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# AI Infrastructure Engineer

- **Company:** Barrow Wise Consulting
- **Location:** United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Systems Engineering, Distributed Data Store, Zero Trust Network Access, AI Infrastructure, AI Platforms, Information Technology, Virtual Agents
- **Published:** August 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/070571ec-9e17-4dce-bcc9-3ef892d7c48a

## About the Role

* ship and Secret Clearance
 * Master's Degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related field
 * 8 years of systems engineering and AI infrastructure development expertise

## Description

The AI Infrastructure Engineer will support Barrow Wise and perform the following duties:

 * Assess legacy infrastructure, identify modernization gaps, and design the next-generation AI + Data Mesh infrastructure + Zero Trust 2.0 for federal mission environments.
 * Blend AI platform engineering, secure distributed data architecture, and classified-environment deployment engineering.
 * Evaluate current systems, design modernization roadmaps, and build secure, scalable AI infrastructure capable of supporting agentic AI, RAG pipelines, autonomous workflows, and distributed data governance.
 * Identify gaps in scalability, observability, compliance, and AI readiness.
 * Design and implement scalable AI infrastructure for model inference, RAG, vector databases, agentic AI, and high-performance GPU workloads.
 * Build deterministic, well-tested deployment tooling for air-gapped, on-prem, and classified environments.
 * Produce modernization roadmaps aligned with federal cybersecurity and zero-trust requirements.
 * Collaborate with stakeholders to understand the gaps and required improvements in the various enclaves
 * Performs other duties as assigned


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