Senior AI & Cloud Modernization Engineer

Sotalent; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Sotalent in McLean, VA, seeks a Senior Software Developer and AI Engineer to lead modernization efforts across large legacy applications into cloud-native AWS environments. You will design AI-enabled features and collaborate with architects and product teams to ensure seamless business continuity.

The role requires a Bachelor degree and 5–8 years of software development experience, with hands-on AI engineering, AWS services, and secure DevSecOps practices. Travel: none.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree required.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on modernization of complex portfolio by enhancing legacy systems and building new cloud services.
• Develop and productionize AI capabilities including retrieval augmented generation, semantic search, and intelligent workflow automation.
• Maintain an integrated data layer using APIs, event-driven architectures, and canonical models to ensure data consistency across systems.
• Analyze existing application dependencies and business rules to identify low risk modernization opportunities.
• Implement robust security protocols including encryption, secrets management, and least privilege access.
• Design and execute comprehensive test suites covering unit, integration, and performance testing for software and AI models.
• Utilize CI CD pipelines and infrastructure as code to ensure safe and repeatable software delivery.
• Troubleshoot complex issues across distributed environments including databases, cloud services, and network paths.

Job description

Sotalent in McLean, VA, seeks a Senior Software Developer and AI Engineer to lead modernization efforts across large legacy applications into cloud-native AWS environments. You will design AI-enabled features and collaborate with architects and product teams to ensure seamless business continuity.

The role requires a Bachelor degree and 5–8 years of software development experience, with hands-on AI engineering, AWS services, and secure DevSecOps practices. Travel: none.