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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Lead DevOps/MLOps Engineer - **Company:** Blend360 - **Location:** Columbia, MD, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $130,000.0 - $155,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Airflow, Amazon Web Services, Automation of Tests, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, BigQuery, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Security, Cloud Engineering, Cloud Storage, Continuous Integration, Information Engineering, Data Security, DevOps, Data Flow Control, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Key Management, Machine Learning, Meta-Data Management, Performance Tuning, Reliability Engineering, Cloud Services, Cloudera, Azure Machine Learning, Management of Software Versions, Data Logging, Data Processing, Google Cloud, Data Ingestion, Large Language Models, Apache Spark, Git, Data Layers, Containerization, Kubernetes, Data Lineage, Deployment Automation, Data Management, Machine Learning Operations, Terraform, Docker - **Published:** August 19, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/usda9836b1c9985e78c15304ccb6135cab ## About the Role 7+ years of experience in DevOps, cloud engineering, platform engineering, MLOps, or a related discipline. Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform, particularly BigQuery and cloud-native data services. Experience designing and implementing end-to-end data platforms on GCP. Strong understanding of BigQuery architecture, performance optimization, data ingestion, partitioning, clustering, and data security. Experience with CI/CD, Git, automated testing, containerization, and Kubernetes/GKE. Strong Infrastructure-as-Code experience, preferably Terraform. Experience with Vertex AI and/or production ML platforms, including model deployment and monitoring. Experience with orchestration and data processing technologies such as Cloud Composer/Airflow, Dataflow, Dataproc/Spark, and Pub/Sub. Strong understanding of observability, reliability engineering, monitoring, logging, and alerting. Proficiency with scripting/programming languages such as Python and/or Bash. Strong understanding of cloud security, IAM, networking, secrets management, and enterprise governance. Ability to operate at both the architectural and hands-on engineering levels. Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively with both technical teams and senior client stakeholders. Nice to Have Experience with Vertex AI, MLflow, Kubeflow, or other MLOps platforms. Experience implementing GenAI/LLM solutions in production. Experience with Docker and Kubernetes/GKE in enterprise environments. Familiarity with data quality, data lineage, metadata management, and semantic data layers. Experience with multiple cloud platforms, particularly AWS or Azure. Experience working in a consulting or professional services environment. ## Description Blend360 is looking for a Lead DevOps / MLOps Engineer to help architect, automate, and operationalize modern cloud-based data and AI platforms for enterprise clients. This role sits at the intersection of cloud infrastructure, data engineering, machine learning, and software delivery, with a strong emphasis on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). We're looking for someone who can move comfortably between architecture and hands-on engineering-designing scalable solutions, establishing DevOps and MLOps best practices, and helping engineering teams reliably move data and AI workloads into production. What you'll do: Lead the design and implementation of cloud-native DevOps and MLOps architectures on GCP. Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines for data, ML, and application workloads. Develop infrastructure-as-code using tools such as Terraform and establish repeatable deployment patterns. Architect and operationalize data platforms leveraging BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, Dataproc, and Cloud Composer. Build MLOps capabilities supporting the full ML lifecycle, including model development, deployment, monitoring, versioning, and retraining. Establish observability across data and ML platforms, including logging, monitoring, alerting, pipeline health, data quality, and model performance. Implement secure, scalable cloud infrastructure using GCP IAM, networking, secrets management, and appropriate security controls. Partner with Data Engineers, ML Engineers, Architects, and client stakeholders to translate business requirements into production-ready technical solutions. Establish engineering standards around deployment automation, testing, environment management, reliability, and operational excellence. Troubleshoot complex production issues and drive root-cause analysis and long-term remediation. Mentor engineers and serve as a technical leader across DevOps, cloud, data, and MLOps initiatives. Evaluate emerging GCP and AI technologies and determine where they can create meaningful business or engineering value., MANTECH is seeking a highly motivated and collaborative Software Engineer to join our team in Laurel, MD. 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