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Senior Platform DevOps Engineer

Agile Defense· Engineering
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Fort Meade, MD$155k - $175kRegularPosted 1w ago

About the role

Senior Platform / DevOps Engineer to help stand up an AI Enterprise capability, building and running infrastructure, pipelines, and guardrails for secure, enterprise-scale AI deployments in cloud and on-prem environments at Fort Meade, MD (onsite).

Responsibilities

  • Provide embedded operations support, capability integration, and rapid prototyping for AI-enabled tools in support of our customer.
  • Design, implement, and maintain robust infrastructure for enterprise AI applications in cloud environments (AWS, Microsoft Azure) and on-prem/air-gapped/classified environments.
  • Develop and optimize engineering workflows and processes to support AI model and agent development, deployment, and maintenance.
  • Architect and manage CI/CD pipelines for continuous integration and continuous delivery of AI models, agents, and applications.
  • Implement and manage containerization and orchestration solutions using Docker and Kubernetes, and build and maintain control-plane guardrails — identity, policy enforcement, approvals, audit/logging, and observability.
  • Ensure efficient AI model and agent lifecycle management, including versioning, monitoring, and scaling.
  • Collaborate with AI/ML engineers and data scientists to streamline deployment processes and optimize resource utilization.
  • Oversee system performance, security, and scalability of AI infrastructure, and support security accreditation (RMF/ATO) of AI systems.
  • Continuously research and implement new DevOps tools and practices to enhance efficiency.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical field with 10+ years of experience, or Master's degree in a relevant technical field with 8+ years of experience
  • Advanced proficiency in DevOps principles and practices
  • Demonstrated expertise in containerization using Docker and Kubernetes
  • Proven experience in architecting and managing CI/CD pipelines
  • Extensive experience with AI model lifecycle management and maintenance
  • Active TS/SCI clearance w/ Poly

Skills

Required:DevOps principlesDockerKubernetesCI/CDAI model lifecycle

Benefits

  • Not explicitly listed in the description
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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