AIOps Engineer

Job Description

All candidates must be directly contracted by ASK Consulting on their payroll and cannot be subcontracted. We are unable to provide sponsorship at this moment.

Job Title: AI-Ops Engineer

Location Address: Stanford, CA 94305 - Hybrid (2 days on campus)

Duration of project (start and end date): February 1, 2026 - January 31, 2027

Full-time (contract) - 40 hours per week

Shift timing/schedule: 09:00 AM - 06:00 PM

PR Range: $50/hr.

- $60/hr. on W2 without benefits

Notes:

• Will the resource be working with minors? No
• How many years of experience are required? 3+ years
• Will this role extend or possibly convert to an FTE? Possible
• Is a degree required for this job? Yes - Bachelor's degree (Master's preferred)
• Is driving required for this job? No

Top 3 requirements to hire:

• 3+ years Dev Ops/SRE/Cloud Engineering
• Python + AWS infrastructure experience
• At least one AWS Associate-level certification

• The AI-Ops Engineer is a key technical contributor responsible for evolving traditional Dev Ops into AI-Ops. This role leverages AI and machine learning to automate and enhance IT operations, including performance monitoring, anomaly detection, root cause analysis, and automated remediation.
• Working at the intersection of cloud infrastructure, AI-driven automation, and operational excellence, the engineer embeds intelligence into infrastructure, deployment, and monitoring to ensure high availability, predictive issue resolution, and operational efficiency across CGOEs global online programs.

• Implement AIOps solutions that use ML algorithms to automate performance monitoring, workload scheduling, and infrastructure management.
• Build anomaly detection systems that identify infrastructure issues before they impact users.
• Develop automated root cause analysis capabilities using ML to correlate events and filter noise from critical alerts.
• Create predictive maintenance workflows that analyze historical patterns to proactively mitigate issues.
• Design and implement automated remediation scripts that respond to incidents without human intervention.

• Architect comprehensive observability platforms that aggregate data from disparate sources into unified dashboards.
• Implement intelligent alerting systems using NLP and ML to reduce alert fatigue and surface actionable insights.
• Build real-time analytics dashboards for coordinated diagnosis across teams.
• Deploy application performance monitoring (APM) solutions integrated with AI-driven analytics. Ensure end-to-end visibility across cloud infrastructure, applications, and AI/ML workloads.

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure AWS infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Cloud Formation, Terraform, or CDK).
• Implement and manage containerized environments using Docker, AWS ECS, Fargate, and Kubernetes (EKS).
• Build CI/CD pipelines for continuous delivery, integrating AI-powered code quality and deployment optimization.
• Manage cloud automation and optimization to improve cost-efficiency and resource utilization.
• Ensure compliance and regulatory standards (FERPA, GDPR) for secure data handling and governance.

• Partner with cross-functional teams to implement domain-agnostic AIOps solutions across the organization.
• Use Git-based version control and code review best practices as part of a collaborative, agile workflow.
• Document operational procedures, runbooks, and AIOps workflows for team knowledge sharing.
• Continuously evaluate and adopt emerging AIOps tools, AWS services, and AI-driven automation technologies.
• Contribute to building an AI-first operational culture that prioritizes automation and predictive capabilities.

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Dev Ops, Cloud Engineering, or a related field (Masters preferred).
• AWS certification preferred (Solutions Architect, Sys Ops Administrator, or Dev Ops Engineer);
  Professional-level certification a plus.

• 3+ years of experience in Dev Ops, SRE, or Cloud Engineering roles.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with AWS infrastructure (EC2, ECS, Lambda, S3, IAM, VPC). Experience implementing monitoring, observability, and alerting solutions at scale.
• Familiarity with ML/AI concepts and their application to operational automation.

• Languages:
  
  Python (required);
  Bash, Go, or Type Script preferred.
• AIOps & Monitoring:
  Cloud Watch, X-Ray, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or Splunk with ML capabilities.
• Infrastructure as Code: AWS Cloud Formation, Terraform, or AWS CDK.
• Containers & Orchestration:
  Docker, AWS ECS/Fargate, Kubernetes (EKS).
• AWS Services:
  Lambda, EC2, S3, API Gateway, Event Bridge, Cloud Watch, IAM, VPC, Code Pipeline, Sage Maker.
• CI/CD Tools:
  Git Hub Actions, AWS Code Pipeline, Jenkins, or Git Lab CI.
• Data & Analytics:
  Experience with log aggregation, metrics analysis, and event correlation platforms.