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David Careers

AI Systems Engineer - AI Platforms - Manager

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eyDallas (TX)
Computer Systems Engineers/ArchitectsComputer Systems Design Services

SENIORITY

Lead

SALARY

$125,500 - $261,600 per year

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About the role

Location: Anywhere in Country
At EY, we're all in to shape your future with confidence. We'll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world.
The opportunity: We are seeking AI Systems Engineers to build and operate the foundational substrate that powers EY's AI-native platform. This role owns the infrastructure and cloud-native platform layers of the Hybrid AI Multi-Environment Runtime (HAI), from bare-metal and GPU infrastructure through Kubernetes, cluster fabric, and multi-tenant scaling. You will be responsible for building and managing EY Fabric environments across cloud, on-prem, edge, and air-gapped targets. This is the substrate on which EY Agentic AI capabilities run. This role is ideal for a full-stack infrastructure leader who is equally comfortable with bare-metal and GPU systems and production Kubernetes at scale, who treats reliability and portability as non-negotiable in regulated client contexts, and who understands that the substrate is a product in its own right, measured by the velocity, safety, and portability it unlocks for every team building above it.
Your key responsibilities:
  • Own the cluster & cloud-native platform: compute, Kubernetes and scheduling, cluster fabric/networking, multi-tenancy, and distributed compute, as the substrate for Agentic AI workflows and tooling.
  • Own the infrastructure foundation: Ubuntu/OS, BMC/bare-metal, DPU architecture, and NVAIE (GPU/Network/DCGM), ensuring the physical and virtual bedrock is provisioned, patched, and production-ready.
  • Stand up and manage EY Agentic AI environments across cloud (EKS/AKS/GKE), on-prem AI Factory (RKE2/NVAIE), edge (K3s), and air-gapped deployment modes, maintaining one consistent stack contract across all targets.
  • Deliver foundational platform capabilities such as Infrastructure Management, Kubernetes & Scheduling, and Cluster Fabric Management, so downstream runtime, data, and execution services can run safely and consistently.
  • Own cluster lifecycle, autoscaling, GPU pooling/virtualization, and multi-tenancy boundaries (vCluster/Crossplane/Karpenter), providing isolated, elastic capacity per tenant and engagement.
  • Own secure execution and inference: Ray Serve, vLLM/NIM/Triton, and NVIDIA Dynamo, with sandboxed execution (gVisor/Firecracker for hosted, NVIDIA OpenShell/vNode for on-prem) for isolated, safe model execution.
  • Own cognitive and routing: Envoy AI Gateway, semantic routing (vLLM-SR), model/prompt selection, and streaming response handling — directing each request to the right model under the right constraints.
  • Collaborate with DevOps Engineers on deployment and delivery of the platform itself: CI/CD/CV (ArgoCD), infrastructure-as-code / GitOps (Helm/OpenTofu), so environments are reproducible and drift-free.
  • Own backup, disaster recovery, and cross-environment replication for high availability (Velero, CloudNativePG, Cilium ClusterMesh), along with patching and platform supply-chain hygiene.
  • Ensure the substrate is modular and swappable, so components can be replaced without rewriting consumers, minimizing vendor lock-in while preserving the stack contract.
  • Skills and attributes for success
  • Deep expertise in cloud-native platform engineering (Kubernetes, networking, multi-tenancy at scale) and low-level infrastructure and systems engineering (bare-metal, GPU, DPU).Advanced understanding of how compute, networking, storage, and scheduling interact to form a reliable, portable substrate.
  • Comfortable operating across cloud, on-prem, edge, and air-gapped environments simultaneously, with a portability-first mindset.
  • Strong command of AI gateways, semantic routing, and model/prompt selection under latency and cost constraints.
  • A passion for ensuring reliability, repeatability, and reduction of operational toil through automation and infrastructure-as-code.
  • Ability to define and honor clean ownership boundaries with adjacent trust, data, and runtime teams.
  • Strong communicator able to explain infrastructure tradeoffs to engineers, architects, and leadership.
  • Natural product-ownership orientation toward foundational platforms, measured by the downstream velocity and reliability they enable.
  • To qualify you must have
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related technical field.8+ years building or operating enterprise infrastructure, cloud platforms, or large-scale Kubernetes environments, including hands-on systems depth.
  • Hands-on expertise with Kubernetes distributions (RKE2, EKS/AKS/GKE, K3s) and full cluster lifecycle management.
  • Deep experience with bare-metal, cloud, hybrid, on-prem, and ideally air-gapped deployment models.
  • Strong grounding in cluster networking (Cilium/service mesh/CNI), storage, and multi-tenancy isolation.
Experience with GPU infrastructure and scheduling (NVAIE/DCGM, GPU operators, virtualization/MIG).Experience with infrastructure-as-code and GitOps tooling (Terraform/OpenTofu, Helm, ArgoCD, Crossplane).Proven track record operating production infrastructure under compliance, security, or regulatory constraints. Ability to work effectively with security, architecture, product, and delivery teams. Ideally, you'll also have Experience supporting AI/ML and GPU-intensive workloads (GPU virtualization, MIG, AI workload scheduling).Experience with multi-tenant platforms and tenancy isolation at scale (e.g., vCluster).Experience with disaster recovery, backup, and cross-environment replication tiered by RPO/RTO.Familiarity with distributed compute and batch orchestration (Kueue, Slurm/Slinky, Ray, OpenMPI).Background in platform or SRE roles where success is measured by downstream team velocity, reliability, and portability. Exposure to regulated delivery environments (financial services, tax, healthcare, risk).What we offer you At EY, we harness our collective strength to empower you to shape your future with confidence through professional growth, personal fulfillment and an inclusive culture. Learn more at ey.com/us/careers .The salary range for this job is: New York City, Boston, and Washington DC Metro Areas, Washington State, and Southern California offices – $150,700 to $251,200 Bay Area California offices – $157,100 to $261,600 All other offices locations in the US, including Sacramento – $125,500 to $230,200 Individual salaries within these ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options. Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today. To make the most of your application experience, please limit yourself to two applications within a six-month period. EY accepts applications for this position on an on-going basis. For those living in California, please click here for additional information. At EY, our values set the foundation for how we work and the behaviors we expect of our people. Any misrepresentation or falsification of information or lack of integrity at any point in the recruiting process may result in withdrawal of your candidacy, revocation of an offer or immediate termination of employment. EY | Building a better working worldEY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets. Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow. EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected, multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories. All in to shape the future with confidence. EY provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, genetic information, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other legally protected basis, including arrest and conviction records, in accordance with applicable law. EY is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities including veterans with disabilities. If you have a disability and either need assistance applying online or need to request an accommodation during any part of the application process, please call 1-800-EY-HELP3, select Option 2 for candidate related inquiries, then select Option 1 for candidate queries and finally select Option 2 for candidates with an inquiry which will route you to EY's Talent Shared Services Team (TSS) or email the TSS at ssc.customersupport@ey.com.

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