Senior Devops Engineer

Project description

Our client is a leading Singapore-based financial institution embarking on an enterprise-wide AI transformation programme to accelerate the adoption of Generative AI across business and technology functions. The programme focuses on deploying and operating Large Language Models (LLMs), AI agents, and intelligent automation solutions within a secure, highly regulated banking environment.

As part of this strategic initiative, we are looking for an experienced AI DevOps Engineer / MLOps Engineer to build, automate, and manage AI model deployment pipelines, enabling secure, scalable, and reliable delivery of AI solutions across the bank.

You will work closely with AI Engineers, Data Scientists, Platform Engineers, Security teams, and Application Development teams to operationalise AI workloads on modern cloud and container platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for AI/ML model deployment.

Deploy Large Language Models (LLMs) from Hugging Face and other model repositories into development, UAT, and production environments.

Automate model packaging, versioning, testing, and release using DevOps best practices.

Manage Kubernetes/OpenShift based AI platforms for model hosting and inference.

Build deployment pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or similar CI/CD tools.

Containerise AI applications using Docker and deploy them into Kubernetes clusters.

Integrate AI solutions with enterprise applications using REST APIs and microservices.

Manage model lifecycle, rollback strategies, monitoring, and production support.

Implement Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Ansible) for AI platform provisioning.

Configure model serving platforms such as vLLM, Ollama, Triton Inference Server, or similar.

Monitor application and model health using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Dynatrace, or Splunk.

Optimise GPU resource utilisation and troubleshoot model performance issues.

Collaborate with AI Engineers to productionise new models and inference pipelines.

Ensure security, governance, and compliance requirements are met within the banking environment.

Participate in production releases, incident management, and continuous platform improvements.

SKILLS

Must have

• 6–10 years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Cloud Engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience with Jenkins.
• Strong knowledge of GitHub, GitHub Actions, GitLab, or Bitbucket.
• Experience deploying AI/ML models from Hugging Face or similar model repositories.
• Strong Docker and Kubernetes/OpenShift experience.
• Experience with Linux system administration.
• Hands-on scripting experience using Bash, Python, or Shell scripting.
• Experience with CI/CD pipeline automation.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or Ansible.
• Knowledge of container registries such as Artifactory, Nexus, or Docker Registry.
• Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Understanding of GPU-enabled environments and NVIDIA CUDA ecosystem.
• Experience configuring model serving platforms such as:
• vLLM
• Ollama
• NVIDIA Triton Inference Server
• Text Generation Inference (TGI)
• Knowledge of REST APIs and microservices architecture.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools including Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk, or Dynatrace.
• Strong troubleshooting and production support skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with LangChain, LangGraph, or AI Agent frameworks.
• Experience with Vector Databases (Pinecone, Milvus, Weaviate, OpenSearch, pgvector).
• Knowledge of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architecture.
• Experience deploying Llama, Mistral, DeepSeek, Qwen, or other open-source LLMs.
• Experience with MLflow, Kubeflow, or other MLOps platforms.
• Familiarity with Kafka or RabbitMQ.
• Experience with API Gateway and service mesh technologies.
• Knowledge of security scanning tools such as Trivy, SonarQube, Checkmarx, or Snyk.
• Experience implementing DevSecOps practices.
• Agile/Scrum delivery experience.
• Previous experience within Banking, Capital Markets, or Financial Services.
• Experience supporting AI platforms in production environments.