Freelance Senior Devops Engineer

Freelance Senior DevOps Engineer

Joining a team of Red Badger consultants already working on this project for our client, the DevOps engineer will work closely with the delivery team and subject matter experts to build an AWS platform to support development and scaling of the application. The engineer should be proficient in Cloud Engineering/Infrastructure, CI/CD and DevOps methods and ideally have some knowledge in MLOps for the creation of, deployment and maintenance of machine learning models into a production environment.

Red Badger's client is dedicated to building bridges between the UK and the rest of the world through arts and culture, education, and the English language. They are embarking on an ambitious project to reinvent our assessment and academic pedigree for the digital age. This role is crucial to the success of their vision and presents a unique and exciting opportunity to be part of a team that will redefine the future of teaching, learning, and assessment.

You will be working on a boundary-pushing new product initiative, delivering POCs to validate big hypotheses and establish feasibility and also the first public facing release (MVP), which we expect the team to not only build and evolve, but also maintain in the early days. This is a fast-moving project using cutting-edge technology which is constantly evolving and improving so the ability to deliver changes quickly without sacrificing quality is paramount.

Key responsibilities include:

• Design and implement cloud solutions, build MLOps on cloud (AWS)
• Build CI/CD pipelines orchestration by GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Circle CI, Airflow or similar tools.
• Data science model review, containerization, deployment, versioning, and monitoring of its quality.
• Data science models testing validation and tests automation.
• Communicate with a team of data scientists, data engineers and architect, and document the processes.

Experience:

• Experience in using AWS, CDK / Terraform, Lambdas. Kubernetes, Microservices or event-driven architectures.
• Ability to design and implement cloud solutions and ability to build application infrastructure and MLOps capabilities on cloud solutions(AWS)
• Experience with container technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenShift
• Good understanding of Linux Knowledge of any of the following: Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Terraform/CDK
• Ability to understand tools used by data scientists and experience with software development and test automation.
• Fluent in English, good communication skills and ability to work in a team
• Experience with MLOps Frameworks like Kubeflow, MLFlow, DataRobot, Airflow etc.

Red Badger Values:

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Find a Way

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Always Learning

We're curious. It's how we learn and grow as individuals, continuously testing and improving what we do, and how we do it

Open & Fair

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Collaborative

We are united by our desire to get to the best ideas. We are generous with our knowledge, actively listen to each other, and are open minded.

Diversity & Inclusion:

Red Badger is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment, and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire, employ, train, promote and compensate regardless of gender, gender identity, race, disability, sexual orientation, age, creed and colour. We are fully focused on equality, and it is our fundamental belief that the fascinating characteristics that make us all different enable us to continue to do amazing work for our clients.