Machine Learning Engineer (MLOps / CI/CD)

Dice is the leading career destination for tech experts at every stage of their careers. Our client, IT Associates, Inc., is seeking the following. Apply via Dice today!MLOps Engineer• Local to MI or near by states. 2nd round as in person interview• 12+ months contract• Hybrid - 3 days/week in the office and 2 days work from home.• Immediate hire• *Responsibilities: **• Design, implement, and maintain end-to-end machine learning pipelines for model training, validation, and deployment.• Collaborate with data scientists, software engineers, and DevOps engineers to integrate machine learning models into production systems.• Develop automation tools and frameworks to streamline the machine learning workflow, including data preprocessing, feature engineering, model training, and evaluation.• Optimize model performance and scalability by leveraging cloud computing resources and distributed computing techniques.• Implement monitoring and logging solutions to track model performance, data quality, and system health in production.• Manage model versioning, experimentation, and reproducibility using version control systems and experiment tracking tools.• Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies in machine learning, cloud computing, and software engineering, and incorporate them into the MLOps workflow.• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members on best practices for MLOps.• *Qualifications: **• Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or related field.• Strong programming skills in languages such as Python, Java, or Scala.• Proven experience as an MLOps Engineer, specifically with Azure ML and related Azure technologies. AWS or Google Cloud Platform experience is also fine.• Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes.• Proficiency in automation tools like, Ansible, Jenkins, Docker compose, Artifactory, etc.• Experience with JIRA• Knowledge of DevOps practices and tools for continuous integration, continuous deployment (CI/CD), and infrastructure as code (IaC).• Experience with version control systems such as Git and collaboration tools like GitLab or GitHub.• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.• Strong communication skills and ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.• Certification in cloud computing (e.g., AWS Certified Machine Learning Specialty, Google Professional Machine Learning Engineer) is a plus• Knowledge of software engineering best practices such as test-driven development (TDD) and code reviews.• Experience with Rstudio/POSIT connect, RapidMinerMachine Learning Engineer (MLOps / CI/CD)