Senior LLM Architect & AI Pipeline Lead

Peraton; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 104,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking an LLM Specialist to drive design, development, and operationalization of advanced large-language-model capabilities across a cloud-based analytics ecosystem. You will guide architecture for fine-tuning, RAG, and domain adaptation, while mentoring teams, evaluating new technologies, and ensuring governance and security in production deployments.

In this role you will work with cross‑functional teams to deliver robust, scalable AI solutions that meet mission needs and security

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with LLM architectures and transformer models.
• Proven ability to lead fine‑tuning and prompt engineering efforts.
• Experience designing end‑to‑end RAG pipelines and embedding workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and deployment of advanced LLM capabilities across a cloud analytics ecosystem.
• Set governance, security, and performance standards across all model implementations.

Skills

LLM architectures

Transformer models

Prompt engineering

RAG pipelines

Python development

LangChain

LlamaIndex

Vector databases

Embeddings workflows

MLOps/LLMOps

Team mentoring

Cloud platforms

Education

BS/BA

MS/MA

PhD

Tools

LangChain

LlamaIndex

Vector databases

Job description

Peraton is seeking an LLM Specialist to drive design, development, and operationalization of advanced large-language-model capabilities across a cloud-based analytics ecosystem. You will guide architecture for fine-tuning, RAG, and domain adaptation, while mentoring teams, evaluating new technologies, and ensuring governance and security in production deployments.

In this role you will work with cross‑functional teams to deliver robust, scalable AI solutions that meet mission needs and security