Cloud/AI Engineer

Purdue Information Technology is committed to advancing cloud and AI initiatives. The Cloud/AI Engineer will work within the IT Infrastructure team to develop and maintain cloud-based AI technologies, ensuring optimal performance, security, and availability of services.

Responsibilities:

• Deploying and debugging cloud stacks
• Developing and implementing policies for the use of AI via cloud infrastructure and software services
• Managing requests for new technology
• Establishing a secure cloud environment
• Ensuring appropriate availability of services
• Educating teams on new cloud and AI initiatives
• Ensuring the security of the cloud infrastructure
• Creating and maintaining automation procedures
• Contribute to the development of operating procedures which support the AI and cloud infrastructure environment
• Identify the most optimal cloud and AI-based solutions for the given need
• Maintain cloud infrastructures in accordance with best practices and security policies
• Participate in on-call rotation with infrastructure teams

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a similar field
• At least Three (3) years of experience in the field of cloud computing
• Azure, AWS, and GCP certifications preferred
• Experience with tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation
• Ability to interact with a variety of customers in a professional manner
• Ability to work independently and as a part of a team
• Strong collaboration and communication skills
• Proficient in networking
• Troubleshooting and analytical skills
• Experience with SysOps
• Experience with containerization environments
• Experience with configuration automation tools including Ansible, Chef, and/or Puppet
• Experience creating CI/CD pipelines for integrating IaC deployments into a deployment workflow supporting dev/test as well as production environments
• Experience developing solutions around well-known AI models such as ChatGPT, PaLM, and Llama
• Experience using version control systems (like Git) to manage IaC configurations
• Experience with tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Azure ARM/Bicep, and/or GCP Deployment Manager
• Hypervisor/Virtualization experience