ML-Ops Engineer

Version 1 has celebrated over 29 years in Technology Services and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver solutions that drive customer success. Our expertise enables our customers to navigate the rapidly changing Digital-First world we live in. We foster strong partnerships with leading technology giants including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.

We’re an award-winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heart of Version 1 and what we do:

• UK & Ireland's premier AWS, Microsoft & Oracle partner
• 3300+ strong, €350/£300m revenue business
• 10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK
• Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW
• Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW

We’re a core values driven company, we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them, it’s deeply embedded within our DNA. Invest in us and we’ll invest in you!

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced AWS MLOps / DevOps Engineer to design, automate, and optimize machine learning and data workflows on AWS. You will play a central role in building scalable, secure, and reliable ML infrastructure that accelerates model development and deployment across the organization.

This position is ideal for someone who combines strong AWS engineering, modern DevOps practices, and hands-on ML workflow experience.

Key Responsibilities

MLOps & Machine Learning Workflow Automation

• Build and maintain end-to-end ML pipelines using Amazon SageMaker, Step Functions, Lambda, and Glue.
• Implement model lifecycle workflows: data preprocessing, feature engineering, model training, model registry, deployment, and monitoring.
• Automate model deployment to real-time endpoints and batch systems.
• Establish model monitoring, including data drift, model drift, performance metrics, and automated retraining triggers.

AWS Cloud Engineering

• Design, automate, and maintain AWS infrastructure using AWS CloudFormation and/or Terraform.
• Build scalable data and ML environments using AWS services such as S3, ECR, ECS/EKS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, and CloudWatch.
• Build Spark-based ETL pipelines using AWS Glue, EMR, or Spark on Kubernetes.
• Ensure compliance with AWS security best practices including IAM governance and encryption.

DevOps, CI/CD & Automation

• Develop CI/CD pipelines for ML and data workflows using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or CodePipeline.
• Implement automated testing for data validation, model quality, pipeline integrity, and infrastructure deployments.
• Maintain logging, monitoring, and observability systems using CloudWatch, Prometheus/Grafana, or ELK.

Collaboration & Technical Leadership

• Work closely with Data Scientists to productionize notebooks, scripts, and models.
• Collaborate with Data Engineering to align data processing workflows with ML requirements.
• Drive best practices in automation, model deployment, and cloud architecture.

Required Skills & Experience

Technical Expertise

• 7-10 years of experience is required
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS CloudFormation for Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Deep expertise with Amazon SageMaker (training jobs, pipelines, model registry, endpoints).
• Competency with AWS Glue and Spark for ETL and feature pipeline development.
• Strong programming skills in Python (ML workflows, pipeline orchestration, automation).
• Proficient with AWS Lambda for serverless ML and automation.
• Experience with building data preprocessing workflows and feature engineering pipelines.
• Strong understanding of model monitoring, model drift detection, and model productionisation.

DevOps & Cloud

• Expertise in CI/CD for ML (GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, CodePipeline).
• Familiarity with Docker and container orchestration (ECS, EKS, Fargate).
• Strong understanding of AWS networking, IAM, security best practices, and high-availability design.

Soft Skills

• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to lead technical discussions and influence architectural decisions.
• Problem-solving mindset with passion for automation and scalability.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with MLflow, Kubeflow, Airflow, or Step Functions for pipeline orchestration.
• Experience with Glue Studio, Glue Workflows, or EMR for large-scale Spark processing.
• AWS Certifications (MLOps / DevOps Engineer / Solutions Architect / ML Specialty).
• Knowledge of data governance, lineage, and compliance frameworks.
• Knowledge of security best practices

Nice to have

• Finance Sector customer experience such as banking, insurance, etcetera
• Understanding of regulatory constraints, auditing requirements, compliance, and secure data-handling patterns.

Why Version 1?

At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits.
• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme.
• Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance.
• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme.
• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies.
• Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat.
• Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call-Out’ platform.
• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.

And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more.