DevOps Engineer — Data & AI Platforms - AIRLKLHV
Company: NavitasPartners
Location: Naperville, IL (Remote)
Salary: From $40 an hour
Type: Full-time
Remote: Yes
Posted: 2026-04-29
About this role
### Job Title: DevOps Engineer – Data & AI Platforms
Location: Remote / Hybrid
Employment Type: Contract / Full-Time
### Overview
We are seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer – Data & AI Platforms to support the automation, deployment, and reliability of modern data and AI environments. This role is ideal for someone who can bridge traditional DevOps practices with the unique demands of data engineering, machine learning, and AI-driven systems.
The ideal candidate will play a key role in enabling scalable, secure, and production-ready platforms for analytics and AI workloads.
### Responsibilities
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for data platforms, analytics applications, ML models, and AI services
- Automate infrastructure provisioning and deployment workflows using infrastructure-as-code tools
- Support and manage cloud environments across AWS, Azure, GCP, or hybrid ecosystems
- Collaborate with data engineers, ML engineers, and platform teams to standardize deployment practices
- Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability for pipelines and services
- Manage containerized workloads using Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, or similar platforms
- Enforce secure DevOps practices including secrets management, access control, and compliance checks
- Troubleshoot deployment issues, pipeline failures, and performance bottlenecks
### Required Qualifications
- Proven experience in DevOps supporting cloud, data, or AI/ML platforms
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, etc.)
- Strong experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM/Bicep, Ansible)
- Working knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift)
- Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, PowerShell, etc.)
- Understanding of monitoring, logging, and production support practices
### **Preferred Qualificati...