Enterprise AI/ML Platform Lead - Cloud, MLOps & Gen AI

Xprotege Institute of Technology and Management; Linthicum (MD); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Xprotege Institute of Technology and Management is seeking an AI/ML Engineering Lead to own the architecture, development, implementation, and governance of a shared enterprise AI/ML platform across multiple state agencies. The role emphasizes ML engineering, MLOps, cloud infrastructure, data engineering, and Generative AI to deliver secure, scalable, reliable, and responsible AI/ML solutions.

You will lead technical direction, mentor teams, drive secure software delivery, and ensure governance,

Qualifications

• 16+ years of software or data engineering experience, including 3+ years focused on production ML systems, MLOps, or ML platform engineering.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, IT, or a related field; master's degree preferred.
• Experience building or operating shared enterprise AI/ML platforms supporting multiple teams or agencies.
• Strong proficiency in Python and experience with PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, and Hugging Face.
• Hands-on experience with MLflow, Kubeflow, Apache Airflow, or equivalent MLOps tools.
• Experience with AWS SageMaker or equivalent AI/ML services on Azure or GCP.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, model registries, experiment tracking, automated testing, deployment, and monitoring.
• Strong understanding of LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG architecture, model evaluation, and fine-tuning.
• Experience with data pipelines, feature stores, data quality, data lineage, and governance.
• Experience with Terraform or Pulumi and GitOps practices.
• Strong technical leadership, architecture, mentoring, security, and responsible AI experience.

Skills

Python

PyTorch

TensorFlow

scikit-learn

Hugging Face

MLflow

Kubeflow

Apache Airflow

AWS SageMaker

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Model registries

Experiment tracking

Automation testing

Deployment

Monitoring

LLMs

Prompt engineering

RAG architecture

Model evaluation

Fine-tuning

Data pipelines

Feature stores

Data governance

Terraform

Pulumi

GitOps

Security

Responsible AI

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Pulumi

GitOps

Job description

Xprotege Institute of Technology and Management is seeking an AI/ML Engineering Lead to own the architecture, development, implementation, and governance of a shared enterprise AI/ML platform across multiple state agencies. The role emphasizes ML engineering, MLOps, cloud infrastructure, data engineering, and Generative AI to deliver secure, scalable, reliable, and responsible AI/ML solutions.

You will lead technical direction, mentor teams, drive secure software delivery, and ensure governance,