Senior AI & Cloud Architect for DoD-Grade Systems

Rivet; Cherry Point (IL); On-site; USD 126,000 - 136,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Liberal vacation plan

Matching retirement program

Competitive salaries

Job summary

Rivet Operations Company LLC seeks a Principal Artificial Intelligence/ Cloud Engineer to own the software, AI/ML, and cloud architecture for Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina. The role drives modernization of legacy apps into secure, cloud-based solutions to improve aircraft readiness.

The candidate will lead RMF/ATO processes, set coding standards, and coordinate with government stakeholders while mentoring junior staff and ensuring secure, scalable AI and cloud systems.

Qualifications

• U.S. citizenship and ability to maintain a Secret security clearance.
• Demonstrated experience designing, building, testing, and deploying machine learning models and AI applications.
• Proficiency with programming and query languages (Python, SQL) and ML/AI frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, or similar).
• Experience designing, building, deploying, and maintaining AI systems and cloud environments on platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Microsoft Azure.
• Experience automating cloud, infrastructure, data, and AI processes; supporting security compliance for AI, cloud, and virtualized environments.
• Experience mentoring junior technical staff.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Define, document, and lead the overall technical architecture for ALD software, AI/ML, and cloud systems, and establish coding standards, development methodologies, and QA processes.
• Design, develop, train, and continuously improve machine learning models for predictive maintenance, and perform advanced data engineering and feature extraction on large-scale datasets.
• Architect, deploy, and maintain secure applications and infrastructure on government-owned infrastructure.
• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and infrastructure-as-code.
• Integrate language models into existing software
• Enforce data privacy and conduct vulnerability patching when required, in support of the RMF.
• Ensure AI tools and techniques are authorized under DoD operational security (OPSEC) policy and standards.

Skills

Python

SQL

TensorFlow

PyTorch

AWS

GCP

Azure

CI/CD pipelines

Containerization

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Associate's degree

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Rivet Operations Company LLC seeks a Principal Artificial Intelligence/ Cloud Engineer to own the software, AI/ML, and cloud architecture for Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina. The role drives modernization of legacy apps into secure, cloud-based solutions to improve aircraft readiness.

The candidate will lead RMF/ATO processes, set coding standards, and coordinate with government stakeholders while mentoring junior staff and ensuring secure, scalable AI and cloud systems.