Azure Foundry Engineer

Smart Tech Skills LLC; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Remote position

Job summary

Smart Tech Skills LLC is seeking a Senior Azure Foundry Engineer to design, build, and operationalize AI solutions using Azure AI Foundry and Microsoft AI.

This short-term engagement (about one month) aims to stand up a new AI Foundry environment from scratch and deliver a working solution overview at completion. The candidate should move quickly and work independently with minimal ramp-up time.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Azure AI Foundry.
• Experience with Azure OpenAI Service and Azure Machine Learning.
• Experience configuring and managing LLMs and prompt orchestration.
• Experience integrating AI solutions with Azure services, APIs, and enterprise systems.
• Experience implementing RAG architectures and vector databases.
• Development experience in Python, C#, or a similar language.
• Experience with Azure security and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deploy generative AI solutions using Azure AI Foundry.
• Configure and manage large language models (LLMs), prompt orchestration, and AI applications.
• Implement Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures, vector databases, and knowledge retrieval solutions.
• Integrate AI solutions with Azure services, APIs, and enterprise systems.
• Build out the AI Foundry environment and tenant configuration from an initial baseline.
• Establish security, monitoring, and governance controls for AI workloads.
• Optimize model performance, cost, and scalability.
• Provide a clear solution overview and documentation once the environment is built out.
• Work independently to deliver a functional AI Foundry solution within a compressed timeline.

Skills

Azure AI Foundry

Azure OpenAI Service

Azure Machine Learning

LLMs

prompt orchestration

RAG

vector databases

Python

C#

Azure security

DevOps

Azure Functions

Logic Apps

API Management

Tools

Azure DevOps

Job description

Benefits:

• Competitive salary

Location

Remote.

Experience Level

Senior Level (7+ years of experience).

Role Overview

We are seeking a Senior Azure Foundry Engineer to design, build, and operationalize AI solutions using Azure AI Foundry and the broader Microsoft AI ecosystem. This is a short-term engagement (approximately one month) focused on standing up a new AI Foundry environment from the ground up and delivering a working solution overview upon completion. The ideal candidate can move quickly and independently to build a functional foundation with minimal ramp-up time.

Key Responsibilities

AI Solution Development

• Develop and deploy generative AI solutions using Azure AI Foundry.
• Configure and manage large language models (LLMs), prompt orchestration, and AI applications.
• Implement Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures, vector databases, and knowledge retrieval solutions.

Integration & Architecture

• Integrate AI solutions with Azure services, APIs, and enterprise systems.
• Build out the AI Foundry environment and tenant configuration from an initial baseline.

Governance & Optimization

• Establish security, monitoring, and governance controls for AI workloads.
• Optimize model performance, cost, and scalability.

Delivery & Documentation

• Provide a clear solution overview and documentation once the environment is built out.
• Work independently to deliver a functional AI Foundry solution within a compressed timeline.

Required Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Azure AI Foundry.
• Experience with Azure OpenAI Service and Azure Machine Learning.
• Experience configuring and managing LLMs and prompt orchestration.
• Experience integrating AI solutions with Azure services, APIs, and enterprise systems.
• Experience implementing RAG architectures and vector databases.
• Development experience in Python, C#, or a similar language.
• Experience with Azure security and DevOps practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Azure Functions, Logic Apps, and API Management.
• Experience working on short-cycle, fast-turnaround engagements.
• Experience establishing new AI environments or tenants from scratch.

Core Skills & Attributes

• Strong technical judgment and ability to work independently with minimal setup time.
• Fast learner comfortable operating in ambiguous, early-stage environments.
• Strong communication skills to deliver clear solution overviews to stakeholders.
• Detail-oriented with a focus on security, governance, and scalability.
• Comfortable delivering results within a compressed, short-term timeline.

This is a remote position.