UPS · 1 month ago
Lead AI Platform & Automation Engineer - GCP, Vertex AI, IBM Watsonx, MLFlow, Terraform
IN - TDC 1 (IN110)
Full-time, Contract
Onsite
Lead/Staff
8+ years expUPS is a Fortune Global 500 organization seeking a strategic and hands-on Lead AI Platform & Automation Engineer. This role is responsible for owning and scaling the enterprise AI platform capabilities, leading a team in AI model onboarding, pipeline automation, and governance across the organization.
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Responsibilities
Serve as the lead owner of IBM watsonx and Google Vertex AI platforms, overseeing configuration, governance, and operational maturity
Drive platform onboarding strategy, enablement, and hands-on support across data science, engineering, and analytics teams
Standardize reusable frameworks, templates, and infrastructure patterns for both platforms to accelerate project delivery
Architect and manage enterprise-wide CI/CD and MLOps pipelines for:
Model training, tuning, evaluation, and deployment
Data ingestion, transformation, and streaming
Infrastructure provisioning and teardown (IaC)
Build and maintain reusable templates for AI applications, workflows, and serving endpoints in IBM watsonx.ai and Vertex AI
Design and operationalize pipelines for Agentic AI systems using LLMs, orchestration agents, and decision engines
Integrate intelligent agent workflows with platform capabilities and monitor lifecycle behavior and governance adherence
Implement and operationalize AI governance frameworks using IBM watsonx.governance
Define model approval workflows, track metadata, enforce responsible AI policies, and ensure transparency, bias detection, and explainability
Collaborate with legal, compliance, and information security teams to embed AI governance across all AI/ML systems
Integrate DevSecOps practices into pipelines—automating vulnerability scans, access policies, and secrets management
Embed security compliance and quality gates into all CI/CD workflows across AI and application domains
Provide architectural guidance to BI teams using Power BI and Looker
Oversee data modeling, semantic layer standardization, and connectivity to enterprise data lakes and warehouses
Lead and mentor a cross-functional team of AI platform engineers, MLOps practitioners, BI analysts, and DevSecOps engineers
Define goals, delivery milestones, documentation standards, and best practices for scalable operations
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's or master's in computer science, Engineering, or related technical field
8+ years in cloud engineering, MLOps, or platform leadership roles
3+ years leading enterprise platform delivery and infrastructure automation
Proven experience managing IBM watsonx and Vertex AI in production environments
Hands-on delivery of secure, automated pipelines using Terraform, GitOps, and containerized workflows
Experience implementing AI governance and compliance using commercial tools and internal frameworks
Familiarity with BI tools (Power BI, Looker) and semantic modeling techniques
Platforms: IBM watsonx.ai, watsonx.governance, Vertex AI, Azure ML
Automation: Terraform, Ansible, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps
Languages: Python, Bash, YAML
Containers: Docker, Kubernetes
ML Tools: MLflow, TFX, or similar
Governance: Bias detection, metadata tracking, model lineage, risk management
Preferred
Certifications: GCP, IBM, or Azure AI/MLOps certifications
Experience with Agentic AI systems (e.g., LangChain, IBM Orchestrate, or custom frameworks)
Familiarity with NIST, EU AI Act, or internal model risk governance frameworks
Prior experience deploying internal platform-as-a-service offerings for AI/ML
Company
UPS
Operating in more than 200 countries and territories, we’re committed to moving our world forward by delivering what matters.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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Leadership Team
Brian Dykes
EVP & Chief Financial Officer at UPS
Joel Stenson
Senior Vice President Global Operations Technology / Enterprise Data & Analytics and Gen AI
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