Engineer III, Machine Learning

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Who You Are:

The Engineer III, Machine Learning is responsible for building, testing, and deploying ML based software applications to solve internal and customer facing automation problems. As part of the AI & Analytics Innovation Team, this role will work together with engineers and data scientists to rapidly prototype, evaluate, and deploy solution to solve QTS’s most demanding automation challenges. The Senior ML Engineer must be able to work as part of a team to develop solutions to problems with a high level of ambiguity while delivering against a rapid development cycle.

The Engineer III, Machine Learning will interact (on a daily basis) with Technical Operations, Facilities Operations, Accounting, Service Delivery Platform (SDP), Property Development, external development resources and other areas of the business.

RESPONSIBILITIES, Other Duties May Be Assigned.

• Collaborate with the AI & Analytics team on overall system development / testing / deployment
• Develop and optimize API based integrations to support system interoperability
• Rapidly build python-based prototype systems to vet use case feasibility
• Build / test / deploy / maintain / update API based systems and infrastructure to connect data silos
• Create unit tests for prototype systems to evaluate prototype feasibility / efficacy
• Rapidly prototype and evaluate use case ideas to vet feasibility and value
• Provide input to the team regarding GUI design for each use case
• Build / maintain data aggregation services and systems
• Assist with maintaining current ML Models
• Assist with data interpretation and correlation including developing visualizations and reporting
• Assist with investigating and developing new ML models related to critical operations
• Assist with developing value statements for potential AI/ML/Automation initiatives
• Assist with development and population of new database structures
• Create high-uptime, high-volume data integration systems (MM datapoints / second) to support AI / Analytics systems
• Work collaboratively as part of distributed, fast paced team
• Ability to identify, describe and come up with solutions to identified system deficiencies
  
  

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience in designing / prototyping / deploying production quality software systems.
• Minimum 3 years of experience developing distributed web APIs to include proficiency with gRPC and RESTful APIs.
• Demonstrated record of work ethic, team collaboration, accountability, and holding yourself and your team to higher standards
• Advanced experience with Python application development
• Experience with traditional Machine Learning model development best practices and tools
• Data analysis and Extract Transform Load (ETL) best practices
• Strong verbal / written communication skills
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration for microservices based architectures
• Experience building automation systems using IOT data
• Familiarity with critical facilities and environments
• Experience with IOT based streaming protocols such as MQTT
• Experience with graph, relational, NoSQL, and time series databases
• Experience with cloud-based application development (AWS / Azure) and hybrid (on-prem / cloud) application architecture
  
  

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Excellent problem solving ability
• Ability to think outside the box and distill ideas that represent the “art of the possible” into practical, value add use cases
• Must be a capable, proven team player that both fosters and operates well within internal and external team environments.
• Able to solve problems at a tactical and functional level
• Rapidly prototype and evaluate use case ideas to vet feasibility and value
• Create high-uptime, high-volume data integration systems (MM datapoints / second) to support AI / Analytics systems
• Build, test, deploy API based systems to connect data silos
• Work collaboratively as part of distributed, fast paced team
• Ability to identify, describe and come up with solutions to identified system deficiencies
  
  

TOTAL REWARDS

• This role is also eligible for a competitive benefits package that includes: medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; 401(k) retirement plan; flexible spending and HSA accounts; paid holidays; paid time off; paid volunteer days; employee assistance program; tuition assistance; parental leave; military leave assistance; QTS scholarship for dependents; wellness program, and other company benefits.
• This position is bonus eligible.
  
  

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