Senior AI Platform Engineer - Azure Data & DevOps Lead

Soni; New York (NY); On-site; USD 175,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

Soni is seeking a Senior Data & AI Platform Engineer to design, build, and support secure, scalable cloud infrastructure for enterprise AI. The role emphasizes Azure AI Foundry, data pipelines, and DevSecOps across Python apps and LLM integrations.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in cloud infra, platform engineering, and data systems, with strong Python, Terraform, and Kubernetes experience. Expect collaboration across security, architecture, and business teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/IS or related field.
• 8+ years in cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, DevOps, or data engineering.
• Experience building enterprise platforms or shared developer services.
• Strong Python development skills, REST APIs (FastAPI/Flask) & automation scripting.
• Experience with Terraform and/or Bicep, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience integrating enterprise LLM services like Azure OpenAI and Anthropic Claude APIs.
• Knowledge of RAG, vector search, and AI frameworks like LangChain or Semantic Kernel.
• Solid cloud security, identity management, DevSecOps, and governance.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and support enterprise AI platforms for Python-based AI apps.
• Configure and manage Azure AI Foundry, hubs, workspaces, models, access controls.
• Integrate Azure OpenAI and LLM APIs with secure auth, monitoring, and cost controls.
• Develop reusable developer tools, templates, and automation for AI delivery.
• Build data pipelines with Azure Data Factory and Databricks.
• Implement vector search and document retrieval for RAG apps.
• Maintain Azure Data Lake, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, and related platforms.
• Provision Azure infra with Terraform/Bicep; exposure to AWS.
• Create CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions; manage Docker/Kubernetes (AKS).
• Apply DevSecOps practices: secrets, scans, policy enforcement.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or related field

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Bicep

AKS

Azure Data Factory

Azure Databricks

Cosmos DB

Azure Data Lake

SQL

Job description

Soni is seeking a Senior Data & AI Platform Engineer to design, build, and support secure, scalable cloud infrastructure for enterprise AI. The role emphasizes Azure AI Foundry, data pipelines, and DevSecOps across Python apps and LLM integrations.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in cloud infra, platform engineering, and data systems, with strong Python, Terraform, and Kubernetes experience. Expect collaboration across security, architecture, and business teams.