LLM Systems Architect & Advisor

Peraton; Idaho; On-site; USD 104,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking an LLM Specialist to drive the design, development, and deployment of advanced language models within a cloud analytics environment. You will shape architectures for fine-tuning, RAG, and domain adaptation while leading high‑impact prototypes and scalable pipelines.

You will collaborate with engineering, product, and data teams to establish best practices, governance, and secure, performant model deployments across platforms such as Azure, AWS, and GCP.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in LLM architectures, transformer models, and modern generative AI techniques.
• Experience leading fine-tuning, parameter-efficient training, and advanced prompt engineering.
• Design and implement end-to-end RAG pipelines, including embedding workflows and vector databases.
• Hands-on experience with LLM frameworks/orchestration toolchains (LangChain, LlamaIndex).
• Strong Python development skills and distributed compute or GPU-accelerated training.
• Experience deploying AI/ML/LLM workflows on Azure/AWS/GCP.
• MLOps/LLMOps practices: versioning, CI/CD, testing, monitoring, governance.
• Ability to mentor, lead technical discussions, and communicate complex AI concepts.
• Ability to obtain/maintain a Public Trust clearance.

Responsibilities

• Drive design, development, and operationalization of LLM capabilities across a cloud analytics ecosystem.
• Lead architecture and strategy for fine-tuning, RAG, agentic frameworks, and domain adaptation.
• Guide prototypes and scalable LLM pipelines; oversee governance, security, and performance.
• Partner with engineering, product, and data teams; set best practices for deployment.
• Evaluate emerging LLM technologies and promote safe, effective production use.

Skills

LLM architectures

transformer models

prompt engineering

Python development

distributed compute

communication

mentoring

public trust clearance

Education

BS/BA (8+ years)

MS/MA (6+ years)

PhD (3+ years)

Tools

LangChain

LlamaIndex

Databricks

Snowflake

Spark

Azure

AWS

GCP

Job description

Peraton is seeking an LLM Specialist to drive the design, development, and deployment of advanced language models within a cloud analytics environment. You will shape architectures for fine-tuning, RAG, and domain adaptation while leading high‑impact prototypes and scalable pipelines.

You will collaborate with engineering, product, and data teams to establish best practices, governance, and secure, performant model deployments across platforms such as Azure, AWS, and GCP.