Lead Azure AI Foundry Platform Engineer

Applied Information Sciences, Inc; United States; Remote; USD 117,000 - 177,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

401(k) Retirement Plan (5% match)

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Healthcare benefits

Job summary

Applied Information Sciences, Inc. (AIS) is seeking an AI Foundry Platform Engineer to build, secure, and operate the Azure Government AI platform that enables governed use of Azure AI Foundry and approved generative AI models.

This role converts architecture into repeatable platform capabilities and reliable developer experiences. You will configure deployments, enable private networking and identity controls, and drive observability and cost management.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Azure engineering experience.
• Hands-on with Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, or similar.
• Experience with Entra ID, managed identities, private endpoints, Key Vault.
• Strong scripting/automation with PowerShell, Azure CLI, Python.

Responsibilities

• Configure and support Azure AI Foundry projects, deployments, quotas, access controls.
• Implement private networking, private endpoints, DNS, managed identities, Key Vault integration.
• Build monitoring and reporting for usage, token consumption, capacity, cost allocation, safety events, and service health.
• Support secure integration between AI services, developer tools, AVD/Codex access patterns, and approved enterprise systems.
• Automate environment configuration and promote repeatable deployment patterns using approved infrastructure and release practices.
• Create operational runbooks, troubleshooting guides, and knowledge-transfer materials for platform support teams.

Skills

Azure engineering

Networking

Monitoring

Security

Scripting/Automation

PowerShell

Azure CLI

Python

Tools

Azure AI Foundry

Azure OpenAI

Azure Machine Learning

Entra ID

Key Vault

Log Analytics

Azure Cost Management

Private endpoints

Job description

Applied Information Sciences, Inc. (AIS) is seeking an AI Foundry Platform Engineer to build, secure, and operate the Azure Government AI platform that enables governed use of Azure AI Foundry and approved generative AI models.

This role converts architecture into repeatable platform capabilities and reliable developer experiences. You will configure deployments, enable private networking and identity controls, and drive observability and cost management.