General Dynamics Information Technology · 12 hours ago
AI Platform Engineer
Tampa, FL
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$128K/yr - $172K/yr
8+ years expGeneral Dynamics Information Technology is a global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology, and mission services. The AI Platform Engineer will design, deploy, and operate secure, scalable AI inference and orchestration platforms supporting USCENTCOM’s Data Analytical Environment, focusing on platform reliability and operationalizing commercial LLMs in various environments.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud ComputingCyber SecurityConsultingInformation Technology
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Design, deploy, and maintain GPU-enabled Kubernetes environments for AI inference and orchestration
Operationalize commercial LLM inference services using frameworks such as Text Generation Inference (TGI), KServe, FastChat, Triton, or similar
Integrate vector databases and knowledge repositories to support RAG and graph-augmented LLM workflows
Build and maintain secure REST APIs for AI job submission, inference requests, and workflow orchestration
Implement MLOps and platform lifecycle practices, including model versioning, containerization, CI/CD, and reproducibility
Enforce multi-tenant isolation, RBAC, namespace quotas, and resource controls across teams
Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting for AI services, GPU utilization, and workflow health
Support secure deployment in air-gapped, on-prem, and hybrid environments, adhering to DoD security requirements
Collaborate with platform, automation, and data teams to align AI capabilities with mission workflows
Support prompt, rule, and heuristic-based agents by ensuring reliable inference, retrieval, and context delivery
Maintain conversation-aware context pipelines used for tagging and classification agents
Qualification
Required
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Secret
Clearance Level Must Be Able To Obtain: Top Secret/SCI
Job Family: Data Science and Data Engineering
API Development
Application Programming Interface (API)
Collaboration
Kubernetes
RESTful APIs
Experience: 8 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required: Yes
Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field (or equivalent experience)
Certification: DoD Directive 8140 compliant
Strong experience with Kubernetes, containerization (Docker/Podman), and GPU scheduling
Hands-on experience deploying LLM inference services (commercial or open-source)
Proficiency with Python and API development for platform services
Experience integrating vector databases (e.g., FAISS, Milvus, Weaviate, OpenSearch)
Familiarity with MLOps toolchains (MLflow, CI/CD pipelines, artifact registries)
Experience operating systems in secure DoD environments
Knowledge of monitoring/logging stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/Loki)
Security clearance level: Active Secret clearance required; TS/SCI preferred or eligible
US citizenship required
Preferred
Experience with RAG or agent-based AI architectures
Familiarity with Kubernetes-native workflow engines (Argo, Kubeflow)
Exposure to cost tracking or usage metering for shared compute platforms
Understanding of DoD AI governance, ethical AI, and responsible deployment
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages
401K with company match
Competitive pay and paid time off
Medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts
Dental plan options
Vision plan
Variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
Short and long-term disability benefits
Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance
Company
General Dynamics Information Technology
General Dynamics Information Technology is an IT consulting company that specializes in cyber security, AI, and quantum computing. It is a sub-organization of General Dynamics.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Paul Nedzbala
Senior Vice President
Ben Buckley
Vice President and General Manager
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