AI Cloud Platform Engineer — RAG & Multi-Cloud

CACI International Inc; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 115,000 - 252,000; Full time

Job summary

CACI International Inc. is seeking an AI Cloud Platform Engineer to design, build, and scale our next-generation intelligent systems in a multi-cloud environment.

You will implement enterprise-grade retrieval systems, vector databases, and secure AI workloads, partnering with data scientists and product teams. The role emphasizes IaC, Terraform, AKS/EKS, Docker, and Python, with a focus on security and compliance across cloud platforms.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Ability to obtain DHS EOD Public Trust.
• BS/BA + 15 years or equivalency (AA + 17 years, MS + 12 years or no degree + 21 years).
• 10+ years of experience in cloud/infrastructure engineering.
• Extensive hands-on cloud engineering in Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Deep understanding of RAG architecture, vector databases, embedding techniques, and information retrieval systems.
• Expert Terraform skills; infrastructure as code management.
• Experience operating production Kubernetes clusters (AKS/EKS).
• Experience with containers (Docker) and CI/CD.
• Python scripting/programming abilities.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and support multi-cloud services using Infrastructure as Code tools.
• Build, optimize, and maintain Retrieval-Augmented Generation pipelines and semantic search systems.
• Design and manage data preprocessing workflows, chunking strategies, and vector database infrastructure.
• Build and maintain automation using PowerShell, Python, Azure CLI, Logic Apps, and Azure Functions.
• Configure and tune network security groups and other cloud controls.
• Manage compute, storage, networking, and database services across cloud environments with security/compliance.
• Collaborate with data scientists and UI designers to integrate AI features.
• Establish and enforce security for large language model implementations and data privacy.

Skills

Cloud engineering

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD

Python

RAG architecture

Vector databases

Information retrieval

Infrastructure as code

Education

BS/BA or equivalent

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

Job description

CACI International Inc. is seeking an AI Cloud Platform Engineer to design, build, and scale our next-generation intelligent systems in a multi-cloud environment.

You will implement enterprise-grade retrieval systems, vector databases, and secure AI workloads, partnering with data scientists and product teams. The role emphasizes IaC, Terraform, AKS/EKS, Docker, and Python, with a focus on security and compliance across cloud platforms.