> Markdown version of [/jobs/ext/1914191-senior-technical-architect-for-ai-model-training](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/jobs/ext/1914191-senior-technical-architect-for-ai-model-training). Every page supports `.md` or `Accept: text/markdown`. Links point to the HTML versions so they work for humans too. Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Technical Architect for AI Model Training - **Company:** Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory - **Location:** Washington, DC, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $100,000.0 - $245,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Systems Engineering, Automation of Tests, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Software Debugging, DevOps, Disaster Recovery, Distributed Systems, Identity and Access Management, Machine Learning, Reliability Engineering, Trusted Systems, Reinforcement Learning, Google Cloud, Cloud Platform System, Autoscaling, Multi-Cloud, Build Management, Containerization, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Restful APIs, Terraform, Programming Languages - **Published:** August 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/job/register/us6a76460bee3fdab579ea39f51cbe03d3 ## About the Role * Senior-level experience in technical architecture, cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, DevOps, systems engineering, or SRE, including personal ownership of a production platform. * Strong knowledge of distributed systems, scalable APIs, queues, autoscaling, durable storage, and partial-failure scenarios. * Practical experience with IAM, private networking, least-privilege access, and service-to-service security. * Experience with observability, measurable SLOs, rolling deployments, rollback strategies, and disaster recovery. * Ability to write infrastructure automation or testing tools and to debug containerized environments using a relevant programming language. Preferred Qualifications * Experience with Terraform or OpenTofu. * Experience with AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, or multi-cloud infrastructure. * Experience building internal developer platforms, edge infrastructure, or shared platform services. * Familiarity with chaos engineering, fault injection, local cloud emulators, or resilience testing. * Experience creating technical evaluations, automated grading systems, or AI training/evaluation environments is helpful but not required. ## Description Apply senior platform engineering and production operations expertise to design realistic cloud infrastructure challenges that train and evaluate next-generation AI systems. You will create Reinforcement Learning environments that test an AI model''s ability to design, deploy, secure, scale, troubleshoot, and recover production-grade cloud systems. No prior AI experience is required, the role prioritizes hands-on production ownership and domain expertise. Key Responsibilities * Create realistic cloud infrastructure tasks that cover distributed systems, networking, security, scalability, and reliability. * Design and build reproducible, containerized environments, including valid golden reference solutions and intentionally defective variants for evaluation. * Define measurable requirements across infrastructure configuration, deployed topology, and runtime behavior. * Develop deterministic integration, load, security, failure-injection, deployment, and recovery tests to validate model behavior. * Build Reinforcement Learning environments that exercise IAM, queues, durable storage, observability, rolling deployments, and disaster recovery scenarios. * Debug environments, document technical decisions, and review and improve tasks created by other experts., + $105,000-245,000 per year Description Are you eager to architect and deliver robust, scalable, and secure software systems that enable real operational decisions for warfighters? Are you excited to dire… + 2 days ago, + $105,000-245,000 per year Description Are you eager to architect and deliver robust, scalable, and secure systems that enable real operational decisions for warfighters? Are you excited to directly impa… + 2 days ago + ## Related Videos - [From DevOps to Scaled DevOps: How We’re Rebuilding Continuous Delivery as a Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100018-from-devops-to-scaled-devops-how-we-re-rebuilding-continuous-delivery-as-a-platform) - [Infrastructure as Code: The Developer's Secret Weapon](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1221-infrastructure-as-code-the-developer-s-secret-weapon) - [Understanding Kubernetes in a visual way](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100085-understanding-kubernetes-in-a-visual-way) - [Shipping Faster with Less: Render on Cloud Hosting, AI Workloads, and the Future of DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1894-shipping-faster-with-less-render-on-cloud-hosting-ai-workloads-and-the-future-of-devops) - [DevOps Maturity Check – a way to balance autonomy and alignment](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/58-devops-maturity-check-a-way-to-balance-autonomy-and-alignment) - [Architecting the Future: Leveraging AI, Cloud, and Data for Business Success](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1096-architecting-the-future-leveraging-ai-cloud-and-data-for-business-success) ## Related Articles - [Got AI ideas but no money? Here are 10 free ways to level up your AI skills with Google Cloud](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/600-got-ai-ideas-but-no-money-here-are-10-free-ways-to-level-up-your-ai-skills-with-google-cloud) - [Best US AI Conferences for CTOs in 2026: Build vs. Buy, Vendor Evaluation, and Peer Intelligence](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/736-best-us-ai-conferences-for-ctos-in-2026-build-vs-buy-vendor-evaluation-and-peer-intelligence) - [Coffee with Developers - Maria Apazoglou - Making AI understandable for all in production](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/475-coffee-with-developers-maria-apazoglou-making-ai-understandable-for-all-in-production) - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [MLOps And AI Driven Development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/82-mlops-and-ai-driven-development) - [From Prototype to Production: Build AI Agents with This Free 4-Course Learning Path](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/655-from-prototype-to-production-build-ai-agents-with-this-free-4-course-learning-path)