Innovation and Automation Lead
Core
Lead a specialized team to build core automation frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and reusable patterns for data engineering, software, and MLOps workflows to eliminate manual toil and accelerate mission-critical data capabilities.
Role type
Senior IC automation lead (DevOps/SRE)
Builds
Scalable CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) libraries, and automated testing/monitoring solutions for data platforms.
Domain
US Federal Government / Defense & National Security / Data Engineering & MLOps
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Technical leadership and team mentorship, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) with Terraform, CI/CD pipeline design (GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions), Python scripting, Cloud environment management (AWS, Azure), Automation strategy and best practices.
Preferred skills
Data platform automation (Databricks, Snowflake), MLOps principles (MLflow, Kubeflow), Containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes), High-security DoD/IC environment experience.
Technologies
Terraform, GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Python, AWS, Azure, Databricks, Snowflake, MLflow, Kubeflow, Docker, Kubernetes
Responsibilities
Lead, mentor, and manage a team of automation engineers; Design, build, and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines; Develop and own the strategy for Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC); Architect automated solutions for testing, monitoring, and alerting; Champion automation best practices across engineering teams; Collaborate with Data Engineering, Data Products, and AI/ML teams; Evaluate and prototype new automation technologies.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities