AI/ML Cloud Engineer (RapidScale)

Cox Communications; Raleigh (NC); Remote; USD 99,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Sr Cloud Engineer, where you will design and implement innovative AI solutions across leading cloud platforms. This role offers the chance to work with cutting-edge technologies like Generative AI and large language models, enabling you to tackle complex business challenges. With a commitment to work-life balance and a supportive environment, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to meaningful projects that harness technology for competitive advantage. If you're passionate about AI and cloud engineering, this is the perfect opportunity to advance your career in a dynamic and collaborative setting.

Benefits

Flexible vacation

Paid wellness days

Health care insurance

Retirement planning (401(k))

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Bereavement leave

Volunteer time off

Qualifications

• 4+ years experience in Cloud Engineering or equivalent education.
• Expertise in Python for AI solutions and cloud platforms.
• Experience with container services and orchestration.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop Generative AI solutions using cloud services.
• Implement MLOps practices for AI applications.
• Collaborate with teams to build end-to-end AI pipelines.

Skills

Python

Generative AI

MLOps

Terraform

AI/ML frameworks

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related discipline

Master's degree

Ph.D.

Tools

AWS

Google Cloud

Azure

AWS EKS

AWS ECS

GKE

TensorFlow

PyTorch

scikit-learn

Hugging Face Transformers

Job description

Company

Cox Communications, Inc.

Job Family Group

Engineering / Product Development

Job Profile

Sr Cloud Engineer

Management Level

Individual Contributor

Flexible Work Option

Can work remotely anywhere in the specified country

Travel %

Yes, 15% of the time

Work Shift

Day

Compensation

Compensation includes a base salary of $99,000.00 - $165,000.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.

Job Description

At RapidScale, exceptional technology is powered by exceptional people. As a growing leader in secure, reliable managed cloud solutions, we help SMBs and enterprises alike simplify IT and unleash innovation. With a broad portfolio spanning AWS, Azure and Google Cloud to a full set of Hosted Cloud and Cybersecurity solutions, RapidScale helps companies turn technology into their biggest competitive advantage. As part of the Cox family of companies, we offer best-in-class benefits, a commitment to work-life balance, and an award-winning workplace experience.

We are seeking a highly skilled AI/ML Cloud Engineer to join our innovative team. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and implementing cutting-edge AI solutions across multiple cloud platforms. You will work on projects that leverage Generative AI and large language models to solve our customers’ complex business problems.

As an AI/ML Cloud Engineer, you will:

• Design and develop Generative AI solutions using cloud-based managed AI services (e.g. Amazon Bedrock, Amazon SageMaker, Google Cloud Vertex AI).
• Design and develop AI Agent workflows using cloud and open source agentic frameworks.
• Containerize AI applications and deploy them using cloud orchestration services.
• Collaborate with data architects/engineers to build end-to-end AI pipelines.
• Implement MLOps practices to automate the development, deployment, and monitoring of AI applications and models.
• Implement and manage robust monitoring systems for AI solutions in production environments, ensuring continuous performance tracking, anomaly detection, and model drift analysis; collaborate with cross-functional teams to deploy model updates, maintain version control, and optimize model efficiency over time.
• Use Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to manage and version cloud resources for AI projects.
• Ensure clear and accessible knowledge transfer to internal teams and create knowledge-sharing resources to ensure smooth transitions during model handoffs and system updates.
• Contribute to the development of best practices and standards for AI engineering within the organization.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 4 years’ experience in Cloud Engineering OR a Master’s degree and 2 years’ experience OR a Ph.D. and up to 1 year of experience OR 8 years’ experience in Cloud Engineering.
• Experience using Python programming language to create and integrate GenAI solutions related to business workloads
• 2 years of experience of managing AI services within one cloud platform (AWS preferred, Google Cloud, Azure)
• Experience with container services and orchestration (AWS EKS, ECS, GKE, etc.)
• Experience in common machine learning, deep learning, and LLM frameworks, such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, Hugging Face Transformers, LangChain, LangGraph.
• 2 years experience with using Terraform for managing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) as well as CI/CD deployments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a client-facing role.
• In-depth knowledge of data services across major cloud platforms (AWS or Google Cloud).
• Professional certifications with focus on AI/ML from AWS, Google Cloud or Azure.
• Experience with agentic workflows and streaming data processing.

Benefits

The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company’s needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.

About Us

Cox Communications is all about creating moments of real human connection; and for employees, that’s true both in the workplace and in the problems we solve for customers. From building advertising solutions to unleashing IoT technologies to creating an exceptional experience for customers in our retail locations and online, we’re creating a world that is smarter and more connected. Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page. Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer – All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual’s age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship. Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship.