AI Platform Engineer
Reston, VA - USA
Job Summary
Ampcus Inc. is a certified global provider of a broad range of Technology and Business consulting services. We are in search of a highly motivated candidate to join our talented Team.
Job Title: AI Platform Engineer
Location(s): 100% Remote
Duration: 6 Months
The AI Platform Engineer translates AI reference architectures into secure scalable cloud configurations that enable development teams to build and operate AI solutions in a regulated healthcare environment. Reporting into the AI Platform team and working closely with the Lead AI Platforms (Domain Architect) this role operationalizes platform standards automates guardrails and ensures every AI workload deployed meets enterprise security compliance and governance requirements.
- Platform Engineering & Cloud Configuration
- Convert approved AI reference architectures into deployable cloud configurations across Azure MuleSoft and Salesforce Agentforce using infrastructure-as-code (Terraform Bicep ARM) and CI/CD pipelines.
- Build and maintain reusable platform components modules and landing zones that accelerate AI solution delivery across product teams.
- Configure and operate core AI platform services (e.g. Azure OpenAI Azure AI Foundry AI Search MuleSoft integration layers Salesforce Agentforce agents Antrhopic OpenAI) in alignment with enterprise architecture standards.
- Implement environment promotion patterns (dev test prod) secrets management and observability tooling for AI workloads.
- Governance & Guardrails Enablement
- Translate AI governance policies (risk tiering model approval PHI/PII handling audit logging) into enforceable technical controls policy-as-code Azure Policy RBAC network isolation and data egress restrictions.
- Implement controls that enforce HIPAA CMS and internal compliance requirements for AI solutions including Zero Data Retention configurations audit log integration and prompt/response logging where required.
- Partner with the AI Governance Lead and Coordinator to ensure platform configurations match documented governance posture and are audit-ready.
- Configure model gateways content safety filters bias/PII safeguards and usage telemetry to support responsible AI operations at scale.
- Developer Enablement
- Deliver paved-path templates starter kits and self-service capabilities that allow product and engineering teams to build AI solutions safely without recreating platform components.
- Provide technical support documentation and office hours to development teams consuming the AI platform.
- Collaborate with Consultant Product Owners and platform architects to translate solution requirements into platform capabilities and backlog items.
- Operations & Reliability
- Monitor platform health capacity cost and consumption; implement automation to optimize spend and performance.
- Support incident response root-cause analysis and continuous improvement of platform reliability and security posture.
- Maintain platform documentation runbooks and architectural decision records.
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field; equivalent experience considered.
- 5 years of cloud platform engineering experience with 2 years focused on Azure (or comparable hyperscaler).
- Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/Bicep) CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps GitHub Actions) and policy-as-code frameworks.
- Working knowledge of AI/ML platform services Azure OpenAI AI Foundry vector databases model gateways or equivalent.
- Experience implementing technical controls for regulated data environments (HIPAA PCI or similar).
- Strong understanding of identity networking encryption and secrets management patterns in the cloud.
Ampcus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age protected veterans or individuals with disabilities.
Required Experience:
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