Senior AI Operations Engineer

Edgewater Federal Solutions seeks an experienced Senior AI Operations Engineer.

This work will be conducted onsite in Washington, DC.

Operationalize, deploy, manage, trouble-shoot, scale and evolve the GenAI based systems
• Instrument the AI systems with observability and controllability
• Monitor AI systems for performance and security
• Analyze, fine-tune and optimize the performance of the AI systems
• Manage, measure and improve the behavior of the AI systems
• Automate AI deployments and operations
• Ensure the security of AI systems by implementing standard methodologies and conducting regular security audits

• At least ten or more years of experience in AI, Data Science, Software Engineering experience, including knowledge of Data ecosystem
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field is required or related work experience
• Experience in AWS cloud architecture design and operation
• Experience in Terraform, Dockers Kubernetes, and/or Gitlab
• Proficiency with AI infrastructure components, automation tools, and scripting languages such as Python, Bash
• Familiarity with one or more of the AI frameworks and tools such as AWS Bedrock and Sagemaker, Transformer, TensorFlow, PyTorch, and Langchain/Llamaindex
• Familiarity with open source LLM models, such Llama, Mistral
• Experience in fine-tuning LLM models
• Knowledge of AI design patterns
• Hands-on experience with DevSecOps and CI/CD practices
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Superb communication and documentation skills
• Demonstrated expertise in the areas of accountability, critical thinking and emotional intelligence
• Demonstrated effective change champion and ability to work effectively with others (including remote employees) to deliver complex, critical strategic IT initiatives
• Good interpersonal, negotiation, and influencing skills
• Solid understanding of software development methodologies including Agile and Scaled Agile centric execution models
• Familiarity with government cloud deployment regulations/compliance policies such as FedRAMP, FISMA, etc.

Certification:

• Holder of industry professional certifications in AWS cloud architecture and development is strongly preferred

About Us:

Edgewater Federal Solutions is a privately held government contracting firm located in Frederick, MD. The company was founded in 2002 with the vision of being highly recognized and admired for supporting customer missions through employee empowerment, exceptional services, and timely delivery. Edgewater Federal Solutions is ISO 9001, 20000-1, 270001 certified, appraised at CMMI Level 3 Maturity for Development and Services, and has been named in the Top Workplaces in the Greater Washington Area Small Companies for 2018 through 2025.

It has been and continues to be the policy of Edgewater Federal Solutions to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, and/or other statuses protected by applicable law. #LI-SE1