AI DevOps Engineer

Location: Rockville MD
Travel: Possibly across US
Required Clearance: Ability to obtain Public Trust
Required Education: Bachelors Degree in IT Computer Science or a related field is preferred
Required Experience: 10 years of relevant experience
Degrees may be substituted for years of experience: 8 years of experience

Description

PingWind is seeking an AI DevOps Engineer with a strong emphasis on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to join the PingWind team supporting Agency for Healthcare Research and Qualitys (AHRQ) Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning strategy in Rockville MD. As an AI DevOps Engineer you will play a critical role in ensuring the quality and reliability of AHRQ applications and products. Your responsibilities will include providing application and feature development by coordinating with developers developing reusable code to enable rapid development and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software and infrastructure to our stakeholders and users.

Responsibilities:

Create and support effective continuous integration pipelines
Implement install upgrade troubleshoot and manage the configuration and maintenance of servers and networks within the clients environment
Collaborate with various groups to manage all aspects of the systems including but not limited to troubleshooting configuration DNS hostnames networking Web service client configuration VM installation / patches / upgrades deployment dynamic and static analysis tools and Incident Management
Collaborate with stakeholders and users in requirement development activities
Provide application and feature development and infrastructure working with the Software Architect to plan projects for the team
Coordinate with Developers and DBAs during development enhancement and ongoing maintenance of applications
Participate in Agile scrum ceremonies to facilitate development and hold team accountable to product roadmap
Develop reusable code to automate processes and enable rapid development
Write clean efficient and scalable code following best practices
Monitor infrastructure and application performance
Debug troubleshoot and optimize application performance
Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and adherence to standards
Implement security and data protection measures
Document technical specifications and development processes
Stay up to date with emerging technologies and industry trends
Provide cross training and mentorship for the team on industry standards and best practices

Required Qualifications

Bachelors Degree in IT Computer Science or a related field
10 years of relevant experience
Artificial intelligence and machine learning engineering
Generative AI and large language models
AI solution architecture and systems engineering
AI/ML prototyping testing evaluation performance assessment and monitoring
Integration and deployment of AI/ML capabilities within approved cloud application and infrastructure environments
Responsible AI information security privacy documentation and technical risk management
10 or more years building software from source managing third party dynamic libraries identifying build-time issues and incompatibilities
10 or more years of experience with Databases
10 or more years of experience with Web & Internet Technologies: HTML XML JSON HTTP CSS SMTP DNS HTTP Cache Expires headers REST services OAuth 2 SSL Certificates
10 or more years of experience with installing configuring and maintaining local services (daemons)
10 or more years of experience with Operating Systems: Windows Server Linux command-line shell; installation of software; packages; editors; configuration; revision control of configuration
10 or more years of experience with Scripting Languages: RUBY SHELL PERL BASH Powershell Python
10 or more years of experience with Version Control Tools such as Git TFS CVS SVN
10 or more years of experience configuring managing and supporting Application/Web Servers such as Apache HTTPD NGINX Java containers
10 or more years of experience with Cloud Build and Release Engineering / DevOps (AWS Azure)
10 or more years of experience with AWS Services: EC2 S3 CloudFront Cloud Watch SQS ELB VPC RDS IAM Cloud Formation Cloud trail
10 or more years of experience with Linux/Unix system-level tools such as LogRotate Cron user/group permissions model services
10 or more years of experience in Support role working with other application and Ops teams in resolving issues/incidents

Preferred Qualifications

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
Attention to detail and a strong commitment to delivering high-quality software

About PingWind

PingWind is focused on delivering outstanding services to the federal government. We have extensive experience in the fields of cybersecurity development IT infrastructure supply chain management and other professional services such as system design and continuous improvement. PingWind is an SBA certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) with offices in Northern Virginia and Huntsville AL.

Our benefits include:

Eleven Federal Holidays
Paid Time Off accrued each pay period
Parental Leave
Three medical plan choices with generous employer contribution
Dental and Vision Insurance
Company paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
Company paid Life and AD&D Insurance
401k with competitive matching and vesting schedule
Continuing education assistance
Short Term / Long Term Disability & Life Insurance
Medical Dependent Care and Commuter Flexible Spending Accounts
Employee Assistance Program
Wellness benefits include Calm Health app and WellHub gym subsidy (formerly GymPass)
529 College Savings Plan
Legal Insurance
Pet Insurance

Salary Range

$115k-$160K

The pay range for this job is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) job responsibilities education certifications experience as well as internal equity mapping and alignment with market data or other applicable laws.

Veterans are encouraged to apply

PingWind Inc. does not discriminate in employment opportunities terms and conditions of employment or practices on the basis of race age gender religious or political beliefs national origin or heritage disability sexual orientation or any characteristic protected by law.