Sr. Data Engineer – ML Ops

Category: Software Development/ Engineering

Main location: United States, Florida, Fort Lauderdale

Position ID: J0724-1589

Employment Type: Full Time

Position Description:

At CGI, we're a hard-working team of tech enthusiasts and professionals on a mission to reshape the future. We've got everything from pioneering projects that challenge your skills to an encouraging and inclusive work environment that fuels your growth. Plus, we offer unparalleled opportunities for professional development, empowering you to stay at the forefront of the ever-evolving tech landscape. We are looking for a seasoned Senior Data Engineer with expertise in automating ML model deployment processes, designing CI/CD pipelines for deploying ML models using Amazon Sage maker, establishing best practices for ML model versioning and deployment, and resolving incidents impacting ML model deployment and usage.

This opportunity has initial preference for the candidate to be onsite in Miramar, FL or Dallas, TX. Remote consideration will be given for highly skilled applicants outside of the stated office areas.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

•Monitoring - Actively monitor ML jobs through logging, metrics, and alerts.

•Incident Management – Address job failures. Rerun jobs, maintain model/job versions in production.

•Infrastructure Scalability - Scale infrastructure to handle production workloads. Tuning, capacity planning, cost optimization.

•Compliance and Security - Apply security best practices. Encrypt data, manage secrets, enforce access controls.

•Technical Support - Troubleshoot integration and infrastructure issues.

•Operations Review – Monthly Incident management summary, Change management summary and other support metrics.

•Model Re-training - Schedule regular retraining of models on new data. Manage code and config changes needed for retraining.

•Model Evaluation - Continuously evaluate model performance on test data. Watch for statistical validation issues.

•Data Validation - Monitor production data inputs. Check for statistical changes, missing values, outliers, errors.

•Dependency Management - Manage libraries, frameworks, ML pipelines. Keep versions aligned across dev, test, prod environments.

•Update Python package versions for Airflow and Lambda if libraries become deprecated and other components and services as needed to customize the environment.

•DevOps – Use version control, Infrastructure as Code, and Configuration Management tools to develop automation which deploys code base.

•Automation – Programmatically define repeatable and reliable tasks which reduce operational overhead.

•Testing – programmatically enforcing quality standards related to the application, automation, and underlying ml models.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

Cloud:

•AWS CLI

•AWS SDK (boto3)

•Parameter store & Secrets Manager

•Lambda

Data Engineering:

•SQL (Ability to write, Debug, and optimize queries)

•DynamoDB

•Redshift

•Programming: IDE (VS Code / PyCharm),

•Testing (unit test/pytest/mock)

•Python

Machine Learning:

•ML Development (Sage Maker)

•ML Programming (Pandas, NumPy, Scikit Learn, Matplotlib, lightgbm)

•Modeling

DevOps:

•General Linux Terminal (ps, awk, grep, netstat, etc.)

•Shell Scripting (BASH)

•YAML, IaC (Terraform, Cloud Formation)

•CI/CD (Code Build, Code Deploy)

•Orchestration (Apache Airflow)

•Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

Communication and Collaboration:

• Excellent communication (verbal and written) skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams.

• Ability to document resolutions clearly for future reference.

Timeliness, accuracy, and professionalism

CGI is required by law in some jurisdictions to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. The determination of this range includes various factors not limited to skill set, level, experience, relevant training, and licensure and certifications. To support the ability to reward for merit-based performance, CGI typically does not hire individuals at or near the top of the range for their role. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range for this role in the U.S. is $77,200 - $168,900.

CGI anticipates accepting applications for this position through September 22, 2024.

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At CGI we call our professionals “members” to reinforce that all who join our team are, as owners, empowered to participate in the challenges and rewards that come from building a world-class company. CGI’s benefits include:

• Competitive base salaries

• Eligibility to participate in an attractive Share Purchase Plan (SPP) in which the company matches dollar-for-dollar contributions made by eligible employees, up to a maximum, for their job category

• 401(k) Plan and Profit Participation for eligible members

• Generous holidays, vacation, and sick leave plans

• Comprehensive insurance plans that include, among other benefits, medical, dental, vision, life, disability, out-of-county emergency coverage in all countries of employment;

• Back-up child care, Pet insurance, a Member Assistance Program, a 529 college savings program, a personal financial management tool, lifestyle management programs and more.

Skills:

• Data Engineering

• DevOps

• Python

What you can expect from us:

Together, as owners, let’s turn meaningful insights into action.

Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because…

You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

Come join our team—one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, sex, religion, creed, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, pregnancy, medical condition, military and veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, and gender expression, familial status, political affiliation, genetic information, height, weight, or any other legally protected status or characteristics.

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