AI DevOps Engineer

PingWind•Rockville, MD

1d•$115,000 - $160,000•Onsite

About The Position

PingWind is seeking an AI DevOps Engineer to support the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning strategy in Rockville, Maryland. The role focuses on artificial intelligence and machine learning and contributes to the quality and reliability of AHRQ applications and products. The engineer provides application, feature, and infrastructure development; coordinates with developers and DBAs; and works with the Software Architect and cross-functional teams to deliver software and infrastructure to stakeholders and users. The position is onsite and may involve travel across the United States. The candidate must be able to obtain Public Trust clearance.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, or a related field.
10 years of relevant experience; degrees may be substituted for years of experience, with 8 years of experience stated as the substitution.
Experience in artificial intelligence and machine learning engineering.
Experience with generative AI and large language models.
Experience in AI solution architecture and systems engineering.
Experience with AI/ML prototyping, testing, evaluation, performance assessment, and monitoring.
Experience integrating and deploying AI/ML capabilities within approved cloud, application, and infrastructure environments.
Experience with responsible AI, information security, privacy, documentation, and technical risk management.
10 or more years building software from source, managing third-party dynamic libraries, and identifying build-time issues and incompatibilities.
10 or more years of database experience.
10 or more years of experience with Web and Internet technologies, including HTML, XML, JSON, HTTP, CSS, SMTP, DNS, HTTP Cache Expires headers, REST services, OAuth 2, and SSL certificates.
10 or more years installing, configuring, and maintaining local services (daemons).
10 or more years of experience with Windows Server, Linux, command-line shells, software installation, packages, editors, configuration, and configuration revision control.
10 or more years of experience with Ruby, Shell, Perl, Bash, PowerShell, and Python scripting languages.
10 or more years of experience with version control tools such as Git, TFS, CVS, and SVN.
10 or more years configuring, managing, and supporting application and Web servers such as Apache HTTPD, NGINX, and Java containers.
10 or more years of cloud build and release engineering/DevOps experience, including AWS and Azure.
10 or more years of experience with AWS services, including EC2, S3, CloudFront, CloudWatch, SQS, ELB, VPC, RDS, IAM, CloudFormation, and CloudTrail.
10 or more years of experience with Linux/Unix system-level tools such as LogRotate, Cron, user/group permissions, and services.
10 or more years in a support role working with application and operations teams to resolve issues and incidents.
Ability to obtain Public Trust clearance.

Nice To Haves

Experience applying artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Knowledge of database systems and cloud platforms.
Familiarity with Agile and Scrum methodologies.
Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
Excellent teamwork and communication skills.
Ability to work independently, manage multiple tasks, and meet project deadlines.
Commitment to delivering high-quality software.

Responsibilities

Create and support effective continuous integration pipelines.
Implement, install, upgrade, troubleshoot, and manage the configuration and maintenance of servers and networks in the client’s environment.
Collaborate with groups to manage systems, including troubleshooting, configuration, DNS, hostnames, networking, Web service client configuration, virtual machine installation and updates, deployment, analysis tools, and incident management.
Collaborate with stakeholders and users on requirements development.
Provide application, feature, and infrastructure development, working with the Software Architect to plan team projects.
Coordinate with developers and DBAs during application development, enhancement, and ongoing maintenance.
Participate in Agile Scrum ceremonies to facilitate development and support accountability to the product roadmap.
Develop reusable code to automate processes and enable rapid development.
Write clean, efficient, scalable code following best practices.
Monitor infrastructure and application performance.
Debug, troubleshoot, and optimize application performance.
Participate in code reviews to ensure quality and adherence to standards.
Implement security and data protection measures.
Document technical specifications and development processes.
Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends.
Provide cross-training and mentorship on industry standards and best practices.