Senior AI Ops Engineer: Cloud, CI/CD & Kubernetes

Intone Inc; Atlanta, Northern (GA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Intone Inc. is hiring a Senior AI Ops / DevOps Engineer for a 6+ month contract based in Atlanta, GA.

The role focuses on designing, deploying, and managing scalable cloud infrastructure with emphasis on AI/LLM integration, CI/CD automation, and DevSecOps best practices. Responsibilities include building CI/CD pipelines, managing AWS/Azure/GCP environments, operating Kubernetes clusters (EKS/AKS/GKE), and implementing IaC across Terraform/OpenTofu/Pulumi.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7+ years in DevOps/Cloud/SRE/Platform Engineering or related fields.
• At least 4+ years designing and managing CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI, Jenkins, or ArgoCD.
• Minimum 3+ years managing scalable cloud environments in AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Strong Kubernetes, Docker experience and production container orchestration (EKS/AKS/GKE).
• Proficient with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, OpenTofu, Terragrunt, Pulumi, CloudFormation, Crossplane).
• Programming/scripting in Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, Bash, or Go.
• Hands-on with LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic) and AI orchestration frameworks.
• Experience with MCP clients/servers and Model Context Protocol ecosystem.
• DevSecOps controls: SAST, DAST, dependency scanning, container scanning, secrets scanning, vulnerability mgmt.
• Secret management expertise (Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault).
• Observability stack: Datadog/Prometheus/Grafana/CloudWatch/ELK; strong debugging skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and manage CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI, Jenkins, or ArgoCD.
• Deploy and manage scalable cloud environments on AWS, Azure, or GCP with reliability and cost focus.
• Build and manage Kubernetes clusters and container orchestration platforms (EKS/AKS/GKE).
• Implement Infrastructure as Code with Terraform/OpenTofu/Terragrunt/Pulumi/CloudFormation/Crossplane.
• Integrate LLM APIs and AI orchestration into DevOps workflows and platform infra.
• Design and integrate MCP clients and servers for AI-driven automation.
• Implement DevSecOps controls including SAST, DAST, scanning, secrets management, and vulnerability mgmt.
• Manage secrets using Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, or Azure Key Vault.
• Configure observability and alerting with Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, Splunk, Dynatrace, or ELK.
• Troubleshoot complex issues across CI/CD, infrastructure, deployments, and production environments.
• Ensure compliance with security and audit frameworks (SOC2, ISO27001, enterprise controls).

Skills

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Docker

Python

TypeScript

JavaScript

Bash

Go

LLM APIs

AI orchestration

MCP

Observability

Security tooling

Tools

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

CircleCI

Jenkins

ArgoCD

AWS

Azure

GCP

Terraform

OpenTofu

Terragrunt

Pulumi

CloudFormation

Crossplane

HashiCorp Vault

Datadog

Prometheus

Grafana

CloudWatch

ELK

OpenAI

Anthropic

LangChain

Job description

Intone Inc. is hiring a Senior AI Ops / DevOps Engineer for a 6+ month contract based in Atlanta, GA.

The role focuses on designing, deploying, and managing scalable cloud infrastructure with emphasis on AI/LLM integration, CI/CD automation, and DevSecOps best practices. Responsibilities include building CI/CD pipelines, managing AWS/Azure/GCP environments, operating Kubernetes clusters (EKS/AKS/GKE), and implementing IaC across Terraform/OpenTofu/Pulumi.