Hybrid Junior DevOps Engineer – ML

at Bupa

• Job title: Junior DevOps Engineer – ML
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Junior
• Salary: £40,600 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Azure, Cloud, Docker, Flask, Python
• Location requirements: Hybrid, London, United Kingdom

About the role

• Junior MLOps Engineer helping to design and maintain AI/ML systems at Bupa. Collaborating with teams to operationalize machine learning models and automate workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and maintain MLOps pipelines for deploying AI/ML models using Azure Machine Learning.
• Build and automate CI/CD workflows for AI systems using Azure DevOps, Azure CLI, and Git-based workflows.
• Collaborate with data scientists to productionize models, optimize inference performance, and streamline deployment workflows.
• Implement monitoring solutions for AI systems, including performance tracking, drift indicators, logging, and alerting.
• Contribute to model lifecycle management: versioning, packaging, registry updates, staging-to-production promotion and rollback.
• Optimize compute, storage, and infrastructure usage for cost efficiency and reliability.
• Deploy and maintain containerized applications (e.g., Flask or FastAPI services) that serve ML models.
• Troubleshoot operational issues in dev/test/prod environments and support root-cause analysis.
• Document architecture, workflows, and operational guidelines for broader engineering teams

Requirements

• 2–3 years of experience in MLOps, DevOps, Data Engineering, or related cloud engineering roles.
• Hands‑on experience with Azure Machine Learning (workspaces, endpoints, model registry, compute clusters).
• Solid experience building CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, YAML pipelines, Azure CLI, or similar tooling).
• Proficiency in Python and experience using Azure SDKs for AI/ML workflows.
• Practical understanding of containerization (Docker) and orchestration concepts.
• Experience implementing logging, monitoring, and alerting (e.g., Azure Monitor, Application Insights).
• Good understanding of cloud identity concepts (Managed Identity, RBAC).
• Strong problem‑solving skills and the ability to work independently on mid‑sized features or components.
• Strong communication and documentation skills.

Benefits

• 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
• An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
• Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available
• Various other benefits and online discounts