AI Infrastructure Engineer (Senior Associate)

Huron Consulting Group Inc.; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Employee stock purchase plan

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Huron Consulting Group Inc. is seeking a Senior Associate to build and operate governance-enabled AI infrastructure across the US.

You will collaborate with the AI Infrastructure Architect to implement model-access patterns, automate deployment, and develop reusable platform components for multiple client-facing and internal teams. The role requires 3+ years in production cloud infrastructure, IaC, and automation.

Qualifications

• 3+ years building and operating production cloud or platform infrastructure.
• Solid infrastructure as code experience.
• Experience with cloud networking, IAM, secrets management, logging, monitoring, deployment automation, and operational support.
• Software engineering or scripting skills for automation and platform tooling.
• Demonstrated ability to use AI tools for infrastructure automation and code generation.
• Familiarity with APIs, event-driven systems, service integration, and secure deployment patterns.

Responsibilities

• Work with AI Infrastructure Architect to build governed model-access patterns.
• Build infrastructure as code, deployment automation, CI/CD templates.
• Implement telemetry, model usage reporting, quotas, and cost-management pipelines.
• Deploy and operate sandbox patterns for coding agents and tool-using agents.
• Build governance patterns for AI applications and agents.
• Implement logging, monitoring, alerting, and audit evidence capture.
• Build onboarding templates and reference implementations for multiple teams.
• Partner with AI Capability Center to deliver infra behind solutions for go-to-market teams.
• Use AI tools hands-on to accelerate infrastructure coding and testing.
• Help define and maintain runbooks, support models, incident paths, and handoffs.

Skills

AWS

IaC

Automation

Scripting

Cloud networking

IAM

Monitoring

APIs

Tools

Amazon Bedrock

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Position Level: Senior Associate

Country: United States of America

Key Responsibilities

• Work with the AI Infrastructure Architect to build and operate approved model-access patterns for governed AI usage, including Amazon Bedrock where applicable.
• Build infrastructure as code, deployment automation, CI/CD templates, and reusable platform components from approved reference architectures.
• Implement usage telemetry, token reporting, model usage reporting, user attribution, project attribution, quotas, and cost-management data pipelines.
• Deploy and operate approved sandbox patterns for coding agents and tool-using agents.
• Build governed tool/service mediation patterns for AI applications and agents, including MCP or equivalent approaches, following approved designs.
• Implement logging, monitoring, alerting, audit evidence capture, and operational reporting for onboarded workloads.
• Build onboarding templates and reference implementations that Client-facing AI Delivery, Enterprise IT, Global Products, analytics, consulting, engineering, and internal operations teams can reuse.
• Partner with the AI Capability Center under the Chief AI Officer to build and deliver the infrastructure and platform components behind solutions for Huron’s go-to-market teams.
• Use AI tools hands-on to accelerate infrastructure coding, automation, debugging, test creation, documentation, and runbook development.
• Help define and maintain runbooks, support models, incident paths, and operational handoffs.

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience building and operating production cloud or platform infrastructure, including hands-on experience with AWS, infrastructure as code, automation, or production operations.
• Solid infrastructure as code experience.
• Experience with cloud networking, IAM, secrets management, logging, monitoring, deployment automation, and operational support.
• Software engineering or scripting skills for automation and platform tooling.
• Demonstrated ability to use AI tools as a practical system-building accelerator for infrastructure automation, code generation, debugging, testing, or documentation.
• Familiarity with APIs, event-driven systems, service integration, and secure deployment patterns.
• Ability to take defined patterns and requirements, work through ambiguity with guidance from senior engineers and architects, and deliver working systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Amazon Bedrock or other managed AI/model platforms.
• Experience with token/cost telemetry, usage attribution, chargeback, showback, or FinOps data pipelines.
• Experience with durable agentic AI orchestration platforms for infrastructure automation, agent workflows, or operational processes.
• Experience with containerized or sandboxed execution environments.
• Experience with agent tools, MCP, model gateways, API gateways, or secure service broker patterns.
• Experience supporting regulated, client-confidential, PHI, PII, or sensitive workloads.

Flexible living locations across the US. Ability to travel as needed.

The estimated base salary for this job is $120,000 - $165,000. The actual salary paid to an individual will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to specific skills or certifications, years of experience, market changes, and required travel.

This job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s annual incentive compensation program, which reflects Huron’s pay for performance philosophy.

Inclusive of annual incentive compensation opportunity, the total estimated compensation range for this job is $138,000 - $189,000.

The job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s benefit plans which include medical, dental and vision coverage and other wellness programs.

Huron Consulting Group offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage to employees and dependents; a 401(k) plan with a generous employer match; an employee stock purchase plan; a generous Paid Time Off policy; and paid parental leave and adoption assistance.

Our Wellness Program supports employee total well-being by providing free annual health screenings and coaching, bank at work, and on-site workshops, as well as ongoing programs recognizing major events in the lives of our employees throughout the year. All benefits and programs are subject to applicable eligibility requirements.

About Huron

Huron is redefining what a global consulting organization can be. Advancing new ideas every day to build even stronger clients, individuals and communities. We’re helping our clients find new ways to drive growth, enhance business performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. And, we’re developing strategies and implementing solutions that enable the transformative change they need to own their future. As a member of the Huron corporate team, you’ll help to evolve our business model to stay ahead of market forces, industry trends and client needs. Our accounting, finance, human resources, IT, legal, marketing and facilities management professionals work collaboratively to support Huron’s collective strategies and enable real transformation to produce sustainable business results. Join our team and create your future.

At Huron, we’re redefining what a consulting organization can be. We go beyond advice to deliver results that last. We inherit our client’s challenges as if they were our own. We help them transform for the future. We advocate. We make a difference. And we intelligently, passionately, relentlessly do great work... together.

Are you the kind of person who stands ready to jump in, roll up your sleeves and transform ideas into action? Then come discover Huron.

Whether you have years of experience or come right out of college, we invite you to explore our many opportunities. Find out how you can use your talents and develop your skills to make an impact immediately. Learn about how our culture and values provide you with the kind of environment that invites new ideas and innovation. Come see how we collaborate with each other in a culture of learning, coaching, diversity and inclusion. And hear about our unwavering commitment to make a difference in partnership with our clients, shareholders, communities and colleagues.

Huron Consulting Group offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage to employees and dependents; a 401(k) plan with a generous employer match; an employee stock purchase plan; a generous Paid Time Off policy; and paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Our Wellness Program supports employee total well-being by providing free annual health screenings and coaching, bank at work, and on-site workshops, as well as ongoing programs recognizing major events in the lives of our employees throughout the year. All benefits and programs are subject to applicable eligibility requirements.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Huron is fully committed to providing equal employment opportunity to job applicants and employees in recruitment, hiring, employment, compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, training, and all other terms and conditions of employment.

Huron will not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, religion, veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, creed, citizenship or any other status protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. We endeavor to maintain a drug-free workplace.