Senior AI Engineer - Microsoft Azure (Contract)

AND Digital; Leeds; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Pension 6% + 2% by you

Healthcare cover

Flexibenefit £1000

Life Assurance

Income Protection

Eye care

Parental Benefits

Job summary

AND Digital in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior AI Engineer to build an automated AI DevX platform on Microsoft Azure, focusing on provisioning infrastructure, MCP integration, and robust agent deployment pipelines.

The role emphasizes IaC automation, CI/CD, and observability, with a strong DevOps culture and opportunities to work with cutting-edge AI tooling in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Terraform production-grade experience on Azure infrastructure.
• CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions with secrets management.
• Knowledge of Model Context Protocol (MCP) architecture and agent orchestration.
• Containerized microservices on ACA or AKS in cloud env.
• Solid Azure networking, Entra ID and Docker fundamentals.
• Preferred certifications AZ-400 or AZ-104.

Responsibilities

• IaC & Platform Automation: author/maintain Terraform scripts for Azure resources and landing zones.
• Agent Pipelines & CI/CD: build automated pipelines for agentic workflows, evaluation, testing, and releases.
• MCP Integration: deploy MCP servers/gateways to connect AI agents to databases and APIs.
• Developer Enablement: create reusable templates and self-service IaC modules for onboarding AI developers.
• Observability & Telemetry: implement tracing/metrics with Azure Monitor and OpenTelemetry across runs.

Skills

Terraform

DevOps

MCP

Containerization

Azure Fundamentals

AZ-400/AZ-104

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Azure Container Apps

AKS

OpenTelemetry

Azure Monitor

Key Vault

Job description

Senior AI Engineer - Microsoft Azure AI Foundry

12 Month Contract

Who We Are

We're on a mission to close the world's tech skills gap.

Senior AI Engineer - Microsoft Azure AI Foundry

12 Month Contract

Who We Are

We're on a mission to close the world's tech skills gap.

We help organisations navigate the future of technology, combining human expertise, emerging tech and AI to deliver better outcomes, faster.

Since 2014, we've worked side-by-side with clients to solve complex challenges, build high-performing teams, and create lasting capability. As technology continues to evolve, we believe the most successful organisations will be those that combine the best of both: human ingenuity AND intelligent technology.

That belief is embedded in everything we do. We call it the genius of the AND: deep expertise AND practical delivery, innovation AND responsibility, ambitious work AND sustainable careers.

Through our Guide, Build and Equip approach, we help organisations embrace change, deliver meaningful impact, and develop the skills they need to thrive in an increasingly agentic world.

Role Overview

As a Senior AI Engineer you will be responsible for building and maintaining an automated AI Developer Experience (DevX) platform using Terraform on Microsoft Azure. This role focuses on automating infrastructure provisioning for AI workloads, integrating Model Context Protocol (MCP) services, and constructing robust pipelines for AI Agent deployment and evaluation.

Key Responsibilities & Capabilities

IaC & Platform Automation - Author, modularize, and maintain enterprise Terraform scripts to provision Azure AI resources, sandbox environments, and secure landing zones.

Agent Pipelines & CI/CD - Construct automated CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps / GitHub Actions) designed for agentic workflows, prompt evaluation, automated testing, and release gating.

MCP Integration - Design, containerize, and deploy Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and gateways to connect AI agents securely with enterprise databases and APIs.

Developer Enablement - Create reusable developer templates, local execution environments, and self-service IaC modules to streamline onboarding for AI developers.

Observability & Telemetry - Implement tracing and metrics collection (Azure Monitor, OpenTelemetry, Log Analytics) across agent executions, tool calls, and pipeline steps.

Technical Qualifications

• Terraform Expertise: 2-4 years writing production-grade, modular Terraform code targeting Azure infrastructure.


• DevOps & Automation: Strong experience building YAML pipelines in Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions, including secrets management (Azure Key Vault) and automated environment provisioning.


• AI Tooling & MCP: Hands-on experience or working knowledge of Model Context Protocol (MCP) architecture, agent orchestration frameworks (e.g., Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, LangChain), and API gateway patterns.


• Containerization: Experience deploying containerized microservices using Azure Container Apps (ACA) or Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).


• Cloud Fundamentals: Solid background in Azure networking (VNets, Private Endpoints, DNS), Entra ID access controls, and Docker.


• Certifications (Preferred): Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400) or Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104).

Why join AND Digital?

We're building a culture where talented people can do meaningful work, continue growing, AND enjoy the journey along the way.

Our model is designed to build belonging and connection: we're organised into regional ‘Clubs' of no more than 80 people, so you (and our clients) get the benefits of that small company feel while also being connected to a larger whole.

Our Practice Areas act as a ‘second home' for our ANDis - a place where you can innovate and learn with like-minded experts who care deeply about their craft, support each other generously, and believe the best ideas come from collaboration, not hierarchy.

Our culture is rooted in our values of Wonder, Share and Delight, and shows up through five traits that we celebrate and nurture in all our ANDis: we value curiosity, ambition and a growth-mindset. We are deeply client-centric. Most important of all we are human - we create an inclusive environment where people feel trusted, supported and able to be themselves.

By Joining AND, We'll Provide

• 25 days bookable holiday + flexible Bank Holidays


• Pension: 6% of salary paid by AND Digital with a further 2% paid by you (can be increased by choice).


• Aviva healthcare cover (including pre-existing condition cover) for you.


• Flexibenefit: £1000 assigned to you via our benefits portal to select or upgrade the benefits that suit you the most. Any unused allowance from the £1000 can be taken as cash.


• Life Assurance.


• Income Protection.


• Eye test + first pair of glasses.


• Parental Benefits: Generous Enhanced Maternity and Enhanced Partner (Paternity) Leave.

Equal Opportunities Statement

Diversity and inclusion are hugely important to us, and we're committed to providing equal opportunities for all. We're actively recruiting for a diverse and inclusive workforce so want to ensure we do everything we can to support your application.

We want you to feel safe and empowered to let us know if you need any adjustments to be made to your application or interview process, so please speak to our recruitment team.

AI Statement

We champion tech that helps people work smarter, but we want to get to know you! If you use AI to assist with your application or interview prep, please ensure all information submitted remains an accurate, truthful representation of your personal achievements and capabilities rather than generating false or misleading information. We may reject applications where AI is used inappropriately at any stage of the recruitment process.