AWS Cloud and AI Engineer (Local to Bethesda, Maryland )

Bounteous; Bethesda (MD); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Westat is seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Engineer with AI exposure to bridge traditional cloud engineering and modern AI operations. The role supports a federal contract and involves designing, building, and standardizing AWS implementations for a large ecosystem of applications.

Work is onsite in Bethesda, Maryland, with a hybrid pattern: 2 days in the office and 3 days remote. Strong collaboration with AI teams on Generative AI/RAG pipelines and related AWS services is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field.
• 3–5 years’ experience with AWS roles (Developer/Architect).
• Familiar with Agile/Scrum and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and standardize AWS implementation for a large eco-system of applications.
• Support Generative AI/RAG pipelines with AI teams; build scalable vector databases using Bedrock and OpenSearch.

Skills

AWS Cloud

Terraform

Python

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

Amazon Bedrock

OpenSearch

Job description

Westat is seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Engineer with AI exposure to bridge traditional cloud engineering and modern AI operations and to provide expertise for a federal contract consisting of a large eco-system of highly integrated applications.

This position is to work onsite at our office in Bethesda, Maryland office 2 day per week and 3 days per week from your home office.

Job Responsibilities

• Design, build, and standardize the AWS implementation for a large eco-system of applications for federal contract (CTSU) that is looking to re-imagine their applications on AWS.
• Generative AI/RAG pipeline support by collaborating with AI teams to integrate models, build scalable vector databases using AWS services such as Amazon Bedrock and OpenSearch.

Basic Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in a computer science or related field.
• 3 – 5 years’ experience with a combination of AWS related roles such as working as an AWS Developer and AWS Architect.

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS certifications, such as AWS Developer and AWS Architect
• Similar experience with migrating on-premises applications to AWS
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies and working in cross-functional product teams.

Other Required Qualifications

• Experience with building applications within AWS using a hybrid approach of new and legacy components (e.g. new front-end/services with legacy database or other mix-and-match approaches) to best fit budget/scope/timeline constraints.
• Capable of establishing infrastructure using scripts, adhering to best practices, and incorporating AWS suggested templates for compliance with standards like NIST 800-53 and HIPAA.
• Be proficient in setting up a functional model for seamless script promotion (CI/CD pipeline) from development to test, UAT, and production.
• Experience migrating/converting data from legacy applications to a new target application environment.
• Experience using discovery tools to define and develop customer requirements and pricing models.
• Designed stacks using Amazon CloudFormation templates to launch AWS infrastructure and resources.
• Proficiency in Python, LangChain and terraform scripting for automation tasks
• Proficiency in Docker and Kubernetes for managing scalable services and endpoints
• Solid understanding of data modelling fundamentals.