AI Infrastructure Engineer

• As an AI Infrastructure Engineer, you are a deep technical contributor with subsystem ownership and notable technical influence. Your role will be crucial in ensuring that the AI solutions you contribute to are consistent, secure, and reliable.
• Architect reusable Terraform modules and Crossplane compositions for multi-environment use
• Design and maintain multi-environment GitOps structures with FluxCD
• Engineer advanced ADO pipeline patterns (multi-stage, gated, reusable templates)
• Solve complex AKS issue (networking, scaling, controllers, identity integration)
• Implement and maintain Workload identity patterns for AKS workloads
• Improve team practices through tooling, documentation, and automation improvements
• Perform technical reviews to ensure quality, security, and consistency
• Mentor junior AI Infrastructure Engineers, fostering growth and development of team members through knowledge-sharing, constructive code review, and by setting the standard for best practices

• Proven experience designing, operating, and scaling production Kubernetes platforms, with deep hands-on expertise in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
• Strong infrastructure-as-code experience using Terraform, with supplemental use of Crossplane and ARM templates.
• Demonstrated success implementing GitOps operating models, including desired-state enforcement, drift detection, and multi-environment promotion.
• Experience defining and operating observability standards, including monitoring, alerting, and SLI/SLOs using tools such as Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Prometheus, and Grafana.
• Experience with at least one Cloud Computing platform (experience with Microsoft Azure a plus).
• Experience with serverless functions, e.g., OpenFaaS
• Bachelor's degree, * Solid understanding of Azure identity and access management, including Managed Identities, service principals, and AKS Workload Identity.
• Hands-on experience provisioning and supporting Azure resources such as Storage Accounts, Key Vault, ACR, networking (VNets, private endpoints), and monitoring services.
• Experience designing and operating CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and deploying to AKS and Azure services using Octopus Deploy.
• Kubernetes and/or Azure certifications (CKA, CKAD, Azure Architect, or similar).
• Demonstrated commitment to DevOps best practices and continuous improvement.
• You want to stay fresh with regards to practicing engineering. Continuous improvement is a mantra for you as any system you work with gradually improves over time.
• You enjoy AI and machine learning. You've gone deeper than reading blog posts, ideally having several example machine learning projects you can speak to within industry, academia, or your free time., We are committed to a merit-based hiring process, evaluating all candidates consistently using objective, job-related criteria such as relevant experience, demonstrated skills, measurable impact, and alignment with the role's responsibilities, and making employment decisions in a fair and inclusive manner free from discrimination.

Design, build, and operate production AI infrastructure: architect reusable IaC (Terraform/Crossplane), implement GitOps with FluxCD, create advanced ADO pipelines, resolve complex AKS issues, implement workload identity, define observability, perform technical reviews, and mentor junior engineers. The summary above was generated by AI

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At Crowe, you can build a meaningful and rewarding career. With real flexibility to balance work with life moments, you're trusted to deliver results and make an impact. We embrace you for who you are, care for your well-being, and nurture your career. Everyone has equitable access to opportunities for career growth and leadership. Over our 80-year history, delivering excellent service through innovation has been a core part of our DNA across our audit, tax, and consulting groups. That's why we continuously invest in innovative ideas, such as AI-enabled insights and technology-powered solutions, to enhance our services. Join us at Crowe and embark on a career where you can help shape the future of our industry.

At Crowe, you can build a meaningful and rewarding career. With real flexibility to balance work with life moments, you're trusted to deliver results and make an impact. We embrace you for who you are, care for your well-being, and nurture your career. Everyone has equitable access to opportunities for career growth and leadership. Over our 80-year history, delivering excellent service through innovation has been a core part of our DNA across our audit, tax, and consulting groups. That's why we continuously invest in innovative ideas, such as AI-enabled insights and technology-powered solutions, to enhance our services. Join us at Crowe and embark on a career where you can help shape the future of our industry., In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. Crowe is not sponsoring for work authorization at this time. 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