Solution Engineer Sr

American Electric Power • Columbus, OH

2d

About The Position

At AEP, we’re more than just an energy company! We’re a team of dedicated professionals committed to delivering safe, reliable, and innovative energy solutions. Guided by our mission to put the customer first, we strive to exceed expectations by listening, responding, and continuously improving the way we serve our communities. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact and being part of a forward-thinking organization, this is the company for you!

Job Description As a Solution Engineer, you will play a key role in designing, configuring, and supporting the development environments and toolchains used to create AI/ML solutions at AEP. You’ll help establish secure and governed practices, set up scalable development patterns, and work hand-in-hand with data scientists and engineers to remove friction from the build-to-deploy lifecycle.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, data science, or a related technical field.
• Experience: Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in solution engineering, platform engineering, software development, cloud infrastructure, or MLOps related work.
• Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be considered.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in and configuring cloud environments (Azure, AWS).
• Familiarity with AI/ML development workflows and tools (e.g., Databricks, MLflow, containerized dev environments).
• Working knowledge of MLOps concepts (model packaging, deployment patterns, experiment tracking, monitoring).
• Understanding of security and governance fundamentals — IAM/RBAC, secrets management, auditability, policy enforcement.
• Basic experience with CI/CD or automation tools (Terraform, help, GitHub Actions)
• Ability to collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical partners.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to support others in navigating technical challenges.

Responsibilities

• Platform & Environment Enablement Configure, develop in, and support AI/ML platforms including Sagemaker, Azure AI Foundry, Databricks, etc.
• Help establish secure, governed patterns for building AI solutions.
• Create reusable templates and tools that simplify development.
• Tooling & Integration Support onboarding and integration of AI/ML workflow engines (e.g., OpenShift) and model registries (e.g., Bedrock)
• Ensure environments and tools meet usability and reliability needs.
• Assist teams with best practices for reproducibility and code management.
• Lightweight MLOps & Deployment Support Build and maintain practical pipelines and deployment workflows.
• Support packaging, versioning, and basic model monitoring.
• Help integrate solutions with existing AEP platforms and services.
• Collaboration & Continuous Improvement Partner with data scientists, analysts, and IT teams to remove technical barriers.
• Stay current with emerging practices to improve AEP’s AI development ecosystem.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees