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Inside Higher Ed · 1 week ago

SENIOR AI DEVOPS SPECIALIST, IS&T Applications

Boston, MA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$130K/yr - $145K/yr

8+ years exp

Boston University is assembling a world-class AI Engineering team to transform operations and deliver innovative AI applications. As a Senior AI DevOps Specialist, you will ensure the scalable deployment, monitoring, and support of AI applications and models while managing infrastructure across various environments and collaborating with other developers.

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Responsibilities

Deployment of AI Applications, Agents & Related Infrastructure

Collaborative Development Support

AI Model Management & Fine-Tuning

Infrastructure Monitoring & Optimization

Security, Compliance, & Continuous Improvement

Qualification

Containerization DockerContainerization KubernetesMulti-environment deploymentLLM/SLM model fine-tuningModern programming languagesDevOps practicesInfrastructure monitoringSecurity complianceCollaboration

Required

8+ years of applicable experience

Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field

Expertise in containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS ECS) and multi-environment deployment (on-premise, cloud, hybrid)

Experience with hosting and fine-tuning LLM/SLM models

Development experience in modern programming languages (e.g., Python, JavaScript, or similar) with familiarity in AI technologies and frameworks (e.g., prompt engineering, RAG, embeddings along with more recent innovations like MCP and A2A)

Experience with DevOps practices, scalable architectures, and modern security standards