MLOps & Platform Engineer

TXT E-Tech, part of the TXT Group, is looking for an MLOps & Platform Engineer to join the Industrial Business Unit.

The resource will contribute to the development and management of the company's application and AI platform, ensuring secure, reliable, and scalable environments for business applications and AI/ML workloads. The role involves close collaboration with software developers, AI engineers, and senior platform team members to automate deployments, improve operational processes, and manage production environments.

At least 3 years of experience in DevOps, cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, or MLOps and practical experience with containerized applications, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud or virtualized infrastructures are required.

Excellent knowledge of the Italian language, preferably C1 or C2 level (or equivalent), both written and spoken, is essential.

Main Responsibilities:

• Deploy and manage containerized applications and platform services using Docker and Docker Compose, with HashiCorp Nomad as the primary orchestration platform;

• Create and manage CI/CD pipelines using Git and GitOps workflows, automating infrastructure provisioning;

• Deploy and manage infrastructure for AI systems, LLM models, and embedding models, vector databases, application databases, and caching;

• Support version management and distribution of models, prompts, and configurations;

• Implement and manage monitoring, logging, tracing, and alerting with tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, OpenTelemetry, and Alertmanager;

• Ensure scalability, high availability, and operational continuity of AI services;

• Manage relational databases (PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server) and Redis in production, handling provisioning, backup, and scalability;

• Manage confidential information, API keys, service accounts, access control, and environment isolation for AI services;

• Implement TLS/SSL certificates, reverse proxies, and ingress controllers (Nginx, Traefik) and identity integrations (Keycloak, OAuth2/OpenID Connect), applying strong basic networking concepts (TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, DNS);

• Support offline evaluation and testing activities by providing the necessary infrastructure and data.

Desired Technical Skills:

• Direct experience with HashiCorp Nomad and the broader HashiCorp ecosystem (Consul, Vault);

• Hands-on experience with AI/MLOps tools: MLflow, Weights & Biases, model registries, and model serving frameworks applied to GPU-based inference workloads;

• Experience in deploying and managing vector databases, embedding models, and RAG pipelines in production;

• Familiarity with Python and REST APIs for backend services;

• Familiarity with LLMOps practices: prompt/experiment tracking, inference cost monitoring, and model version management.

Education:

Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related fields.

The profile is completed by a problem-solving mindset, curiosity and willingness to learn, autonomy balanced by a proactive attitude, a strong sense of responsibility, good technical documentation skills, and the ability to collaborate effectively across software engineering, data, and AI teams.

Why choose TXT Group

• Hybrid working model;

• Career in a young, international, and dynamic environment;

• Continuous training on technical and project topics;

• Company benefits such as health insurance, welfare, Ticket Restaurant, and employee discounts;

• Gross annual salary between €35,000 and €40,000, defined based on the candidate's skills;

• Classification defined during the selection process in application of the Metalworkers' National Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Position open to applications without gender distinction, pursuant to Legislative Decree 198/2006. The company promotes equal opportunities and values diversity in all its forms.