# Senior Data Scientist (ML Engineering)

Job Description: This is a 12 - month contract with our client in the banking sector Job Purpose To design, prototype, and build next-generation analytic engines and services by applying strong expertise in Artificial Intelligence (AI) Purpose Build, deploy, scale and support machine learning, AI and GenAI solutions in production. The role focuses on operationalising models, developing AI applications and agents, and creating the platforms and services required to deliver business value at scale. Key Responsibilities Productionise, deploy and monitor machine learning models and data science pipelines on Databricks. Build, deploy and support AI Agents, GenAI applications and RAG solutions on Databricks. Develop and maintain reusable ML pipelines using MLOps principles, including CI/CD, automated testing, monitoring and governance. Deploy, optimise and manage open source AI and machine learning models on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). Design, develop and support custom APIs and microservices on AKS to expose AI and machine learning capabilities to business applications. Implement containerised solutions using Docker and Kubernetes to ensure scalable, secure and

- **Id**: 3910439
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/ovations-technologies-senior-data-scientist-ml-engineering>
- **Role**: AI/ML
- **Role family**: AI/ML
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: contractor
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Johannesburg, South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-22T08:25:47Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-10-22T08:25:47Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 17
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4915
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Artificial Intelligence

## Company

- **Id**: 4510048
- **Name**: Ovations Technologies
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/ovations-technologies>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no

## Technologies

- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **Azure** — Optional: no
- **Azure AKS** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Databricks** — Optional: no
- **Docker** — Optional: no
- **GCP** — Optional: no
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: no
- **LLM** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **MLFlow** — Optional: no
- **Platform Engineering** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **RAG** — Optional: no
- **Rest API** — Optional: no
- **SAS** — Optional: no
- **Spark** — Optional: no
- **SQL** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 17

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-07T06:23:00Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 68
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 0.85
- **P active**: 0.894
- **P room**: 0.9
- **Age days**: 16
- **Expected fill days**: 36
- **Reasons**: seen:16, velocity, win:mid
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

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