Senior MLOps / LLMOps Engineer

Job Title - Senior MLOps / LLMOps Engineer Kubernetes & AI Inference Platforms

Duration - 2 Months

Location: New Jersey

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior MLOps / LLMOps Engineer to design, deploy, and support enterprise-scale AI/LLM platforms in production environments. The ideal candidate will have strong experience with Kubernetes/OpenShift, NVIDIA TensorRT-LLM, Triton Inference Server, and scalable AI infrastructure. This role focuses on building reliable, secure, and high-performance inference platforms for mission-critical AI applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot containerized AI/LLM applications on Kubernetes/OpenShift platforms.
• Configure, optimize, and support LLM inference workloads using NVIDIA TensorRT-LLM and Triton Inference Server.
• Design and maintain scalable MLOps/LLMOps and container deployment pipelines.
• Build CI/CD workflows for AI models, containers, and infrastructure deployments.
• Package and deploy AI models across UAT, testing, and production environments.
• Monitor platform performance, GPU utilization, availability, and operational health.
• Implement logging, alerting, monitoring, and automated operational support processes.
• Troubleshoot model deployment, scaling, networking, and load balancing issues.
• Support model optimization techniques including quantization, pruning, and performance tuning.
• Create operational runbooks, deployment procedures, health checks, and support documentation.
• Support backup, restore, disaster recovery, failover, and business continuity planning.
• Ensure platform security, RBAC, compliance, and governance standards are maintained.
• Collaborate with AI, infrastructure, DevOps, and operations teams to deliver scalable AI solutions.

Required Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in Kubernetes/OpenShift administration and containerized environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with NVIDIA TensorRT-LLM and Triton Inference Server.
• Experience deploying and supporting LLM/AI inference services in production.
• Strong knowledge of Docker, microservices, and API-based architectures.
• Experience building and supporting MLOps/LLMOps pipelines and CI/CD workflows.
• Expertise in monitoring, logging, and troubleshooting distributed systems.
• Experience with NVIDIA GPU infrastructure and AI workload optimization.
• Understanding of incident management, change management, and operational best practices.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with OpenShift AI and enterprise AI platforms.
• Knowledge of model optimization and inference acceleration techniques.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, Helm, etc.).
• Kubernetes/OpenShift or cloud certifications are a plus.

Salary : $70 - $80