GenAI Platform Lead & Cloud Governance Engineer

tulanectsi; New Orleans, Northern (LA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Tulane University seeks an AI Engineer III to serve as the institutional owner and operational steward of the NebulaONE GenAI platform (TulaneAI). You will oversee administration, governance, and vendor coordination for the university's centrally hosted GenAI environment on Azure AI Foundry.

Collaborating with IT, academic, research, and compliance teams, you will advance responsible and scalable GenAI use, support platform adoption, and align policy guardrails with institutional requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS/IS or related field.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in enterprise technology administration, cloud platform management, or IT project management.
• OR minimum 2 years of experience in AI/ML platform administration, SaaS product ownership, or GenAI tool deployment within a higher education or research environment.
• Experience with NebulaONE, WaveGPT, or comparable no-code GenAI delivery platforms in a higher education setting.
• Knowledge of FERPA, HIPAA, and institutional data classification policies.
• Ability to coordinate governance bodies and support institutional policy tracking.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrated ability to administer cloud-hosted SaaS platforms, including user management, configuration, and feature enablement
• Familiarity with Microsoft Azure, Azure AI Foundry, and enterprise identity management (Entra ID / Azure Active Directory)
• Strong project management skills with the ability to coordinate multi-stakeholder technology initiatives
• Knowledge of data governance, information security, and compliance frameworks including FERPA, HIPAA, and institutional data classification policies
• Ability to serve as a product owner, translating institutional needs into platform configurations, AI agent designs, and operational workflows
• Experience managing vendor relationships, software contracts, and service-level agreements
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for presenting to technical and non-technical audiences, including executive leadership
• Capacity to support and coordinate governance committee operations, including documentation, reporting, and policy tracking
• Ability to manage platform adoption initiatives including training, onboarding, and user support coordination

Skills

Cloud platform management

AI/ML platform administration

SaaS product ownership

GenAI governance

Project management

Vendor management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology / Computer Science / Information Systems

Tools

NebulaONE

Azure AI Foundry

Entra ID / Azure AD

Job description

Tulane University seeks an AI Engineer III to serve as the institutional owner and operational steward of the NebulaONE GenAI platform (TulaneAI). You will oversee administration, governance, and vendor coordination for the university's centrally hosted GenAI environment on Azure AI Foundry.

Collaborating with IT, academic, research, and compliance teams, you will advance responsible and scalable GenAI use, support platform adoption, and align policy guardrails with institutional requirements.