automation Engineer for a one-year onsite contract-to-hire role to develop and deploy AI-enabled automation using LLMs, agentic workflows, RAG, and containerized on-premise infrastructure.

Responsibilities include integrating LLM services, APIs, enterprise data, and vector databases, plus building CI/CD pipelines and maintaining performance and reliability in secure environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 2+ years of relevant experience, master’s degree with 1+ year, or PhD with 1+ year.
• Hands-on experience integrating and deploying LLM-enabled applications.
• Experience with agentic workflows, RAG, model hosting, and inference.
• Experience integrating APIs, LLM services, and agent-orchestration frameworks.
• Experience with Docker or comparable container technologies.
• Experience developing or supporting AI/ML applications in on-premise containerized environments.
• Working knowledge of CI/CD, version control, and automated deployment practices.
• Hands-on experience working in Linux environments.
• Proficiency in Python or Go.
• Experience with RAG pipelines and vector databases.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy AI-enabled automation capabilities.
• Integrate LLM services, APIs, engineering tools, and enterprise data sources.
• Build and support agent-orchestration and Retrieval-Augmented Generation solutions.
• Integrate vector databases into AI-enabled applications.
• Deploy and maintain containerized applications in on-premise and classified environments.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment workflows.
• Troubleshoot AI applications, containers, infrastructure, and performance issues.
• Improve reliability, observability, availability, and maintainability of deployed solutions.
• Partner with software, DevOps, infrastructure, and engineering teams to transition automation solutions into production.

Skills

LLM-enabled apps

Agentic workflows

RAG

APIs integration

Docker

On-premise containers

CI/CD

Linux

Python or Go

RAG pipelines

Citizenship & clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree + 2+ years

Master’s degree + 1+ year

PhD + 1+ year

Tools

LangChain / Mastra

Kubernetes / OpenShift

GitLab / Jenkins

Cloud deployment

LLM fine-tuning

Job description

PGS Worldwide is seeking an AI Automation Engineer in Chandler, Arizona for a one-year onsite contract-to-hire role supporting a leading aerospace & defense company. This position will develop and deploy AI-enabled automation solutions using LLMs, agentic workflows, RAG, containers, CI/CD pipelines, and on-premise infrastructure.

Required Skills

• Bachelor’s degree with 2+ years of relevant experience, master’s degree with 1+ year, or PhD with 1+ year.
• Hands-on experience integrating and deploying LLM-enabled applications.
• Experience with agentic workflows, RAG, model hosting, and inference.
• Experience integrating APIs, LLM services, and agent-orchestration frameworks.
• Experience with Docker or comparable container technologies.
• Experience developing or supporting AI/ML applications in on-premise containerized environments.
• Working knowledge of CI/CD, version control, and automated deployment practices.
• Hands-on experience working in Linux environments.
• Proficiency in Python or Go.
• Experience with RAG pipelines and vector databases.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret clearance.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with LangChain, Mastra, or similar agent frameworks.
• Kubernetes or OpenShift experience.
• GitLab, Jenkins, or similar CI/CD tools.
• Cloud deployment experience.
• Experience with advanced LLM fine-tuning or inference optimization.

What You’ll Do

• Design, develop, test, and deploy AI-enabled automation capabilities.
• Integrate LLM services, APIs, engineering tools, and enterprise data sources.
• Build and support agent-orchestration and Retrieval-Augmented Generation solutions.
• Integrate vector databases into AI-enabled applications.
• Deploy and maintain containerized applications in on-premise and classified environments.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment workflows.
• Troubleshoot AI applications, containers, infrastructure, and performance issues.
• Improve reliability, observability, availability, and maintainability of deployed solutions.
• Partner with software, DevOps, infrastructure, and engineering teams to transition automation solutions into production.

Pay

• $93.63 per hour.

Job ID: 2143

Military veterans and transitioning military members are encouraged to apply to all PGS Worldwide positions. All of our jobs are military-friendly, and we work with leaders in Aerospace who rely on your military expertise to support mission-critical programs nationwide. As a Veteran Founded company, we know that the military has given you the skills and training you need to succeed in positions like this, and we want to support your success in the civilian sector however we can. We thank you for your service and humbly offer our own in return by helping you take your career to the next level.