Azure AI Platform Engineer

NTT Data Americas, Inc.; Irving (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT DATA's client is seeking an Azure AI Platform Engineer to join their team in Irving, Texas. The role involves designing and maintaining scalable cloud-native solutions across Azure and Kubernetes, while implementing IaC with Terraform and Helm.

You will develop and optimize CI/CD pipelines, architect AKS/EKS/OpenShift deployments, and partner with development teams to deliver secure, reliable microservices. Occasional travel for client work is expected.

Qualifications

• 5+ years designing and implementing cloud-native Azure solutions.
• 5+ years Kubernetes experience in AKS/EKS/OpenShift environments.
• 5+ years IaC with Terraform and Helm.
• 5+ years building CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
• 5+ years developing software in Python/Java/JavaScript/TypeScript.
• 5+ years microservices and REST APIs design/implementation.
• 5+ years cloud security, IAM, and access control frameworks.
• 5+ years SQL/NoSQL database/storage experience.
• 5+ years observability via Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, OpenTelemetry.
• 5+ years agile, DevOps, or SRE environments.
• Collaborates with stakeholders to deliver enterprise cloud solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable cloud-native platform solutions across Azure and Kubernetes.
• Build and manage IaC with Terraform and Helm to provision cloud infra.
• Develop and optimize CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, and Jenkins.
• Architect and support Kubernetes-based platforms (AKS, EKS, OpenShift).
• Partner with dev teams to implement secure, reliable cloud services and microservices.
• Design observability solutions to improve platform reliability and efficiency.
• Support Azure OpenAI, vector DBs, RAG pipelines, and cloud data services.
• Collaborate with architecture, security, operations to define platform standards.

Skills

Azure

Kubernetes

Terraform

Helm

CI/CD pipelines

DevOps tooling

Python/Java/JS/TS

Microservices

REST APIs

Cloud security

SQL/NoSQL

Observability

Agile/SRE

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

AKS

EKS

OpenShift

Docker

Terraform

Helm

GitLab CI/CD

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Prometheus

Grafana

Datadog

ELK

OpenTelemetry

Job description

NTT DATA's Client is currently seeking an Azure AI Platform Engineer to join their team in Irving, Texas (US-TX), United States (US).

Job Description:

Day to Day job Duties:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable cloud-native platform solutions across Azure, AWS, and Kubernetes environments supporting enterprise applications and AI workloads.

• Build and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform, Helm, and automation frameworks to provision and maintain cloud infrastructure.

• Develop and optimize CI/CD pipelines leveraging GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and related DevOps tooling to support continuous delivery and operational excellence.

• Architect, deploy, and support Kubernetes-based platforms including AKS, EKS, OpenShift, and containerized application ecosystems.

• Partner with application development teams to implement secure, reliable, and highly available cloud services, microservices, and platform components.

• Design and implement observability solutions using monitoring, logging, and tracing technologies to improve platform reliability and operational efficiency.

• Support AI and data platform initiatives by implementing infrastructure for Azure OpenAI, vector databases, RAG pipelines, and modern cloud-native data services.

• Collaborate with architecture, security, operations, and engineering teams to define cloud platform standards, governance, and best practices.

• Participate in technical design reviews, troubleshooting activities, root cause analysis, and production support efforts.

• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to agile delivery processes, technical documentation, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.

Basic Qualifications: (what are the skills required to this job with minimum years of experience on each)

• Minimum 5+ years of experience designing and implementing cloud-native solutions on Microsoft Azure.

• Minimum 5+ years of experience working with Kubernetes, container orchestration, and container platforms including AKS, EKS, OpenShift, and Docker.

• Minimum 5+ years of experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Helm.

• Minimum 5+ years of experience building and supporting CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar DevOps tools.

• Minimum 5+ years of experience developing software applications using Python, Java, JavaScript, or TypeScript.

• Minimum 5+ years of experience designing and implementing microservices architectures and REST APIs.

• Minimum 5+ years of experience supporting cloud security, identity management, and access control frameworks.

• Minimum 5+ years of experience working with cloud storage, messaging, and database technologies including SQL and NoSQL platforms.

• Minimum 5+ years of experience implementing monitoring, logging, and observability solutions using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, ELK, or OpenTelemetry.

• Minimum 5+ years of experience working within Agile, Scrum, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) environments.

• Minimum 5+ years of experience collaborating directly with business stakeholders, architects, developers, and operations teams to deliver enterprise cloud solutions.

Travel: This position requires someone be in a client office 3 days a week in Charlotte, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Dallas, Chicago or Cincinnati.

Degree: Bachelors in Computer Science or equivalent work experience

Nice to Have; (But not a must)

Project lead experience

About NTT DATA:

NTT DATA is a $30 billion trusted global innovator of business and technology services. We serve 75% of the Fortune Global 100 and are committed to helping clients innovate, optimize and transform for long term success. As a Global Top Employer, we have diverse experts in more than 50 countries and a robust partner ecosystem of established and start-up companies. Our services include business and technology consulting, data and artificial intelligence, industry solutions, as well as the development, implementation and management of applications, infrastructure and connectivity. We are one of the leading providers of digital and AI infrastructure in the world. NTT DATA is a part of NTT Group, which invests over $3.6 billion each year in R&D to help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. Visit us at us.nttdata.com

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