What the buyer needs
AI summaryThe Executive Office of Public Safety and Security seeks one Cloud AI Engineer under the ITS87 contract to provide IT staff augmentation services. The requested engineer will design and deploy AWS-hosted data solutions, manage AI/ML frameworks and RAG applications, automate infrastructure using Terraform, administer Snowflake resources, and implement enterprise AI security practices. Eligible onshore USA organizations serving as ITS87 vendors may submit up to eight candidate resumes. Candidates must satisfy post-selection CORI and DCJIS fingerprinting requirements in Chelsea, Massachusetts, and the agency prefers candidates located in Massachusetts or capable of occasional travel to Milford, Boston, or Middleborough. Submissions must be delivered by email to [email protected] with the subject line "Staff Aug - Cloud AI Engineer" and include a completed line item on the Candidate Bid Sheet for each resume. The maximum acceptable all-inclusive hourly vendor bill rate cannot exceed $125, and the agency may fill the position prior to the close date.
Scope of work
- Architect and implement retrieval-augmented generation solutions using vector databases, embedding models, and semantic search
- Integrate LLM-powered applications and AI agents using Model Context Protocol connectivity and event-driven architectures
- Design, build, and deploy AWS-hosted data solutions including large-scale processing pipelines and analytics
- Utilize Terraform to provision, manage, and orchestrate AWS infrastructure and Snowflake resources
- Oversee upgrades, performance tuning, and access controls within Tableau Server/Cloud
- Configure and manage virtual compute resources including AWS EC2 and Snowflake Virtual Warehouses
- Implement and maintain AWS IAM, Snowflake RBAC, network policies, and row/column-level security
- Implement and manage logging and monitoring using Amazon CloudWatch and Snowflake information schemas
Minimum qualifications
- 10 or more years of experience in architecting, designing, developing, and implementing robust data and cloud solutions on AWS
- Demonstrated expertise in building Retrieval-Augmented Generation solutions using vector databases, embedding models, and semantic search
- Strong hands-on experience designing, developing, and deploying cloud-native AI/ML and Generative AI solutions
- Hands-on experience with Model Context Protocol developing and integrating MCP servers and clients
- Deep technical experience provisioning and managing foundational AWS components including EKS, VPC, SNS/SQS, CloudWatch, CloudFormation, and EC2
- Advanced proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools, specifically Terraform or AWS CloudFormation
- Demonstrated hands-on experience in Snowflake administration, strong proficiency in Python, and advanced SQL
- Ability to successfully pass an FBI background check
Documents to include with your response
- Candidate Bid Sheet line item for each resume submitted
- Resumes
How to submit
- Method
- Instructions
- Respond via email with subject line Staff Aug - Cloud AI Engineer. Maximum of 8 resumes per ITS87 Vendor.
