Senior Platform Engineer - AI Infra & Cloud

Neural Solutions; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 204,000 - 247,000; Full time

Job summary

Neural Solutions in Columbia, MD is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer for the Platform team to own the cloud infra (AWS, Kubernetes) and security posture across AI capabilities.

You will translate goals into platform solutions, mentor engineers, and drive governance and best practices while balancing hands-on work with leadership. The role emphasizes designing scalable cloud architectures, implementing secure, production-grade infrastructure, and collaborating with stakeholders to deliver

Qualifications

• 12 years with Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or 16 years without degree.
• Experience with AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker and CI/CD.
• Clearance: TS/SCI with Polygraph required.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, deployment, and maintenance of the cloud infrastructure used by AI capabilities (AWS, Kubernetes).
• Translate high-level stakeholder goals into engineering outcomes and platform solutions.
• Mentor engineers and grow development best practices, engineering standards, and governance.
• Establish and enforce security best practices for infrastructure systems and data, including certificate and identity management.
• Balance hands-on engineering with leadership and coordination responsibilities.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Stakeholder management

Mentorship

Cloud architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

AWS EKS

Terraform

IAM

Route 53

Kubernetes

Helm

Argo CD

CI/CD

Elastic Stack

Grafana

Prometheus

Certificate management

Security best practices

AI inference serving

Vector databases

Embedding systems

LLMs hosting concepts

Job description

Neural Solutions in Columbia, MD is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer for the Platform team to own the cloud infra (AWS, Kubernetes) and security posture across AI capabilities.

You will translate goals into platform solutions, mentor engineers, and drive governance and best practices while balancing hands-on work with leadership. The role emphasizes designing scalable cloud architectures, implementing secure, production-grade infrastructure, and collaborating with stakeholders to deliver