Salary: £61,460 – 95,000 per year
Requirements
- We need you to have a bachelors degree, or equivalent experience, in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, or a related STEM field.
- We need substantial experience designing, building, and deploying enterprise AI/ML solutions, including technical leadership on complex projects.
- We need a track record of delivering secure, scalable software or data systems, with experience leading a small engineering team and/or delivery partners.
- We need strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to guide technical teams and work effectively with stakeholders.
- We need deep knowledge of modern AI/ML architectures, including practical experience developing or integrating machine learning models or AI agents.
- We need strong software engineering capability, including Python, cloud platforms, and MLOps/DevOps practices such as CI/CD pipelines, containerisation, automated testing, and model deployment and monitoring.
- You must be able to meet our security clearance requirements and work within a high-security environment.
- Experience in a highly regulated or secure industry, such as defence, government, or nuclear, would be beneficial.
Responsibilities
- We lead our enterprise AI delivery, turning prototypes into secure, scalable AI solutions that drive innovation and efficiency across the organisation.
- We lead a cross-functional AI engineering team, providing technical and team leadership for enterprise AI development.
- We own the end-to-end AI architecture across agents, models, data flows, and integrations, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, and aligned to a coherent enterprise ecosystem.
- We oversee the design, build, and production deployment of AI services, ensuring security, compliance, reliability, and operational readiness.
- We establish the infrastructure, tooling, and automated pipelines needed for efficient development, testing, deployment, monitoring, and lifecycle management of AI models and agents.
- We deliver secure APIs, data pipelines, and connectors so AI solutions integrate effectively with enterprise systems and business processes.
- We implement monitoring, incident management, and continuous optimisation to ensure dependable, cost-efficient AI services in production.
- We provide architectural leadership, uphold engineering and security standards, and mentor engineers to grow internal capability.
- We work closely with AI Adoption, AI Platform & Capability Development, Governance, and business teams to move solutions from prototype to enterprise scale.
- We foster a high-performing engineering culture focused on rapid delivery, continuous improvement, and realisation of AI value.
- We maintain architecture standards, service metrics, and support models to ensure AI services remain accurate, efficient, and sustainable.
- We operate effectively within our high-security environment, following strict safety, security, and assurance protocols.
Technologies
- AI
- CI/CD
- Cloud
- DevOps
- Support
- Machine Learning
- Python
- Security
More
We are AWE, and our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe. This Agentic AI Specialist (Enterprise AI) role is based at our RG7 4PR site between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking, and offers a salary of £61,460 – £95,000 depending on suitability, qualifications, and experience. We operate a 9-day working fortnight, consider flexible working requests, and offer hybrid working on an informal, non-contractual basis. Our award-winning benefits include every other Friday off, 270 hours of annual leave, a market-leading contributory pension scheme, family-friendly policies, professional development support, an Employee Assistance Programme, Occupational Health Services, life assurance, discounts, and special leave for volunteering, public service, and caring.
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