NTT DATA  Services

Platform Engineer (AI/LLM Infrastructure)

NTT DATA Services$130K — $170K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, SRE, or Infrastructure Engineering.
  • 3+ years of experience delivering infrastructure for AI/LLM production systems.
  • 3+ years of experience with Terraform and GitOps (ArgoCD/Flux).
  • 3+ years of experience with Azure services (Key Vault, Monitor, DevOps Pipelines).
  • 3+ years of experience in CI/CD and container registry management.

Responsibilities

  • Lead design and implementation of scalable infrastructure for AI/LLM solutions.
  • Act as a hands-on technical lead, guiding and contributing to engineering efforts.
  • Own infrastructure architecture below the application layer, encompassing security and observability.
  • Partner with clients to deliver tailored AI infrastructure solutions.
  • Architect and manage Kubernetes environments and optimize cluster operations.
  • Drive Infrastructure-as-Code practices and manage CI/CD pipelines.
  • Establish observability standards and lead post-mortem analyses.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with cutting-edge AI/LLM technologies.
  • Hands-on leadership role with direct client interaction.
  • Collaborative environment fostering team guidance and development.
  • Flexible work arrangements in the tech hub of Santa Clara.
  • Involvement in the full lifecycle of infrastructure architecture and security.
Full Job Description
Req ID: 372653

We are currently seeking a Platform Engineer (AI/LLM Infrastructure) to join our team in Santa Clara, California (US-CA), United States (US).

We are currently seeking a Platform Engineer (AI/LLM Infrastructure) to join our team in Santa Clara, CA.

  • Lead the design, implementation, and operation of scalable infrastructure platforms supporting AI/LLM-based solutions for enterprise clients.
  • Act as a hands-on technical lead (player-coach), contributing to development while guiding a team of engineers.
  • Own end-to-end infrastructure architecture below the application layer, including compute, container orchestration, CI/CD, observability, and security.
  • Partner directly with clients and stakeholders to design, present, and deliver robust AI infrastructure solutions.
  • Architect and manage production-grade Kubernetes environments (AKS/EKS), including cluster operations and RBAC.
  • Design and operationalize RAG pipelines, including ingestion, chunking, embedding workflows, and vector database management.
  • Lead GPU infrastructure provisioning and optimization (NVIDIA A100/H100 or similar).
  • Drive Infrastructure-as-Code adoption using Terraform and GitOps practices (ArgoCD/Flux).
  • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps.
  • Establish observability standards using Datadog, OpenTelemetry, and ELK/OpenSearch.
  • Lead incident response, on-call processes, and post-mortem analysis.
  • Ensure strong security posture and lead InfoSec review processes.
  • Coordinate delivery across multiple teams and client engagements.


Qualifications:
  • 5+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, SRE, or Infrastructure Engineering.
  • 3+ years of experience delivering and leading infrastructure for AI/LLM-based production systems.
  • 3+ years of experience with Terraform and GitOps (ArgoCD/Flux).
  • 3+ years of experience with Azure (Key Vault, Monitor, DevOps Pipelines).
  • 3+ years of Experience with CI/CD and container registry management.


Position can pay between 130-170K (USD) range annually depending on skills match & suitability.

About NTT DATA Services

NTT DATA Corporation is a Japanese multinational information technology service and consulting company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is partially-owned subsidiary of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone. Japan Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation, a predecessor of NTT, started Data Communications business in 1967. NTT, following its privatization in 1985, spun off the Data Communications division as NTT DATA in 1988, which has now become the largest of the IT Services companies headquartered in Japan.
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