CareerPlan

Principal SI Platform Engineer

USAFull-time$199k–$235k2026-11-04 → 2026-11-10
Security clearance required

Core

Design, develop, deploy, and support Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions and Large Language Model (LLM) orchestration in high-performance computing Linux environments for mission-critical U.S. Government applications.

Role type

Principal Staff Platform Engineer (Generative AI/SI)

Builds

Scalable, production-ready RAG architectures, LLM inference pipelines, and containerized AI systems.

Domain

U.S. Government Intelligence / Generative AI / High-Performance Computing

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Linux system administration, Python software development, Kubernetes, Docker/Podman, CI/CD pipelines, RAG architectures, LLM orchestration, vector databases, embedding models, DevSecOps, Git workflows

Preferred skills

AWS Cloud, GPU-enabled applications, PyTorch/TensorFlow, KubeFlow, SQL, Elasticsearch, vLLM/Nvidia NIM/Triton, Atlassian tools

Technologies

AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Podman, GitLab CI/CD, Prometheus, Grafana, PyTorch, TensorFlow, vLLM, Triton, Elasticsearch, SQL, Helm, Confluence

Responsibilities

Design and develop RAG solutions using LLMs and knowledge retrieval systems; Deploy and manage containerized AI applications; Maintain CI/CD pipelines and monitoring platforms; Support mission-critical SI system development in HPC environments.

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategic oversight