Apex Systems is seeking a Machine Learning Operations Engineer for our Des Moines, IA based client. This role will deploy internal and external/ open-source ML frameworks/models and pipeline in production Kubefarm ensuring seamless functioning of the pipeline. Interested candidates should send their resume to Hunter at [email protected]

Responsibilities

• Experience in creating and managing production scale Kubernetes clusters, Deep understanding of Kubernetes networking
• An understanding of writing Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), using tools like CloudFormation or Terraform
• Support our Kubernetes based projects to resolve critical and complex technical issues
• Performing application deployments on Kubernetes cluster
• Securely managing Kubernetes Cluster on at least one of the cloud providers (AWS, Azure or GCP cloud)
• Good knowledge about Kubernetes core concepts (Deployment, ReplicaSet, DaemonSet, Statefulsets, Jobs, Secrets, Ingress, Storage services, Networking services)
• Experience in setting up monitoring and alerting for Kubernetes cluster using opensource monitoring tools like Grafana, Prometheus.
• Managing resource quotas, loads and cost estimates for different applications at cluster leve l
• De eply engage with our stakeholders to understand architecture and operations and work to continuously improve overall Kubernetes support experience.

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of industry experience working in Software Engineering, DevOps or Data Engineering with Data Science and MLOps experience.
• 2+ years of experience working in containerized applications like Kubernetes and Docker and creating and maintaining docker-based micro-services API
• Certifications in CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator) and CKAD (Certified Kubernetes Application Developer) will be an added advantage
• Experience in building and deploying distributed systems in AWS
• Experience with connecting models with data from different sources (databases, API, Apache Kafka) via Kubernetes
• Proficiency in Python and scripting languages
• Familiarity with high performance computing and Linux environment
• Experience with version control and workflow management (Airflow, Nextflow, Argo)
• Experience with working on AWS services (S3, RDS, EC2, EBS, SQS, Lambda)
• Experience in building orchestration pipeline to convert plain python models into a deployable API/RESTful endpoint.
• Experience in designing pipelines for ML model serving (Seldon-Core, TorchServe, TensorFlow Serving, NVIDIA Triton inference server, etc.)
• Experience in continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines for ML applications using GitLab/Jenkins

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Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.