AI DevOps Engineer

AI DevOps Engineer

Location: United States – Remote Employment Type: 1099 Independent Contractor Experience: 5+ years

About the Role Bitcot is seeking an experienced AI DevOps Engineer with strong Microsoft Azure expertise to support an AI and cloud transformation initiative for a U.S. healthcare organization. The role focuses on Azure, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, Kubernetes, AI/ML workloads, MLOps, monitoring, and cloud security.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
• Deploy and manage AI/ML workloads on Azure.
• Automate infrastructure using Terraform, Bicep, or ARM Templates.
• Manage Docker and AKS environments.
• Support MLOps, monitoring, and model deployment.
• Implement cloud security, identity, and governance practices.
• Monitor and troubleshoot cloud environments and production issues.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of DevOps, Cloud Engineering, Platform Engineering, or SRE experience.
• Strong hands-on Microsoft Azure experience.
• Experience with Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
• Terraform, Bicep, or ARM Templates.
• Docker and Kubernetes/AKS.
• Python, PowerShell, or Bash.
• Experience with monitoring, networking, and cloud security.
• Experience supporting AI/ML, MLOps, or Generative AI workloads.

Preferred

• Azure OpenAI or Azure AI Services.
• MLOps and AI model lifecycle experience.
• Generative AI, LLMs, or AI orchestration tools.
• MLflow, Azure Data Factory, or Databricks.
• Azure certification.
• Healthcare or regulated-industry experience.
• Work Authorization: Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States