Senior MLOps & Generative AI Engineer - Remote

Job Description

Senior MLOps & Generative AI Engineer

Location: Virginia Beach, VA (Fully Remote)

Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence

Work Shift: First (Days)

Overview: Sentara is hiring a Senior MLOps & Generative AI Engineer to lead enterprise AI initiatives in healthcare, focusing on MLOps and Generative AI.

Key Responsibilities

• MLOps Engineering: Design, build, and maintain scalable ML infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, governance, and automation.
• Generative AI Engineering: Architect, deploy, and optimize GenAI applications using LLMs, RAG architectures, vector databases, and AI evaluation frameworks.
• Collaborate with AI Scientists, Data Engineers, and Product teams to operationalize AI/ML solutions.
• Ensure platform scalability, security, and compliance in healthcare environments (PHI, HIPAA).
  
  

Required Qualifications

• 5 years in production software/ML systems.
• 1 year in production GenAI or LLM applications.
• Strong Python skills and experience with PyTorch, Hugging Face, TensorFlow.
• Hands-on experience with RAG, vector databases, and LLM orchestration frameworks.
• Cloud experience (AWS, Azure, GCP), Kubernetes, CI/CD, and MLOps practices.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Healthcare experience with EPIC, HIPAA, and AI governance.
• GPU optimization, multi-agent systems, event-driven architectures, or model fine-tuning (LoRA, RLHF).
• Mentoring experience.
  
  

Education & Experience

• 5 years of relevant experience with a degree, or 7 years without a degree.
• Experience in lieu of Bachelor's degree accepted.
  
  

Certification/Licensure

None required.

Compensation

Base pay: $91,416.00 - $152,380.80 annually (Full Time). Additional compensation may be available.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Adoption, Fertility, Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
• Paid Time Off, Parental & Caregiver Leave
• Disability and Life Insurance
• 401k/403B with Employer Match
• Tuition Assistance ($5,250/year) and Student Debt Pay Down ($10,000)
• Pet Insurance and Legal Resources Plan
• Annual discretionary bonus eligible
  
  

Keywords: MLOps, Gen AI, LLM, AWS, Azure, GCP, AI/ML, Python, PyTorch, Hugging Face, TensorFlow, RAG, EPIC, HIPAA, AI Governance