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 Senior Software Engineer to join the Platform team responsible for AWS infrastructure, Kubernetes clusters, and security posture across AI capabilities. You will design, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure, translate stakeholder goals into engineering outcomes, and mentor engineers to improve governance and standards.

Required: 12 years’ experience with a technical degree (or 16 years without one), deep AWS/Kubernetes/Docker expertise, and

Qualifications

• 12 years with Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline or 16 years without degree.
• Experience with AWS services (EKS, Terraform, IAM, Route 53).
• Kubernetes, Helm/Kustomize and Docker/containerization; observability stacks (Elastic/Kibana, Grafana/Prometheus).

Responsibilities

• Lead design, deployment, and maintenance of cloud infrastructure using AWS services.
• Translate goals into engineering outcomes and platform solutions.
• Mentor engineers and grow development standards and governance.
• Establish and enforce security best practices for infra and data.

Skills

AWS EKS

Terraform

IAM

Route 53

Kubernetes

Helm/Kustomize

Docker/containerization

Observability tools

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline

16 years without degree

Job description

Senior Software Engineer

Join us in building the next generation of AI infrastructure that will power innovation across the organization. We're seeking a senior software engineer to support our Platform team, which owns the AWS infrastructure, Kubernetes clusters, and security posture that every AI capability runs on. Your focus will be deploying and maintaining reliable, secure infrastructure that the rest of our AI services depend on.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, deployment, and maintenance of the cloud infrastructure used by the organization's AI capabilities (AWS, Kubernetes).
• Mentor engineers and grow development best practices, engineering standards, and technical governance for the team.

Required Skills:

• Experience with AWS services such as EKS, Terraform, IAM, and Route 53.
• Experience with Kubernetes and Helm/Kustomize.
• Experience with Docker/containerization.
• Experience configuring and using observability tooling such as the Elastic Stack (Kibana) and Grafana/Prometheus.
• Ability to take high-level mission goals and transform them into engineering outcomes.

Nice to Have:

• Experience developing technical policies and governance frameworks.
• Familiarity with LLMs and AI hosting concepts.

Experience Required: 12 years with Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline or 16 years without degree

Location: Columbia, MD

Clearance: TS/SCI with Polygraph required

Salary Range: $204,000 - $247,000

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