Senior Azure AI Platform Engineer

D4 Insight; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

D4 Insight seeks a Senior Platform Engineer in Abu Dhabi to design, build, and scale the Azure AI Platform as an enterprise product. You will focus on AI service operationalization, security, and reusable platform components for a large financial enterprise.

Responsibilities include defining platform boundaries, deployment of modular Azure capabilities, and self-service provisioning through GitHub Actions. Deep expertise in AKS, OpenAI, and API management is required.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of Azure-based platform engineering experience.
• Strong Terraform and GitHub Actions with modular design and automated tests.
• Familiarity with Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI Service, and AI service operationalization.

Responsibilities

• Architect and deploy production-ready Azure AI platform capabilities.
• Define platform boundaries, service contracts, tenancy, scaling, and secure integration standards.
• Build shared AI services by standardizing access to Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Search, Document Intelligence, and orchestration patterns.
• Provide self-service provisioning via platform APIs and GitHub Actions.
• Manage APIs using Azure API Management or Kong and ensure secure, observable runtimes on AKS and container apps.

Skills

Azure Cloud

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Azure OpenAI

AKS

Azure Container Apps

APIM / Kong

Kubernetes

Security & Compliance

Platform APIs

Job description

D4 Insight seeks a Senior Platform Engineer in Abu Dhabi to design, build, and scale the Azure AI Platform as an enterprise product. You will focus on AI service operationalization, security, and reusable platform components for a large financial enterprise.

Responsibilities include defining platform boundaries, deployment of modular Azure capabilities, and self-service provisioning through GitHub Actions. Deep expertise in AKS, OpenAI, and API management is required.