Microsoft AI Specialist

TheDriveGroup; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 210,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

TheDriveGroup is seeking an experienced Microsoft AI Specialist to join a large enterprise environment, delivering practical AI and automation solutions across the organisation. This is a hands‑on role spanning idea to scale, working with engineering, data and business teams to implement AI across platforms. Location: Parramatta, 2 days per week in office.

Length: 6 months with extensions likely. Rate: $950-$1050/day + GST (including Super).

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience with Azure AI Foundry.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Copilot Studio.
• Experience delivering Azure OpenAI / Generative AI solutions.
• Experience building AI agents, copilots, RAG solutions or intelligent automation.
• Strong understanding of the broader Microsoft Azure ecosystem.
• Proven experience taking enterprise AI use cases from concept through to implementation.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Understanding of Responsible AI, governance, security and risk considerations.
• Experience with Microsoft Fabric and/or Power Platform would be highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and implement AI solutions using Azure AI Foundry and Microsoft Copilot Studio.
• Deliver GenAI, Copilot and agent-based use cases from POC through to production.
• Work with business stakeholders to identify, assess and prioritise practical AI opportunities.
• Integrate AI solutions with existing data, applications and enterprise platforms.
• Work alongside architects, data engineers and developers to deliver scalable solutions.
• Support the implementation of responsible AI, governance, privacy and security requirements.
• Monitor delivered solutions and identify opportunities to improve and scale them.
• Help uplift AI capability and adoption across the broader organisation.

Job description

We’re looking for an experienced Microsoft AI Specialist to join a large enterprise environment delivering practical AI and automation solutions across the organisation.

This is a hands‑on delivery role for someone who has genuinely worked across the Microsoft AI ecosystem, taking AI use cases from initial idea and proof‑of‑concept through to implementation and scale.

You’ll work closely with engineering, architecture, data and business teams to identify opportunities, build solutions and integrate AI capabilities into existing enterprise platforms.

Location: Parramatta (2 days/week in office)
Length: 6 months (extensions highly likely)
Rate: $950-$1050/day + GST (including Super)

What you’ll be doing

• Design, build and implement AI solutions using Azure AI Foundry and Microsoft Copilot Studio
• Deliver GenAI, Copilot and agent-based use cases from POC through to production
• Work with business stakeholders to identify, assess and prioritise practical AI opportunities
• Integrate AI solutions with existing data, applications and enterprise platforms
• Work alongside architects, data engineers and developers to deliver scalable solutions
• Support the implementation of responsible AI, governance, privacy and security requirements
• Monitor delivered solutions and identify opportunities to improve and scale them
• Help uplift AI capability and adoption across the broader organisation

What You'll Bring

• Strong commercial experience with Azure AI Foundry
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Copilot Studio
• Experience delivering solutions using Azure OpenAI / Generative AI
• Experience building AI agents, copilots, RAG solutions or intelligent automation
• Strong understanding of the broader Microsoft Azure ecosystem
• Proven experience taking enterprise AI use cases from concept through to implementation
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• Understanding of Responsible AI, governance, security and risk considerations
• Experience with Microsoft Fabric and/or Power Platform would be highly regarded

This isn’t a traditional Data Science or research-focused position. We’re looking for someone who understands how to apply AI to real business problems, can get hands-on with the technology and is comfortable working across both technical and non-technical teams.

If you’ve been delivering enterprise AI solutions across the Microsoft stack and want to work on practical use cases with genuine organisational impact, we’d love to hear from you.

TheDriveGroup is 100% committed to improving meaningful diversity in the technology industry.

We partner with clients who embrace diversity and seek candidates across all backgrounds, abilities, genders, sexualities, cultures, and faiths.

If you have the right skills and attitude we would love to hear from you!