Machine Learning Ops Engineer

Company: Affinity Water Limited
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Location: London
Job Description:

Salary

£60,000 – 60,000 per year

Requirements

  • 5 years experience in MLOps, DevOps, or related roles
  • Strong knowledge of ML lifecycle management, deployment, monitoring, and model maintenance
  • Hands‑on experience with Python and ML frameworks
  • Experience with containerisation (Docker/Kubernetes)
  • Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines and cloud ML services (AWS SageMaker preferred)
  • Familiarity with infrastructure‑as‑code, production‑grade Linux environments, and API services (Flask/Gunicorn)
  • Ability to build automated, reliable ML pipelines with both structured and unstructured data
  • Excellent problem‑solving, analytical, and communication skills
  • Self‑motivated and organised
  • Capability to embed best practices for governance, reproducibility, and operational excellence
  • (Desirable) Experience with feature stores, model registries, real‑time serving, and model retraining automation
  • (Desirable) Integration of ML systems into business applications or APIs
  • (Desirable) Exposure to Water Industry data, systems, and processes

Responsibilities

  • Build, maintain, and optimise automated ML deployment pipelines with CI/CD, containerisation, and orchestration
  • Monitor model performance, data drift, and system health to ensure reliability and availability
  • Support ML platforms and infrastructure both on‑premise and in the cloud (AWS, SageMaker)
  • Collaborate with data scientists to productionise models and embed ML Ops best practices across the organisation
  • Ensure governance, compliance, documentation, and reproducibility of ML pipelines and models
  • Provide 2nd/3rd line support, manage release cycles, and resolve incidents efficiently
  • Continuously improve ML Ops processes, tooling, and automation for efficiency and reliability

Technologies

  • API
  • AWS
  • CI/CD
  • Cloud
  • DevOps
  • Docker
  • Flask
  • Support
  • Kubernetes
  • Linux
  • Machine Learning
  • Python
  • Security

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We are looking for a Machine Learning Ops Engineer to help operationalise machine learning across Affinity Water on a 24 month FTC. Our team consists of data scientists, engineers, architects, and stakeholders, all focused on deploying, monitoring, and maintaining ML models in robust, scalable, and secure production environments. We offer a competitive salary starting from £60,000, flexible working arrangements at our Hatfield office, and various learning and development opportunities. Our comprehensive benefits package includes annual leave increasing with service, a generous pension scheme, family leave benefits, and wellbeing support, all aimed at ensuring a positive work environment for our team.

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Posted: July 10th, 2026