Senior AI Infrastructure Architect — Cloud & Security

GILLIG; Livermore (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

GILLIG is seeking a Staff AI Infrastructure Architect to define and operate the cloud architecture behind AIO’s applications. Embedded within the AIO team, you will partner with GILLIG IT to set enterprise standards for deployment, security, and operation across data, compute, networking, model hosting, and security.

This hands-on role requires 7+ years of relevant experience, leadership in technical direction, and the ability to mentor engineers while balancing cost, reliability, and policy

Qualifications

• BS degree in Engineering.
• 8+ years in cloud, platform, DevOps or infra eng with architect/lead experience.
• Hands-on with one major cloud (AWS or Azure) and knowledge of the other; Bedrock/Foundry hosting.
• Designing, deploying, operating enterprise-scale cloud architectures.
• IaC and CI/CD: Terraform, CloudFormation or Bicep.
• Strong networking: VPC/VNet, hybrid connectivity, routing, firewalls.
• Security focus: IAM, least privilege, secrets, encryption, compliance frameworks.
• Experience deploying/operating LLM/AI services (Bedrock, OpenAI Foundry, SageMaker, etc.).
• Ability to set direction, influence stakeholders, mentor engineers.
• Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, AKS.
• Cloud architecture certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define target cloud architecture for data, compute, and networking and own it from design through operation.
• Stand up and manage data services with data engineering.
• Manage compute for dev, test, and production incl containerized/serverless hosting.
• Design and maintain network connectivity: VPC/VNet, private connectivity, DNS, load balancing.
• Host and manage LLM endpoints via Bedrock and Foundry, including quota and cost management.
• Define and implement cybersecurity baseline: IAM, secrets, encryption, logging and patching.
• Lead enterprise AI management: vendor selection, infrastructure strategy, guardrails and security standards.
• Establish infrastructure as code and CI/CD pipelines, codified into templates.
• Partner with IT to align with enterprise standards and security reviews.
• Monitor cost, performance, reliability; own incident response for infra issues.
• Mentor engineers on deployment practices and AI Fluency.

Skills

Cloud architecture

DevOps

Terraform

CI/CD

AWS

Azure

Networking

Security

LLM hosting

Kubernetes

Leadership

ECS / AKS

Cost management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Bicep

AWS Bedrock

Azure AI Foundry

SageMaker

Docker

Kubernetes

ECS

AKS

Job description

GILLIG is seeking a Staff AI Infrastructure Architect to define and operate the cloud architecture behind AIO’s applications. Embedded within the AIO team, you will partner with GILLIG IT to set enterprise standards for deployment, security, and operation across data, compute, networking, model hosting, and security.

This hands-on role requires 7+ years of relevant experience, leadership in technical direction, and the ability to mentor engineers while balancing cost, reliability, and policy