AI​/ML Platform Engineer

Join CACI as an experienced AI/ML Platform Engineer with our Lisle Dev Ops team! In this role you will provide expert support for on-premises LLM-enabled technologies and agentic workflows, ensuring seamless integration and operation within our development and test environments. This role requires a deep understanding of AI infrastructure concepts, Dev Ops practices, and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

• Architect a greenfield implementation of LLM-enabled technologies to support agentic workflows
• Deploy, operate, and monitor open-weight LLMs hosted on local Kubernetes clusters
• Design, build, and maintain RAG pipelines to enable use of document investigation, chunking, embedding, retrieval, and reranking with existing models and services
• Develop and maintain Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and their interconnections to existing services
  
  Coach teams on best practice MCP designs and usage
• Support software automated testing environments
• Collaborate with development to implement CI/CD pipelines
• Instrument tracing and evaluation tools to measure, compare, and iteratively improve existing product cycles
• Provide requirements for network infrastructure to improve model serving performance and accessibility
• Support software development environments and change management systems

• In-depth Information Technology understanding
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
• Software development familiarity with Python, SQL, and Java
• Experience writing data pipelines with Airflow, Spark, Apache Iceberg, or DBT
• Experience managing AI/ML infrastructure through Kubernetes, Kserve, vLLM, Lang Fuse, Elasticsearch, and Terraform
• Supported Gitlab CI/CD pipelines
• Understanding of RAG, MCP servers, QLoRA, and artifact repositories such as Nexus
• Conceptual understanding of data warehousing and data pipelines from open and proprietary sources
• Ability to work under limited supervision and adapt to change
• Strong organizational and teamwork skills
• Must have good work ethics and show diligence in work performed.
• Must take initiative and ownership of requirements and tasks
• Knowledge of IT system processes involving requirements definition, analysis, design, implementation, networks, security and life-cycle support

Schedule :
Full-time In-Office

Travel :
Occasionally

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or other related scientific or technical discipline with a minimum of four years of related experience or a similar Master’s Degree and two years of related experience.
• Experience in supporting small to mid-sized organizations (100+ users).
• Experience in the analysis, design, implementation and support of large, complex, inter-networked systems.

A TS/SCI clearance is required to begin employment. For this position, CACI has the ability to provide clearance sponsorship for qualified individuals.

At CACI, we place character and innovation at the center of everything we do. As a valued team member, you’ll be part of a high-performing group dedicated to our customer’s missions and driven by a higher purpose – to ensure the safety of our nation.

CACI values the unique contributions that every employee brings to our company and our customers - every day. You’ll have the autonomy to take the time you need through a unique flexible time off benefit and have access to robust learning resources to make your ambitions a reality.

Together, we will advance our nation's most critical missions, build on our lengthy track record of business success, and find opportunities to break new…