Sr. AI Engineer – Hybrid

The Clien is seeking an AI Engineer IV to implement, maintain, and manage cloud infrastructure for AI in Azure, as well as configure and maintain monitoring, IaC, and CI/CD for these resources.

Local candidates strongly preferred. Candidate must be able to come to Mechanicsville, VA to pick up laptop.

• Experience providing guidance on the implementation of AI resources in Azure, and experience implementing, maintaining, and monitoring those resources.
• Experience performing regular patching and updates to ensure system security and stability.
• Experience overseeing backup operations and recovery processes in mission‑critical environments.
• Experience planning and executing cloud migrations, and moving workloads from on‑premises to the cloud.
• Comfortable working in an environment that utilizes multiple frameworks/technologies, including .NET, Java, SQL, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, and more.
• Experience providing support and troubleshooting issues for production applications.
• Experience working with security tools such as Tenable to manage vulnerability remediation.
• Experience with tools like SCCM and SCOM for automated patch management and deployment.
• Experience crafting disaster recovery (DR) plans to ensure minimal downtime and prevent data loss.
• Strong networking knowledge – including understanding OSI layer functionality and network protocols.

• Microsoft‑focused certifications, such as Azure Administrator Associate, Azure Solutions Architect, Azure AI Engineer Associate, etc.
• Networking‑focused certifications, such as Network, CCNA, etc.

• Experience providing guidance on the implementation of AI resources in Azure, and experience implementing, maintaining, and monitoring those resources — Required, 3 years
• Experience with implementing, monitoring, and maintaining Azure environments — Required, 8 years
• Experience performing regular patching and updates to ensure system security and stability — Required, 10 years
• Experience overseeing backup operations and recovery processes in mission‑critical environments — Required, 10 years
• Experience planning and executing cloud migrations, and moving workloads from on‑premises to the cloud — Required, 10 years
• Experience providing support and troubleshooting issues for production applications — Required, 10 years
• Experience with tools like SCCM and SCOM for automated patch management and deployment — Required, 10 years

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