Lead Machine Learning Platform Engineer

Job overview

Compensation is $75,000–$80,000 per year. The Lead Machine Learning Platform Engineer is an onsite role in Charlotte, NC; in the feed. NTT DATA describes a U.S. starting pay range of $75,000–$80,000 in the posting, and the role supports the Cortex Predictive AI Platform across cloud and on-premises environments. NTT DATA provides business and technology services to organizations globally. The engineer leads architecture and hands-on development of secure, scalable platform capabilities for the machine-learning lifecycle. The role enables data scientists, ML engineers, and application teams to build, validate, deploy, monitor, and operate predictive models reliably, while establishing reusable standards and supporting sustainable platform adoption.

What you'll do

• Define target architecture for predictive AI and ML platform capabilities across public cloud and on-premises environments
• build reusable services for governed data and features, model development, training, validation, deployment, inference, monitoring, and operations
• establish reference architectures and engineering standards
• lead GCP and multi-cloud platform engineering
• design and operate Kubernetes-based platforms using GKE and OpenShift
• implement MLOps workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure automation
• support model migration and production inference
• partner with data, security, privacy, risk, and application teams
• implement observability and reliability practices
• ensure enterprise security requirements
• provide architecture guidance, code reviews, mentoring, documentation, and knowledge transfer.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

lead machine learning platform engineer

charlotte nc

ntt data

full-time

machine learning platform

mlops

gcp

kubernetes

gke

openshift

python

ci/cd

cloud and on-premises

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• flexible spending or health savings account
• AD&D insurance
• employee assistance
• 401(k)
• additional voluntary or legally required benefits.

Why this role

Leads the Cortex Predictive AI Platform across public cloud and on-premises environments; requires experience with GCP, Kubernetes platforms, MLOps, Python, CI/CD, security, and observability.

About the employer

NTT DATA is hiring for this role. Industry: Engineering Services. Sector: 54.