Senior AI Platform Engineer – Bare-Metal, IaC, LLMs

Peraton; Oklahoma City (OK); Hybrid; USD 146,000 - 234,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Senior AI Platform Engineer to stand up and operate a bare-metal container platform and drive IaC provisioning using Terraform and Ansible. You will work in a bare-metal-first environment, reduce manual installs, and support core platform services with OCONUS bootstrap activities.

The role requires US citizenship and DoD clearance, with flexibility for occasional telework within 50 miles of listed U.S.

Qualifications

• 12+ years with BS/BA; 10+ with MS/MA; 7+ with PhD.
• Hands-on Kubernetes-based container platform experience.
• US Citizenship and active DoD Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, and operate LLM platforms and AI models.
• Design and implement IaC provisioning with Terraform and Ansible.
• Operate OpenShift on bare metal and manage platform services.
• Document platform architecture, licensing considerations, and operational procedures.

Skills

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Terraform

Ansible

Linux administration

Education

BS/BA in a related field

MS/MA in a related field

Tools

Spectro Cloud

VMware

ArgoCD

PowerDNS

Job description

Peraton is seeking a Senior AI Platform Engineer to stand up and operate a bare-metal container platform and drive IaC provisioning using Terraform and Ansible. You will work in a bare-metal-first environment, reduce manual installs, and support core platform services with OCONUS bootstrap activities.

The role requires US citizenship and DoD clearance, with flexibility for occasional telework within 50 miles of listed U.S.