Senior AI Platform Engineer — IaC, LLMs & OpenShift

Peraton

Arlington (VA)

Hybrid

USD 146,000 - 234,000

Full time

8 days ago

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Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Senior AI Platform Engineer to stand up a bare-metal container platform and lead IaC-driven provisioning using Terraform and Ansible. The candidate will operate in a bare-metal-first environment, reduce manual installs, and support core platform services while aligning with cybersecurity requirements.

The role requires extensive Kubernetes/OpenShift experience, DoD clearance, and compliance with DoD 8570/8140.

Qualifications

Experience with platform/systems/integration engineering.
Hands-on Kubernetes-based container platform experience.
US Citizenship required.
Active DoD Secret clearance.
DoD 8570/8140 compliant certification.
Infrastructure-as-code: Terraform and Ansible.

Responsibilities

Deploy, configure, and operate large language models (LLMs) and integrate approved frontier AI models and services into enterprise environments.
Optimize model inference and deployment configurations for performance.
Monitor, troubleshoot, and maintain model-serving environments.
Transition platform provisioning toward fully IaC-managed provisioning.
Install, configure, and operate bare-metal OpenShift clusters.
Design and implement IaC provisioning for platform and VM orchestration.
Support OpenShift vs Spectro Cloud feasibility assessments and licensing.
Deploy and support core platform services including DNS (PowerDNS).
Enforce cybersecurity requirements and monitor platform health.