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BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is looking for an Associate MLOps Engineer to support data science teams in building, deploying, and operating machine learning solutions at scale. This is a hands-on, individual contributor role focused on technical execution, continuous learning, and collaboration. You will work closely with data scientists and engineers in a modern production environment, with mentorship from experienced MLOps professionals.

What You'll Bring:

• Experience usingPython for scripting, data processing, or supporting machine learning workflows

• Experience working with acloud-based platform (e.g., AWS, Azure, or GCP) to develop, deploy, or support data or machine learning solutions

• Exposure toCI/CD practices, including Git-based workflows, automated testing, builds, and deployments

• Understanding of themachine learning lifecycle, including experimentation, model versioning, and reproducibility (e.g., MLflow or similar tools)

• Foundational knowledge ofdata engineering concepts, such as data ingestion, transformation, validation, and storage

• Experience contributing to simplefull-stack applications, including:

  • Python-based backend APIs

  • Basic front-end views or dashboards to display data or model outputs

• Willingness to follow established patterns and best practices to help move ML solutions from prototype to production

Nice to Have

• Familiarity withOpenShift or Kubernetes, and working with containerized applications

• Experience building or maintaininginfrastructure-as-code using Terraform (e.g., defining resources and managing environments)

• Exposure toDatabricks for data engineering, analytics, or machine learning workflows

Why Join Us?

This fully-remote role is ideal for someone who enjoys hands-on technical work, is eager to develop modern MLOps practices, and wants to contribute to real-world production systems. You'll be joining a tax-paying not-for-profit organization and your work will directly contribute to our mission- peace of mind through better health.

Note

• Final interviews onsite at our Chattanooga, TN headquarters are required for this role.

• Sponsorship is not available for this role.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Model Deployment: Ensuring that machine learning models are deployed efficiently and reliably into production environments.
• Model Monitoring: Continuously monitoring the performance of models to detect issues like model drift and ensure they remain accurate and effective.
• Automation: Automating the machine learning pipeline, including tasks like data preprocessing, model training, and evaluation.
• Collaboration: Working closely with data scientists, software engineers, and IT operations to integrate machine learning models into business processes.
• Version Control and Governance: Managing version control for models and ensuring compliance with governance policies.
• Optimization: Identifying and implementing ways to improve the performance and scalability of ML systems Responsibility
• Exploring cloud tools and technologies that assist data science with implementing their usecases.

Job Qualifications

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent work experience required. Equivalent experience is defined as 4 years of professional work experience in a corporate environment.

Experiences

2 years - Experience in software engineering and analytics technology (academic experience included)

Experience handling large datasets to build data pipelines.

Experience writing SQL and using Data Visualization tools.

Experience solving complex problems and independently developing solutions.

Skills/Certifications

Programming: Demonstrated proficiency in languages like Python or similar languages

Data Engineering: Strong understanding of data processing and storage solutions.

Problem-Solving: Ability to troubleshoot issues in ML models and infrastructure.

Ability to work independently with minimal supervision or function in a team environment sharing responsibility, roles, and accountability.

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Strong interpersonal and organizational skills

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