Senior AI Infrastructure Engineer – Scale and Security

Black Eagle Defense; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 209,000 - 266,000; Full time

Job summary

Black Eagle Defense seeks a Senior Software Engineer III - AI Infrastructure to lead the design, deployment, and operation of scalable AI infrastructure at Fort Meade, MD. You will guide production AI services, including RAG-based components, and mentor engineers across platform teams.

Role requires deep cloud-native expertise, Python automation, and strong leadership to align with enterprise objectives and security protocols.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing, building, deploying, and operating large-scale production systems.
• Hands-on experience with cloud engineering and deployment on AWS.
• Advanced proficiency in administering Kubernetes and modern deployment patterns.
• Strong Python development for infrastructure, automation, and apps.

Responsibilities

• Lead development, deployment, and maintenance of production AI services.
• Provide technical leadership across AI infrastructure initiatives.
• Mentor team members and coordinate technical efforts.
• Establish technical standards, governance, and best practices.
• Ensure security, reliability, and performance of AI platform components.

Skills

AI infrastructure

Cloud engineering

Kubernetes

Python development

Observability tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

AWS

OpenTelemetry

Grafana

Prometheus

Job description

Black Eagle Defense seeks a Senior Software Engineer III - AI Infrastructure to lead the design, deployment, and operation of scalable AI infrastructure at Fort Meade, MD. You will guide production AI services, including RAG-based components, and mentor engineers across platform teams.

Role requires deep cloud-native expertise, Python automation, and strong leadership to align with enterprise objectives and security protocols.