Platform / Devops Engineer – AI Solutions (associate) - Remote - Remote Eligible

Platform / DevOps Engineer

Join Huron's AI Team as a Platform / DevOps Engineer and play a key role in making our AI solutions secure, scalable, and production-ready. You'll build and manage the cloud-native environments, automation pipelines, and observability foundations that keep our prototypes, accelerators, and client systems running reliably. As part of our cross-functional delivery pods, you'll collaborate with engineers, architects, and client teams to ensure every solution is delivered successfully at scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines (build, test, deploy) using tools like GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or Jenkins.
• Build and manage Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation), creating reusable templates for accelerators and client solutions.
• Containerize applications (Docker), deploy to Azure Container Apps / AKS, AWS ECS/EKS, or serverless as needed.
• Set up observability: logging, monitoring, alerting; tools may include Azure Monitor and other enterprise-approved tools as required.
• Ensure secure deployments: identity & access management (IAM, RBAC), VNet / VPC design, private endpoints, secrets management.
• Implement encryption, access controls, and compliance guardrails (HIPAA, SOC2, GDPR awareness preferred).
• Ensure deployments comply with performance, reliability, and cost goals for production environments.
• Provide runbooks, operational documentation, and support handoff processes.
• Evaluate and adopt open-source tools to improve automation, observability, and deployment efficiency.
• Collaborate with Solution Architects and Engineers to align deployment and infrastructure patterns with enterprise guardrails.

Required Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in DevOps, platform infrastructure, or cloud engineering roles.
• Proficiency in Cloud platforms such as Azure and AWS — deploying services, using cloud-native tools.
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or equivalent).
• Hands-on with containerization (Docker) and at least one orchestration tool (Kubernetes, ECS/EKS, etc.).
• Solid knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and best practices.
• Experience with monitoring/logging/observability setup.
• Understanding of cloud networking/security: IAM / RBAC, VNet/VPCs, private endpoints, secrets management.
• Strong scripting (Python, Bash) for automation.
• Preferred: Familiarity with Kubernetes package management.
• Preferred: Exposure to AI/ML deployment (e.g. deploying models, integrating AI workflows, Azure OpenAI, LangGraph, etc.).
• Strong communication skills; ability to liaise with client IT/security and internal teams.
• Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent hands-on experience.

Flexible living locations across US or Canada, ability to travel as needed.

The estimated base salary for this job is $100,000 - $125,000 USD. The range represents a good faith estimate of the range that Huron reasonably expects to pay for this job at the time of the job posting. The actual salary paid to an individual will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to specific skills or certifications, years of experience, market changes, and required travel. This job is also eligible to participate in Huron's annual incentive compensation program, which reflects Huron's pay for performance philosophy. Inclusive of annual incentive compensation opportunity, the total estimated compensation range for this job is $112,000 - $147,500 USD. The job is also eligible to participate in Huron's benefit plans which include medical, dental and vision coverage and other wellness programs. The salary range information provided is in accordance with applicable state and local laws regarding salary transparency that are currently in effect and may be implemented in the future.

Position Level: Associate

Country: United States of America