
Senior MLOps Engineer
Leidos
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Alexandria • Maryland • Virginia • United States
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Salary
💰 $107,900 - $195,050 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Design, build, and maintain scalable machine learning pipelines for model deployment, validation, monitoring, and lifecycle management
- Implement model versioning, drift detection, and continuous retraining workflows to ensure model accuracy and compliance
- Collaborate with data scientists, platform engineers, and security teams to ensure reliable, secure, and efficient delivery of AI/ML capabilities
- Develop and maintain systems engineering and cybersecurity artifacts for the System
- Prepare, maintain, and execute a System Engineering Plan (SEP) for managing all systems architecture and system engineering related aspects of the program
- Conduct systems engineering activities required to specify, build, and maintain system engineering designs for the System
- Design, engineer, integrate, and continuously improve the underlying infrastructure of the System including cloud environment, network, data storage, logging, and auditing functions
- Define, document, maintain, and promulgate APIs and technical standards for using and interoperating within and outside the System
- Establish and maintain integrations with external model providers, making their available models accessible via API
- Provide Tier-4 support for any critical issues with the available services and products, in accordance with defined SLAs
- Design, architect, engineer, and continuously improve all aspects of cybersecurity elements of the System
- Perform site reliability engineering to build and maintain a reliable, scalable, and efficient System by applying software engineering principles to operational tasks
- Participate in the Engineering Control Board (ECB) process for supporting all major engineering milestones and decisions for the program
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- Minimum of 8 years of experience in machine learning operations (MLOps) or related fields
- Experience with cloud platforms that host and manage infrastructure such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, or C++
- Experience with containerization and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes
- Strong understanding of machine learning model lifecycle management
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and version control systems like Git
- Top Secret clearance required to start
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a collaborative environment
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Health and Wellness programs
- Income Protection
- Paid Leave
- Retirement
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
machine learning operationsmodel deploymentmodel versioningdrift detectioncontinuous retrainingsystems engineeringcybersecurityAPIssite reliability engineeringCI/CD pipelines
Soft Skills
problem-solvingcollaboration
Certifications
Bachelor’s degreeTop Secret clearance