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SAIC

SRE/MLOps Engineer

SAIC, Virginia, Minnesota, United States, 55792

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Description

We are seeking a versatile

SRE/MLOps Engineer with DevSecOps expertise

to design, automate, and operate secure, scalable, and repeatable

model deployment workflows

across the AI/ML Common Services environment. This role bridges

infrastructure reliability, CI/CD automation, and model operations , enabling IRS mission teams to move from experimentation to production with confidence. The engineer will not only support

ML lifecycle operations

(Databricks, MLflow, AWS SageMaker/Bedrock) but also bring

DevSecOps rigor

to ensure compliance, monitoring, and infrastructure-as-code are embedded in every step. By partnering with Infrastructure, Security, and Architecture teams, this role ensures the AAP environment is

resilient, automated, and compliance-ready

at enterprise scale. Key Responsibilities

Enable

secure, scalable, and repeatable

deployment workflows for both ML models and supporting infrastructure. Build and maintain

runtime environments, service accounts, orchestration logic

for Databricks, MLflow, and AWS AI services. Implement and maintain

CI/CD pipelines

(Bitbucket, Bamboo, Jenkins, or equivalent) for code, data, and model deployments. Apply

DevSecOps practices

— integrating security scans, compliance checks, and audit logging into deployment pipelines. Collaborate with

Infrastructure DSO

and

Solutions Architect

to integrate Terraform-based IaC for consistent, automated provisioning. Implement

observability, alerting, and logging

(CloudWatch, Datadog, Prometheus) to monitor both application and ML workloads. Align infrastructure with ML lifecycle needs — including staging, promotion, rollback, retraining, and compliance-aware tracking. Develop

automation templates, reusable workflows, and guardrails

to accelerate onboarding of mission team models while ensuring security. Contribute to

incident response, performance tuning, and reliability engineering

across ML and non-ML workloads. Qualifications

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Data Engineering, or a related technical discipline. 5+ years of experience in

Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or MLOps

with production-grade systems. Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust security clearance. Hands-on experience with

Databricks, MLflow, or AWS SageMaker/Bedrock

for ML model lifecycle operations. Strong proficiency in

Terraform, CI/CD pipelines , and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes). Experience implementing

security automation

(e.g., IaC scanning, container security, SAST/DAST tools) within CI/CD workflows. Solid understanding of

observability stacks

(logs, metrics, tracing) and best operational practices. Desired Skills

Active IRS clearance highly desired. Experience in

federal or regulated environments

with security, audit, and compliance requirements (FedRAMP, NIST 800-53). Knowledge of

Trustworthy AI monitoring

(bias detection, drift monitoring, explainability). Familiarity with

Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, and data pipeline orchestration

in Databricks. Hands-on experience with

Zero Trust security models

and secure boundary implementations. Relevant certifications such as:

Databricks Certified Machine Learning Professional. AWS DevOps Engineer – Professional. Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA). Security+ or equivalent security cert.

Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

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