Senior ML DevOps Engineer - Near-Site - 90% Remote (Belgium)

  • Architect and implement secure, interoperable solutions using standard frameworks and design patterns, integrating application and infrastructure to achieve scalability and efficiency.

  • Develop robust, vendor-agnostic data platforms for AI and machine learning workloads, optimising multi-cloud environments for performance and flexibility.

  • Design of structured MLOps pipelines automating and streamlining the models’ lifecycle, from development to serving.

  • Design security architectures that protect infrastructure and applications, aligning with risk management strategies and regulatory data protection and security standards.

  • Continuously assess and optimise system performance and scalability using advanced metrics and predictive analytics.

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including AI developers, business analysts, and IT operations, to ensure architecture aligns with business objectives and technological capabilities.

  • Establish CI/CD pipelines to support rapid application development and deployment in dynamic environments, utilising infrastructure-as-code and configuration management tool

  • Ensure seamless system integration and cross-platform compatibility through strategic API design, interoperability testing, and continuous benchmarking.

  • Expertise in containerisation and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes for scalable application deployment.

  • Expertise in network architecture design, particularly integrating distributed systems with hybrid cloud solutions.

  • Comprehensive experience with relational and non-relational databases, optimising them for high-volume transaction processing (e.g., Oracle, PostgreSQL, OpenSearch, MongoDB).

  • Proficiency with advanced monitoring tools like Prometheus and Grafana to enhance infrastructure monitoring and real-time alerting.

  • Experience with advanced load balancing solutions and caching technologies (e.g. Redis) to support high-traffic applications.

  • Knowledge of security and vulnerability scanning tools (e.g., OWASP, SonarQube), implementing secure coding practices including robust encryption and identity management.

  • Profound knowledge of version control systems like Git and integration platforms such as Jenkins, GitLab CI.

  • Proficiency in distributed streaming and message queue technologies such as Kafka and RabbitMQ to efficiently manage data flows and support scalable data processing architectures.

  • Proficiency in using infrastructure-as-code like Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.

  • Familiarity with configuration management tools like Ansible for comprehensive system administration.

  • Familiarity with AI-powered code assistants (e.g., Amazon Kiro, GitHub Copilot) for accelerating coding processes and enhancing developer productivity.

  • Good knowledge of European Commission grant management ecosystem (eGrants) would be an asset.

  • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

  • Strong organisational and time-management skills.

  • Strong team spirit and experience working effectively within a collaborative team.

  • Capability of integration in an international/multi-cultural environment.

  • Excellent communication skills to articulate complex technical concepts.

  • Attention to detail in infrastructure design and well-structured documentation.

  • Ability to write clean, efficient, and maintainable code

Summary

Architect and implement secure, interoperable MLOps and data platforms across multi-cloud environments, with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, monitoring, and security scanning. Requires expertise in Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, relational and non-relational databases, Kafka, RabbitMQ, and strong communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

Architect and implement secure interoperable solutions; develop data platforms for AI and ML workloads; design MLOps pipelines; design security architectures; optimise performance and scalability; collaborate with cross-functional teams; establish CI/CD pipelines; ensure system integration

Qualifications

Expertise in containerisation and orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes; network architecture with hybrid cloud; relational and non-relational databases; monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana; Terraform or AWS CloudFormation; Git, Jenkins, GitLab CI