Senior Principal Consultant, Data, MLOps

Company Description

We help organisations realise the value of their business strategy, allowing them to engage in a more meaningful way with their end customers. Our clients work with us because they know for us it’s never just about the project at hand. It’s about creating lasting partnerships built on trust and enabling their long-term success. 

Our Data Team is made up of 50+ people, covering data engineering, data science, and data architecture specialisms. The team works with a range of public and private sector clients, building production grade cloud solutions focussed on streaming, graph, big data, and data science use cases.

Job Description

Due to the nature of the client engagements, every employee needs to be able to achieve Security Clearance. This means that you need to have the right to take up employment within the UK, do not have or require any visa to work, and have been resident in the UK for at least 5 years without any gap(s) totalling more than 6 months.

As an employer we believe in facilitating a flexible work pattern whilst taking into consideration operational requirements,  client and individual needs. We are proud of our hybrid work pattern that typically sees employees in the office for a minimum of 2 days per week. 

You should be able to easily commute to our London office.  For some roles/projects, travel to the clients offices will be required and the frequency is often determined by the client.

Diversity, equity and inclusion are integral to the success of 6point6. We welcome applicants with different perspectives, skills, life experiences and backgrounds, and are proud to have an organisational culture where employees can bring their authentic selves to work.

Key responsibilities of the role are summarised below:

We are seeking an experienced Hybrid MLOps, DevOps, Dev Engineer to lead multiple projects while providing high-level strategic guidance to our clients. This role requires exceptional client-facing skills and the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously.

 The successful candidate will be responsible for working closely with a DevOps team of 4 and 2 MLOps engineers, advising clients on their strategic goals, and assisting them in delivery.

Qualifications

Responsibilities will include:

• Implementation of DevOps best practices
• Managing Azure resources using Azure CLI
• Understanding internal Kubernetes components, including Operators, Etcd, Ingresses, etc.
• Working knowledge of Istio, Argo CD, Argo Workflows, Events, Kubeflow, Helm, Prometheus
• Python programming skills at the level where decorators are understood, creating libraries, and debugging with pdb
• Strong understanding of ML models, including versioning, deployment, and training
• Staying up-to-date with emerging technologies, such as vector stores and feature stores
• Basic familiarity with GPUs, particularly multi-node setups
• Client-facing responsibilities, requiring strong communication skills
• Experience with Docker, Linux/Mac CLI, Git, and testing
• Strategic thinking and planning

Requirements:

• Extensive experience  in DevOps
• Fully rounded understanding in Python development
• Extensive experience with ML model creation and deployment
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously
• Excellent client-facing skills

Qualifications:

• An interest in open source and a desire to contribute back to the community and other departments
• Experience with one of a major cloud platform (preferability AWS, or Azure platform)
• Demonstrable experience with modern CI/CD pipelines
• Experience working in an Agile Delivery Team, building SRE systems (preferability Github Actions)
• Knowledge of (IaC) Infrastructure as Code Systems (preferability Kubernetes, Terraform)
• Knowledge of Version Control Systems (git)
• Knowledge of GNU/Linux, and IP networking and physical networks
• Knowledge of content inspection security controls at the boundary
• Knowledge of configuration management tools.

As a technology consultancy, we look for people who can deliver both exceptional technical solutions and work as true partners to the organisations we support. To do this you must be able to:

Communicate effectively verbally and in writing, demonstrated through:

• Effectively explain complex technical solutions to a non-technical audience
• Writing meaningfully to deliver clear information, and guidance
• Giving impactful presentations, articulating clearly key points

Demonstrate critical thinking by:

• Analysing and evaluating information
• Using information gathered to present solutions and reach decisions
• Displaying familiarity and comfort with a breadth of technologies (appropriate to the level of the role) and an appreciation of how they can be combined and applied to solve customer problems

Work in partnership with others to:

• Effectively manage both internal and external stakeholders to ensure synergy
• Collaborate meaningfully with all parties to ensure outcomes are reached effectively

Whilst having experience in a consultancy is beneficial, demonstrable experience in working with clients/external partners in other settings will always be considered.

During your career with us, we actively encourage and support employees to continually upskill and develop their skills and knowledge.

Additional Information

Who are 6point6, part of Accenture?

Now part of Accenture, 6point6 drives the right change in every organisation through the positive impact of technology. Leading with strategy, architecture, and design, we connect cloud, data, and cyber to engineer and deliver large-scale, complex transformations across public and private sectors. 

We help organisations realise the value of their business strategy, allowing them to engage in a more meaningful way with their end customers. Our clients work with us because they know for us it’s never just about the project at hand. It’s about creating lasting partnerships built on trust and enabling their long-term success.

We have lead offices in central London and Manchester, as well as access to other Accenture office locations around the UK.

Why us?

6point6 strives to create and maintain a work environment in which people are treated with dignity, decency and respect.  We champion diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.  A number of employee-led groups work with us to create a unique, fun and fulfilling environment that contributes positively to our culture and our corporate social responsibility commitments.

We are fully committed to hiring, developing and retaining the best people and operate a zero tolerance culture towards any discrimination.

Irrespective of your needs, and no matter how small, please let the Recruitment Team know if there are any ways that we can support you during the hiring process. 

Benefits

From health and wellness to lifestyle and finances, we have your best interests at heart.

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package that includes all the standard offerings you’d expect like company bonus plan, pension, private medical, life assurance and income protection. Employee wellbeing is also of the utmost importance to us and we have many benefits supporting wellbeing including an employee assistance programme, life coaching, a cycle to work scheme with bike storage and much more.

Our Values

Our people shape our culture and our values are embedded into everything we do.

HUMAN: We celebrate our differences and bring our authentic selves to work. We are one, inclusive, team.

DEDICATED: We are dedicated to each other, our clients and to our profession. We care.

HONEST: We embrace transparency, act with integrity and encourage everyone to speak openly.

BRAVE: We empower each other to make bold decisions, to take ownership and to challenge with respect.

We are a disability confident committed employer.
If you have access requirements and would like to discuss with us, please contact us: recruitment@6point6.co.uk