My role in this team was focused mainly on how we could productionize and scale our models due to my background in web dev and deploying web apps. So I've done a lot of model optimisation, containerization, CI/CD and architecture within all 3 of the big cloud providers over the years but still feel I lack a lot of the skills needed to be a full DevOps Engineer. I did really enjoyed this work and in retrospect believe it was more of an MLOps role but due to personal relocation needs I had to leave in late 2019 where I joined a more 'traditional' retail company where the Data Science team is essentially a renamed Data Analytics team. Most of the team currently use SQL, SAS and Excel for their work and we don't currently have any cloud compute or admin privileges on our machines to run any non white listed programs (our IT support team don't even know what docker is) which has caused me much frustration.
I would greatly appreciate and advice or recommendations on how best to pivot towards a MLOps Engineering role as my current Org (500+ employees) don't see the need for this role at this time.