Senior LLM Architect & AI Innovation Lead

Peraton; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 104,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Large Language Model Specialist to lead design, development, and operationalization of advanced LLM capabilities in a cloud-based analytics environment.

Responsibilities include owning architecture for finetuning, RAG, and domain-specific adaptation, as well as guiding scalable LLM pipelines and governance across models. Collaboration with engineering, product, and data teams is essential.

Qualifications

• 8+ years with BS/BA; 6+ years with MS/MA; 3+ years with PhD.
• Proven ability to design end-to-end LLM workflows and LLM platform architectures.
• Experience with cloud AI/ML tooling and governance practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and deployment of advanced LLM capabilities.
• Own architecture for finetuning, RAG, and domain adaptation.
• Guide scalable LLM pipelines and governance across models.
• Provide technical leadership with cross-functional teams.

Skills

LLM architectures

Generative AI techniques

Finetuning

RAG pipelines

Embedding workflows

LangChain

LlamaIndex

Python

Cloud platforms (Azure AWS GCP)

MLOps/LLMOps

Leadership / mentoring

Security clearance readiness

Education

BS/BA in a technical field

MS/MA in a related field

PhD

Tools

Distributed compute

GPU-accelerated training

Vector databases

Job description

Peraton is seeking a Large Language Model Specialist to lead design, development, and operationalization of advanced LLM capabilities in a cloud-based analytics environment.

Responsibilities include owning architecture for finetuning, RAG, and domain-specific adaptation, as well as guiding scalable LLM pipelines and governance across models. Collaboration with engineering, product, and data teams is essential.