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Generative AI Operations Engineer (GenAI Ops)

Role overview

Qualifications

  • 3+ years in a DevOps, SRE, or MLOps role with a focus on cloud infrastructure
  • Skills in building and managing CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, or cloud-native services)
  • Familiarity with IaC tools (e.g., AWS CDK, CloudFormation, Terraform)
  • Fluent in English (B2+ level)

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and maintain robust, automated CI/CD pipelines for training, evaluating, and deploying large language models (LLMs) and AI agents
  • Ensure seamless Agent-to-Agent (A2A) communication and collaboration between specialized agents
  • Implement and manage secure, scalable integrations between AI agents and external tools/APIs
  • Continuously optimize the performance and cost-effectiveness of our GenAI services

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Problem Solving
  • Collaboration

About the company

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EPAM Systems

  • IT Services & Consulting
  • XLarge
  • 10,001+
Since 1993, EPAM Systems, Inc. (NYSE: EPAM) has used its software engineering expertise to become a leading global provider of digital engineering, cloud and AI-enabled transformation services, and a leading business and experience consulting partner for global enterprises and ambitious startups. We address our clients’ transformation challenges by fusing EPAM Continuum’s integrated strategy, experience and technology consulting with our 30+ years of engineering execution to speed our clients’ time to market and drive greater value from their innovations and digital investments. We make GenAI real with our AI LLM orchestration, testing and engineering solutions, EPAM DIAL, EPAM EliteA™ and EPAM AI/RUN™, respectively. We deliver globally, but engage locally with our expert teams of consultants, architects, designers and engineers, making the future real for our clients, our partners and our people around the world. We believe the right solutions are the ones that improve people’s lives and fuel competitive advantage for our clients across diverse industries. Our thinking comes to life in the experiences, products and platforms we design and bring to market. Added to the S&P 500 and the Forbes Global 2000 in 2021 and recognized by Glassdoor and Newsweek as a Top 100 Best Workplace, our multidisciplinary teams serve customers across six continents. We are proud to be among the top 15 companies in Information Technology Services in the Fortune 1000 and to be recognized as a leader in the IDC MarketScapes for Worldwide Experience Build Services, Worldwide Experience Design Services and Worldwide Software Engineering Services. Learn more at www.epam.com.

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Job description

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Generative AI Operations (GenAI Ops) Engineer to join our innovative team. In this role, you will be at the forefront of the AI revolution, responsible for building, deploying, and maintaining the operational infrastructure for our cutting-edge generative AI models and services. You will work closely with data scientists, machine learning engineers, and software developers to ensure our GenAI applications — especially complex, multi-agent systems — are scalable, reliable, and efficient across major cloud platforms. If you are passionate about operationalizing large-scale AI systems and want to make a significant impact, this is the role for you. Responsibilities Design, implement, and maintain robust, automated CI/CD pipelines for training, evaluating, and deploying large language models (LLMs) and AI agents Design, deploy, and manage sophisticated, multi-agent systems. Ensure seamless Agent-to-Agent (A2A) communication and collaboration between specialized agents to automate complex business processes Implement and manage secure, scalable integrations between AI agents and external tools/APIs, leveraging open standards like the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to ensure interoperability Utilize AI-powered development tools to accelerate the entire software development lifecycle, from writing infrastructure code and tests to troubleshooting operational issues in cloud environments Utilize cloud-native IaC services or cloud-agnostic tools like Terraform to define and manage the infrastructure required for GenAI workloads Implement comprehensive monitoring and logging solutions to track model and agent performance, resource utilization, and system health. For agentic systems, this includes tracing the agent's actions and logging the multi-step conversational flow Design and implement scalable architectures for model serving and inference. Continuously optimize the performance and cost-effectiveness of our GenAI services Implement and enforce security best practices for our GenAI infrastructure and data. Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations Requirements 3+ years in a DevOps, SRE, or MLOps role with a focus on cloud infrastructure and a background in cloud services (AWS, GCP, Azure) Skills in building and managing CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, or cloud-native services) and proficiency in at least one scripting language (e.g., Python, Bash) Familiarity with IaC tools (e.g., AWS CDK, CloudFormation, Terraform) and containerization/orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) Track record of deploying and operating LLM inference (e.g., vLLM, Triton, TGI, Ray Serve, KServe/Seldon) Hands-on experience with LLM/app tracing and metrics (e.g., OpenTelemetry + Langfuse, Arize Phoenix, WhyLabs) and in building evaluation pipelines (offline/online, regression suites) Skills in operating retrieval pipelines: embedding generation, indexing/refresh strategies, vector DBs (Pinecone, Weaviate, Milvus, FAISS), and relevance monitoring Experience in running multi-agent workflows (LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen-like), including state management, retries, rate limits, tool-failure handling, and step-level auditing Experience in implementing guardrails: secrets isolation, tool/API permissions, prompt-injection defenses, data leakage prevention, PII redaction, and policy enforcement Background integrating agents with external tools using MCP (or similar tool-calling standards) and operating tool registries is a plus Fluent in English (B2+ level) Nice to have Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, AI, Machine Learning, or a related field Experience with cloud-native GenAI services like AWS Bedrock, Azure AI Foundry, or Google Vertex AI Familiarity with the architecture and operational challenges of Large Language Models (LLMs) Experience designing or managing multi-agent systems or complex, orchestrated workflows Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog Relevant cloud or DevOps certifications Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment

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