Guidehouse

Data Science & Analysis

MLOpsEngineer

$113–188k McLean, Virginia, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“MLOps Engineer at Guidehouse. Skills: MLOps, Python, CI/CD, Cloud. Design, build, and maintain MLOps pipelines. Implement CI/CD workflows”

What You'll Achieve.

Scalable, secure, and reliable deployment of machine learning solutions; Enable secure AI and ML delivery; Models are repeatable, auditable, and compliant; Ensure production readiness; Model performance, drift, data quality, and pipeline health monitoring; Auditability, explainability, and governance of AI/ML systems

Industry & Context.

Data Science & Analysis
Eligibility Requirements

Up to 25% Travel, Active Secret Clearance, US Citizenship required

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

US Citizenship required, ACTIVE and MAINTAINED "SECRET" Federal or DoD security clearance, Bachelor’s degree obtained, 3–5 years of experience in MLOps, ML engineering, data engineering, DevOps, or related technical roles, experience with Python and ML tooling supporting model packaging, deployment, and monitoring, Hands‑on experience building CI/CD pipelines for data and ML workloads, Experience with containerization and orchestration (e. g. , Docker, Kubernetes, or managed equivalents), Experience working with secure cloud or hybrid environments supporting federal or DoD clients, Familiarity with ML lifecycle management concepts including versioning, reproducibility, and monitoring, Ability to work across technical and non‑technical teams and communicate complex system designs clearly

Nice to Have

Experience supporting the Department of Defense, including work associated with Advana or enterprise analytics platforms, Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related technical discipline, Experience operationalizing ML solutions that work with federal financial or budgetary data, Hands‑on experience with Databricks, including MLflow, Spark, and Delta Lake, Experience deploying or maintaining ML workflows in Palantir Foundry, Familiarity with governance, compliance, and risk controls associated with AI in federal environments, Experience in Azure (including Azure Government) or AWS GovCloud, Knowledge of responsible AI, model risk management, or regulated ML environments, Master’s degree in a relevant technical field

What You'll Do.

and maintain MLOps pipelines

Implement CI/CD workflows

Operationalize machine learning models

Develop and manage model versioning

Implement monitoring solutions

Automate infrastructure provisioning

Align MLOps architectures

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner closely with data scientists, AI engineers, data engineers, and government stakeholders; Collaborate with stakeholders to align MLOps architectures with mission needs and security requirements; Ability to work across technical and non‑technical teams

Communication Scope

Communicate complex system designs clearly

Full Job Description

**_Job Family_ :** Data Science & Analysis ** _Travel Required_ :** Up to 25% **_Clearance Required_ :** Active Secret What You Will Do: As an MLOps Engineer, you will design, implement, and support the platforms, pipelines, and operational processes that enable scalable, secure, and reliable deployment of machine learning solutions for federal clients. You will partner closely with data scientists, AI engineers, data engineers, and government stakeholders to operationalize models across development, testing, and production environments. You will play a critical role in enabling secure AI and ML delivery within DoD and federal financial environments, ensuring models are repeatable, auditable, and compliant with federal standards. Key responsibilities include: * Design, build, and maintain end‑to‑end MLOps pipelines, supporting model training, testing, deployment, monitoring, and retraining * Implement CI/CD workflows for ML models and data pipelines in secure federal environments * Operationalize machine learning models built by data science teams and ensure production readiness * Develop and manage model versioning, artifact management, and experiment tracking * Implement monitoring solutions for model performance, drift, data quality, and pipeline health * Automate infrastructure provisioning and deployment using infrastructure‑as‑code and DevOps best practices * Support auditability, explainability, and governance of AI/ML systems * Collaborate with stakeholders to align MLOps architectures with mission needs and security requirements ## ## _What You Will Need:_ * US Citizenship required * An ACTIVE and MAINTAINED "SECRET" Federal or DoD security clearance. * Bachelor’s degree obtained. * 3–5 years of experience in MLOps, ML engineering, data engineering, DevOps, or related technical roles * Strong experience with Python and ML tooling supporting model packaging, deployment, and monitoring * Hands‑on experience building CI/CD pipelines for data and ML workloads *

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