LLM Inference & GPU Systems Consultant

Job Title: LLM Inference & GPU Systems Consultant

Location: Charlotte, NC (Onsite)

Duration: 6+ Months

Must be onsite at client in Charlotte, NC at least 3 days/week

Role Overview

We are seeking an AI Infrastructure Runtime Engineer to build and maintain large-scale on-prem LLM infrastructure. This is an enterprise private GenAI environment running on NVIDIA H200 GPU clusters and an OpenShift AI deployment ecosystem. You will manage production inference internally, including self-hosting open-source LLMs like Llama. We are focused exclusively on inferencing; this role involves no model training infrastructure or fine-tuning pipelines.

Key Responsibilities

NVIDIA GPU Runtime Optimization

Drive extreme runtime efficiency and optimization for the token generation pipeline. Specifically manage prefill/decode optimization and KV cache management.

Inference Serving

Deploy and manage inference engines including vLLM and TensorRT-LLM.

Hardware Utilization

Optimize GPU throughput tuning, batching strategies, and latency optimization. Manage workload orchestration using RunAI and Kubernetes GPU orchestration.

Model Lifecycle Management

Oversee the complete Hugging Face model lifecycle, including model onboarding, deployment, and retirement.

Platform Operations

Operate and maintain the OpenShift AI ecosystem as the primary container platform for GenAI workloads.

Required Qualifications

8+ years experience working as an LLM Systems Engineer or AI Infrastructure Runtime Engineer.

8+ years hands-on experience with NVIDIA H200 clusters and runtime optimization techniques (KV Cache, prefill/decode).

Proficiency in OpenShift AI and GPU orchestration tools like RunAI.

Strong experience with modern inference frameworks, specifically vLLM and TensorRT-LLM.

Proven track record managing the Hugging Face deployment lifecycle.