Hiring: Lead MLOps Engineer (Vertex AI & GCP) Company: Cognizant Location: Atlanta, GA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 18:37:13 Employment Type: Hybrid Target Skills & Keywords : Agile, BigQuery, CI/CD, Cloud Storage, Docker, GCP, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Infrastructure as Code, Jenkins, Kubeflow, Kubernetes, MLOps, Machine Learning, Model Registry, Pub/Sub, PyTorch, Python, REST, SQL, Scrum, TensorFlow, Terraform, Vertex AI, scikit-learn About the job Experience: •7+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Software Engineering, Machine Learning Engineering, or a related technical field. •3+ years of hands-on experience building and managing MLOps solutions and deploying machine learning models into production environments. Required Skills: •As a Senior MLOps Engineer •In This Role, You Will •Lead the migration, containerization, and deployment of existing machine learning models into the Google Cloud Vertex AI ecosystem. •Design, implement, and maintain scalable CI/CD/CT pipelines using Vertex AI Pipelines, Kubeflow, Cloud Build, and related cloud-native technologies. •Develop and manage model deployment frameworks supporting both real-time and batch inference workloads while ensuring reliability, scalability, and performance. •Establish monitoring, governance, and lifecycle management processes, including model drift detection, version control, model registry management, and rollback strategies. •Partner with business stakeholders, Data Science teams, and Data Engineering teams to define requirements, align priorities, and deliver enterprise-grade MLOps solutions. •We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role's business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring regular onsite presence in Atlanta, Georgia Compensation: •$130,000 - $155,000 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!