Lead / Principal AI Consultant - Energy & Oil & Gas

About the Position

EPAM is seeking a Houston-based AI leader to shape and deliver enterprise AI solutions for Energy and Oil & Gas clients. This role combines client advisory, AI/ML technical depth, and end-to-end product delivery leadership. You will lead workshops, define AI strategy, and work with engineering teams to bring high-value solutions from concept to production. Req.#1086369392

Responsibilities

• Partner with Energy clients and EPAM teams to define AI/ML, GenAI, and agentic AI strategies, roadmaps, and business cases
• Lead client workshops, discovery sessions, and solution-design engagements with business and technical stakeholders
• Own end-to-end delivery of AI products, from ideation and requirements through production deployment, adoption, and growth
• Lead multidisciplinary teams across data science, engineering, cloud, product, and Energy domain SMEs
• Develop proposals, solution architectures, and go-to-market offerings for EPAM’s Energy AI practice
• Build team capability through mentoring, hiring, and advancing AI delivery standards, reusable assets, and best practices

Requirements

• 7+ years of Data Science, ML Engineering, or AI delivery experience, including 5+ years in leadership or client-facing delivery roles
• Strong Oil & Gas or Energy domain expertise in at least one area: Upstream, Midstream, or Downstream
• Experience leading enterprise AI/ML programs and working directly with client executives, operational leaders, and technical teams
• Hands-on expertise in areas such as time-series analytics, predictive maintenance, computer vision, NLP/LLMs, recommender systems, or agentic AI
• Experience delivering production AI solutions using MLOps/LLMOps and cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Working knowledge of Python, modern AI product SDLC practices, and technologies such as Databricks, Snowflake, LangChain, or Semantic Kernel

Nice to Have

• Experience in renewables, Data Center Energy Management, or energy-transition initiatives
• Background in Oilfield Services, Energy Tech, or Houston-based Energy consulting practices
• Experience with Energy regulatory, safety, and environmental compliance requirements
• Cloud certifications, AI/ML publications, conference presentations, or open-source contributions

We Offer

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance (Subsidized)
• Health Savings Account
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care, Commuter)
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability (Company Provided)
• Life and AD&D Insurance (Company Provided)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning solutions
• Matched 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• Paid Time Off
• Legal Plan and Identity Theft Protection
• Accident Insurance
• Employee Discounts
• Pet Insurance
• Employee Stock Purchase Program

About the Company

EPAM is a global software engineering and product development company, delivering digital transformation and technology innovation to the world's leading companies.