Senior DevOps Engineer

SEI is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our Enterprise AI team. This role is about building and operating reliable cloud‑based systems by writing code, automating infrastructure and delivery workflows, and reducing friction for developers and users. You will work closely with InfoSec, Cloud engineers and business stakeholders to design, deploy, and operate systems with clear ownership and practical engineering judgment. We expect you to use modern tooling, including AI‑assisted tools where appropriate, to speed up automation, troubleshooting, and operations while remaining accountable for correctness, security, and reliability.

What you will do:

• Design AI architectures end‑to‑end: RAG pipelines, agentic orchestration (multi‑agent, tool use, MCP), retrieval strategies, grounding, and structured outputs.
• Architect Document Intelligence as a Service: ingestion, OCR/vision, extraction, verification, multi‑tenant design, and sensitive‑data handling.
• Define enterprise patterns: prompt governance, model routing, security envelopes, HITL gates, plugin/MCP integration, fallback/verification flows.
• Prototype fast: build rapid POCs in Python to validate architecture, derisk decisions, and accelerate delivery.
• Drive TrustAI: hallucination testing, bias/fairness evals, lineage, scoring, drift monitoring, and compliance alignment.
• Design robust telemetry: retrieval/prompt tracing, eval feedback loops, guardrail instrumentation (OpenTelemetry, Langfuse, App Insights).
• Interface with InfoSec & Cloud Enablement: private networking, identity boundaries, policy‑as‑code, DLP, model‑risk governance.
• Publish reference architectures, reusable modules, decision playbooks; lead design reviews and mentor engineers.

What we need from you:

• BA/BS, in a related technical field; or the equivalent in education and work experience
• Minimum of 7 years prior work experience with software/ML engineering; strong Python (APIs, services, production
• Deep RAG expertise: embeddings, hybrid search, chunking, reranking, evals, guardrails.
• Agentic AI: multi‑step agents, tool calling, orchestration frameworks (LangChain/LlamaIndex or custom).
• MCP / plugin patterns, tool‑server integration, context protocol design.
• Azure: OpenAI/Models, AI Search, ML, AKS, Functions, Key Vault, VNET/private endpoints.
• Solid grasp of LLM lifecycle: prompting, structured outputs, token/cost management, fine‑tuning concepts.
• Ability to design for regulated industries: PII handling, isolation, audit, governance readiness.

What we would like from you:

• LLM fine‑tuning (LoRA/QLoRA), evaluation frameworks (RAGAS, pairwise).
• Vector databases (Milvus, Pinecone, Weaviate).
• TrustAI implementation: safety evals, governance dashboards, drift monitoring.
• TypeScript/Node for plugins or front‑end integrations.
• Ability to clearly communicate both verbally and in writing with client and team members, including experience documenting and presenting findings
• Excellent analytical skills, organizational abilities, and problem-solving skills
• Self-starter who works efficiently in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities and a geographically distributed team
• Ability to think creatively and seek optimum solutions
• Ability to grasp loosely defined concepts and transform them into tangible results and key deliverables
• Diagnostic skills with the ability to analyze technical, business and financial issues and options
• Ability to infer from previous examples, willingness to understand how an application is put together
• Action-oriented, with the ability to quickly deal with change

SEI’s competitive advantage:

To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of benefits including comprehensive care for your physical and mental well-being, a strong retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, a hybrid working environment for most roles, support for working parents and flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about. 

Benefits include healthcare (medical, dental, vision, prescription, wellness, EAP, FSA), life and disability insurance (premiums paid for base coverage), 401(k) match, education assistance, commuter benefits, up to 11 paid holidays/year, 21 days PTO/year pro-rated for new hires which increases over time, paid parental leave, back-up childcare arrangements, paid volunteer days, a discounted stock purchase plan, investment options, access to thriving employee networks and more.

We are a technology and asset management company delivering on our promise of building brave futures (SM)—for our clients, our communities, and ourselves.  Come build your brave future at SEI.  

SEI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and so much more…

After over 50 years in business, SEI remains a leading global provider of investment processing, investment management, and investment operations solutions. Reflecting our experience within financial services and financial technology our offices encompass an open floor plan and numerous art installations designed to encourage innovation and creativity in our workforce. We recognize that our people are our most valuable asset and that a healthy, happy, and motivated workforce is key to our continued growth. At SEI, we’re (literally) invested in your success. We offer our employees paid parental leave, back-up childcare arrangements, paid volunteer days, education assistance and access to thriving employee networks. 

SEI is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

AI Acceptable Use in the application and interview process:

SEI acknowledges the growing integration of artificial intelligence (AI) tools into individuals’ personal and professional lives.  If you intend to incorporate the use of any AI tools at any stage of the application and/or interview process, please ensure you have reviewed and adhere to our AI use guidelines.