Senior Principal MLOps Engineer, AI Inference

Red Hat

full-time

Posted on: 9/26/2025

Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • Massachusetts

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💰 $189,600 - $312,730 per year

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AnsibleAWSAzureCloudCyber SecurityGoogle Cloud PlatformJenkinsKubernetesOpenShiftPythonTerraform

About the role

Build and release the Red Hat AI Inference runtimes and continuously improve processes and tooling used by the DevOps team
Work closely with product and research teams to scale SOTA deep learning products and software for enterprise deployments
Create and manage model training and deployment pipelines
Create DevOps and CI/CD infrastructure and scale the current technology stack
Actively contribute to managing and releasing upstream and midstream product builds
Test to ensure correctness, responsiveness, and efficiency
Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade Dev & Test pipelines
Identify and deploy cybersecurity measures via continuous vulnerability assessment and risk management
Collaborate with cross-functional teams on market requirements and best practices
Keep abreast of the latest technologies and standards in the field

2+ years of experience in MLOps, DevOps, Automation and modern Software Deployment practices
Strong experience with Git, Github Actions including self-hosted runners, Terraform, Jenkins, Ansible, and common technologies for automation and monitoring
Highly experienced with administering Kubernetes/Openshift
Familiar with Agile development methodology
Experience with Cloud Computing using at least one of the following: AWS, GCP, Azure, or IBM Cloud
Solid programming skills especially in Python
Solid troubleshooting skills
Experience maintaining an infrastructure and ensuring stability
Ability to interact comfortably with members of a large, geographically dispersed team
Familiarity with contributing to the vLLM CI community is a big plus
While a Bachelor’s degree or higher in computer science, mathematics, or a related discipline is valued, technical prowess, initiative, problem solving, and practical experience are prioritized