GenAI Platform Lead & Governance Engineer

Tulane University; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Tulane University seeks an AI Engineer III to own and steward the NebulaONE GenAI platform (TulaneAI). You will administer the centralized GenAI environment hosted on Azure Foundry, coordinate with IT, academic, compliance, and admin stakeholders, and support adoption and governance across the university.

Responsibilities include platform configuration, vendor management, and coordinating with the GenAI Governance Committee to ensure policy-aligned deployment and scalable AI use for faculty,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, information systems, or a related field.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in enterprise technology administration, cloud platform management, or IT project management.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in AI/ML platform administration, SaaS product ownership, or GenAI tool deployment within a higher education or research environment.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.
• Coordinate governance committee operations, including documentation, reporting, and policy tracking.
• Manage platform adoption initiatives including training, onboarding, and user support coordination.

Skills

Cloud platform admin

AI governance

Project management

Stakeholder coordination

Communication skills

Vendor management

Policy compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS

Master’s degree

Tools

Azure AI Foundry

Entra ID / Azure AD

NebulaONE

WaveGPT

Job description

Tulane University seeks an AI Engineer III to own and steward the NebulaONE GenAI platform (TulaneAI). You will administer the centralized GenAI environment hosted on Azure Foundry, coordinate with IT, academic, compliance, and admin stakeholders, and support adoption and governance across the university.

Responsibilities include platform configuration, vendor management, and coordinating with the GenAI Governance Committee to ensure policy-aligned deployment and scalable AI use for faculty,