Lead Engineer - Cloud & Gen AI
Reports to: Senior Manager - IT Infrastructure
Location: In Office , Orange CT
The base salary range for this position is dependent upon experience and location, ranging from:
What We Offer:
- Competitive benefits and growth opportunities
- Generous performance‑based bonuses
- 12% 401(k) match
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Professional development and clear career‑advancement pathways
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Job Summary
The Lead Engineer, Cloud and Generative AI (Artificial Intelligence) is the Subject Matter Expert (SME) with designing, implementing, and managing scalable cloud infrastructure solutions on AWS and Azure to support cutting-edge Generative AI applications. This role requires collaboration with data scientists and AI researchers to deploy and optimize AI models, ensuring the security, reliability, and performance of cloud-based AI systems. The incumbent will utilize Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, such as Terraform, to automate cloud infrastructure provisioning and management.
The Lead Engineer, Cloud and Generative AI will provide technical leadership, and mentorship will guide team members on cloud and AI-related projects, while problem-solving skills to troubleshoot and resolve issues related to cloud infrastructure and AI model deployment. This role is expected to remain up to date with the latest advancements in AWS, Azure, and Generative AI, you will apply this knowledge to continuously improve our systems. Your documentation of best practices, processes, and procedures will ensure smooth cloud and AI operations.
This role will report into the Senior Manager – IT Infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field and a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
Experience in Generative AI, including experience with frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, or similar.
Preferred Qualifications
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Company:
AVANGRID SERVICE COMPANY
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Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and in the event of a system emergency, may be required to work outside of their regular schedule/job duties. This is applicable to employees that will work in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate functions. This does not include those that will work for Avangrid Power.
Avangrid employees may also be assigned a NERC Reliability Standards compliance role supporting Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) and/or Operations and Planning (O&P) responsibilities. This is applicable to employees that will work in electric transmission, operations, and cyber security business areas in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate business areas. NERC Reliability Standards compliance roles and responsibilities may include additional access protections, training, audit engagement, and required evidence retention, and will be communicated by the employee’s management.
Job Posting End Date:
August-31-2026
