AI Infrastructure Engineer

The Josef Group

  • Chantilly, Virginia
  • 30+ days ago

    Highlights

    Experience building Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines and working with vector databases (pgvector, Qdrant, Weaviate). Deep understanding of self-hosted AI infrastructure, including model formats, quantization, GPU memory management, batching, and inference optimization.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationChantilly, Virginia

    Description

    AI Infrastructure Engineer

    Top Secret or TS/SCI is required to start 
    $200K to $250K 
    Chantilly, VA

    What You'll Do

    • Deploy and optimize self-hosted LLM inference servers (vLLM, Ollama, and similar).
    • Containerize AI workloads using Docker and orchestrate production environments with Kubernetes, including GPU scheduling.
    • Build and maintain AI serving infrastructure, including gateways, load balancing, authentication, TLS, and rate limiting.
    • Optimize GPU utilization, memory management, quantization, batching, and capacity planning to balance performance and cost.
    • Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines, observability, monitoring, and incident response processes.

    What You'll Bring (Required)

    • Hands-on experience deploying and serving Large Language Models (LLMs) in production.
    • Strong experience with Docker and production Kubernetes environments, including GPU scheduling.
    • Deep understanding of self-hosted AI infrastructure, including model formats, quantization, GPU memory management, batching, and inference optimization.
    • Experience supporting production applications with networking, reverse proxies, load balancing, authentication, and TLS.
    • Proficiency with Linux administration and Python and/or Bash scripting.
    • Ownership mindset with the ability to operate and improve production AI infrastructure.

    Nice to Have

    • Experience with CUDA, NVIDIA drivers, GPU Operators, or other GPU infrastructure technologies.
    • Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Helm).
    • Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools such as Prometheus and Grafana.
    • Experience building Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines and working with vector databases (pgvector, Qdrant, Weaviate).
    • Experience with LLM gateway tools such as LiteLLM.

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