AI Enablement DevOps Specialist (Consultant)

• We’re supporting a high-visibility enterprise client undergoing a major AI transformation initiative focused on modernizing how internal teams build, deploy, and scale work across engineering and operations. This organization is investing heavily in AI acceleration, workflow automation, and development lifecycle optimization to improve speed, governance, and long-term operational efficiency.

They are seeking a senior-level DevOps Specialist who thrives at the intersection of infrastructure, systems thinking, and execution. This opportunity is ideal for someone who enjoys building scalable environments, improving deployment workflows, and creating operational frameworks that allow technical teams to move faster with less friction.

This opportunity is structured as a short-term consulting engagement supporting a 4-month client project, with strong potential for extension based on performance and budget. We can structure this as either W2 employment or a 1099 contract, which can be discussed further during the recruiter screen. This is a hybrid engagement requiring onsite work in Issaquah, WA three days per week. *

As an AI Enablement DevOps Specialist (Consultant) for AG Consulting Partners, a typical day might include the following:

Establish Dev → Test → Prod environment pipelines for scalable deployment readiness

Stand up Microsoft environments and support infrastructure required for implementation

Configure platform readiness including data inputs, environment variables, and deployment workflows

Set up centralized monitoring, telemetry, alerting, and operational dashboards

Review and document current-state SDLC processes across agile, waterfall, and hybrid delivery environments

Assess baseline metrics including cycle time, throughput, failure rates, and operational bottlenecks

Partner with Developers, Engineering Managers, TPMs, and Project Managers to identify tooling gaps and improvement opportunities

Support lightweight pilots to test AI tooling assumptions and implementation readiness

Help define governance standards for deployment policies, permissions, and operational procedures

Build operational handoff plans, escalation paths, and post-go-live support models

Support hypercare and elevated production support during rollout and stabilization phases

This job is for you if:

You have strong DevOps ownership instincts and know how to create structure in fast-moving environments

You are highly technical but can also communicate clearly with non-technical stakeholders

You thrive in environments where speed, clarity, and execution matter

You are comfortable building while also improving process, governance, and scalability

You know how to balance delivery speed with operational excellence and long-term maintainability

You move quickly, solve problems proactively, and take accountability without waiting for direction