AI DevOps Engineer

Sonata Software; Westlake Village (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Modernization Engineering company is seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer to design and manage AWS infrastructure. Candidates should have extensive experience in DevOps, particularly with AWS, infrastructure-as-code, and CI/CD pipelines. Responsibilities include supporting AI services and ensuring robust infrastructure and security practices. Ideal candidates will possess a bachelor's degree and 5+ years of relevant experience. Join us to help innovate and transform digital solutions for clients!

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering role.
• 1+ year of experience with AI services & LLMs.
• Deep understanding of security best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage scalable infrastructure on AWS.
• Develop and maintain IaC using AWS CloudFormation/CDK and Terraform.
• Integrate and support AI services.

Skills

AWS

Windows/Linux server administration

Infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools

CI/CD pipelines using GitLab

Monitoring and logging tools

Problem-solving

Communication and collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Chef

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS CDK

Terraform

NewRelic

CloudWatch

Job description

In today's market, there is a unique duality in technology adoption. On one side, extreme focus on cost containment by clients, and on the other, deep motivation to modernize their Digital storefronts to attract more consumers and B2B customers.

As a leading Modernization Engineering company, we aim to deliver modernization-driven hypergrowth for our clients based on the deep differentiation we have created in Modernization Engineering, powered by our Lightening suite and 16-step Platformation™ playbook. In addition, we bring agility and systems thinking to accelerate time to market for our clients.

Headquartered in Bengaluru, India, Sonata has a strong global presence, including key regions in the US, UK, Europe, APAC, and ANZ. We are a trusted partner of world-leading companies in BFSI (Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance), HLS (Healthcare and Lifesciences), TMT (Telecom, Media, and Technology), Retail & CPG, and Manufacturing space. Our bouquet of Modernization Engineering Services cuts across Cloud, Data, Dynamics, Contact Centers, and around newer technologies like Generative AI, MS Fabric, and other modernization platforms.

Location: 100% Onsite (Westlake Village, CA ).

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage scalable and resilient infrastructure on AWS.
• Architect and maintain Windows/Linux based environments, ensuring seamless integration with cloud platforms.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code(IaC) using both AWS Cloudformation/CDK and Terraform/OpenTofu.
• Develop and maintain Configuration Management for Windows & Linux servers using Chef.
• Design, build, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD for .NET applications.
• Integrate and support AI services, including orchestration with AWS Bedrock, Google Agentspace, and other generative AI frameworks, ensuring they can be securely and efficiently consumed by platform services.
• Enable AI/ML workflows by building and optimizing infrastructure pipelines that support large-scale model training, inference, and deployment across AWS and GCP environments.
• Automate model lifecycle management (training, deployment, monitoring) through CI/CD pipelines, ensuring reproducibility and seamless integration with development workflows.
• Collaborate with AI engineering teams to deliver scalable environments, standardized APIs, and infrastructure that accelerate AI adoption at the platform level.
• Implement observability, security, data privacy and cost-optimization strategies specifically for AI workloads, including monitoring and resource scaling for inference services.
• Implement and enforce security best practices across the infrastructure and deployment processes.
• Collaborate closely with development teams to understand their needs and provide DevOps expertise.
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and application deployment issues.
• Implement and manage monitoring and logging solutions to ensure system visibility and proactive issue detection.
• Clearly and concisely contribute to the development and documentation of DevOps standards and best practices.
• Stay up to date with the latest industry trends and technologies in cloud computing, DevOps, and security.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to junior team members.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 5+ years of experience in a DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) role.
• 1+ year(s) of experience with AI services & LLMs.
• Extensive hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Solid understanding of Windows/Linux Server administration and integration with cloud environments.
• Proven experience with infrastructure-as-code tools, specifically AWS CDK and Terraform.
• Strong experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD.
• Experience deploying and managing .NET applications in cloud environments.
• Deep understanding of security best practices and their implementation in cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines.
• Solid understanding of networking principles (TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing, firewalls) in cloud environments.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., NewRelic, CloudWatch).
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus.
• Relevant AWS and/or GCP certifications are a plus.
• Experience with the configuration management tool Chef

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of and a strong understanding of Powershell and Python Scripting
• Strong background with AWS EC2 features and Services (Autoscaling and WarmPools)
• Understanding of Windows server Build process using tools like Chocolaty for packages and Packer for AMI/Image generation.
• Extensive hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Why join Sonata Software?

At Sonata, you´ll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what´s possible. To build never seen before solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. You´ll be challenged, but you will not be alone. You´ll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.

• Sonata Software is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender identity, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristics protected by law.