AI Cloud Infrastructure Lead

American Electric Power; Gahanna, Northern (OH, KY); Hybrid; USD 137,000 - 178,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base salary

Annual bonus

Long‑term incentive

401(k) match

AEP Pension

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

American Electric Power in Ohio seeks a hands-on Cloud Engineer to build and operate secure, scalable AI/ML infrastructure across AWS and on‑prem environments. You will design foundations, networking, compute, identity, and observability, partnering with AI, architecture, cybersecurity, and network teams to deliver production‑ready infrastructure.

The role emphasizes IaC with Terraform, Kubernetes (EKS/ROSA/OpenShift), cost management, and governance, including on‑prem edge deployments and

Qualifications

• Hands-on engineering experience in AWS including IAM, VPC, compute and storage.
• Kubernetes expertise with cluster design, operations, and security.
• Strong networking and hybrid connectivity knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain AI/ML infrastructure across AWS and on-premises.
• Develop IaC modules, guardrails and automation for rapid deployment.
• Operate cost management, monitoring, and security governance for AI workloads.

Skills

AWS cloud engineering

Kubernetes

Terraform

Networking fundamentals

Security & governance

Cost management (FinOps)

CI/CD pipelines

On-prem and edge AI

Monitoring & observability

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Python/PowerShell

Job description

American Electric Power in Ohio seeks a hands-on Cloud Engineer to build and operate secure, scalable AI/ML infrastructure across AWS and on‑prem environments. You will design foundations, networking, compute, identity, and observability, partnering with AI, architecture, cybersecurity, and network teams to deliver production‑ready infrastructure.

The role emphasizes IaC with Terraform, Kubernetes (EKS/ROSA/OpenShift), cost management, and governance, including on‑prem edge deployments and