MLOps Pipeline Design: Conceptualize, Design, Build, and Maintain a secure, automated, end-to-end MLOps pipeline leveraging tools like Kubeflow and MLflow for continuous model training, testing, and deployment.
Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Create, manage, and support Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions utilizing Terraform and Ansible to reliably provision and manage complex platform deployments across varying DoD classification levels (IL5/IL6) and Cloud environments (AWS GovCloud/Azure).
Kubernetes Hardening & Administration: Implement, administer, and harden Kubernetes clusters (including networking, storage, and access controls) to strictly meet DoD STIGs and compliance standards (e.g., NIST 800-53, RMF ).
Security Integration: Integrate continuous security scanning tools ( SAST/DAST ) and vulnerability management directly into the GitLab CI/CD workflow to ensure a DevSecOps posture and enable automated DoD Iron Bank compliance.
Service Mesh Implementation: Deploy and manage service mesh technologies, such as Istio or Linkerd, to enforce mTLS, traffic management, and policy enforcement across containerized microservices.
Automation: Develop, manage, and support automation solutions for infrastructure and application orchestration using scripting languages such as Python or Go .