Release Manager
Role Overview
The Release Manager (MLOps Delivery Lead) drives technical delivery, release governance, and production operations for AWS-based data science and machine learning workloads.
The role combines technical delivery leadership, AWS infrastructure, MLOps, DevSecOps, networking, and production change governance for enterprise client engagements in Dubai.
The position translates data science requirements into delivery plans and coordinates engineering teams through enterprise change approval into production.
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About DeepLight AI
DeepLight AI is an AI and data consultancy delivering intelligent systems, cloud architecture, and MLOps platforms.
The consultancy works with UAE financial services and banking institutions to move data science models into secure, production-grade platforms.
The opportunity
The Release Manager (MLOps Delivery Lead) drives technical delivery, release governance, and production operations for AWS-based data science and machine learning workloads.
The role combines technical delivery leadership, AWS infrastructure, MLOps, DevSecOps, networking, and production change governance for enterprise client engagements in Dubai.
The position translates data science requirements into delivery plans and coordinates engineering teams through enterprise change approval into production.
What you'll do
- Lead delivery of AWS MLOps capabilities, model deployments, and supporting infrastructure across development, test, and production environments.
- Translate data science requirements into technical epics, non-functional requirements, deployment roadmaps, and acceptance criteria.
- Coordinate AWS accounts, IAM, compute, storage, containers, Kubernetes, VPC subnets, firewalls, PrivateLink, and DNS across cloud teams.
- Manage change requests, release sequencing, CAB evidence, release windows, and rollback readiness.
- Work with cybersecurity, data privacy, and model risk teams to maintain regulatory and audit compliance and CI/CD/CT controls.
- Ensure production telemetry covers infrastructure, data quality, and model drift; monitor AWS compute and token costs.
- Build stakeholder trust, explain technical decisions, and present solutions and delivery plans.
What we're looking for
- At least 8 years of hands-on technology delivery experience managing complex cloud, data platform, or machine learning programs in enterprise environments.
- Proven experience planning production releases involving infrastructure, network or firewall updates, change requests, CAB approvals, and rollback management.
- Strong understanding of the ML lifecycle, including SageMaker, feature stores, experiment tracking, model registries, inferencing, and drift monitoring.
- Strong understanding of AWS IAM, VPC, ECS/EKS, S3, and CloudWatch.
- Practical knowledge of Terraform, CI/CD/CT pipelines, GitHub Actions, Docker or Kubernetes, and environment segregation.
- Direct experience delivering technical solutions in highly regulated sectors with Model Risk, Cybersecurity, and Data Privacy requirements.
Additional advantages
- Financial services, banking, or capital markets experience releasing data platforms or AI models is an advantage.
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional or AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty is an advantage.
- PMP, PRINCE2, SAFe, or Agile credentials backed by technical delivery experience are an advantage.
Benefits
- Benefits include health insurance, visa sponsorship, professional development and certification support, role-related subscription reimbursement, and a monthly employee incentive program.
- The employer describes opportunities to work on AI projects and pursue career advancement.
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