Senior Azure AI Engineer & Cloud Solutions Lead

Patient First; Glen Allen, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

401(k) with match

Paid Time Off

Bereavement Leave

Holiday Pay

Employee Discounts

Recruitment bonus

Job summary

Patient First seeks a Senior Azure AI Developer in Virginia to design, develop, and deploy enterprise‑grade AI solutions on Azure. You will lead AI-powered application development, cloud architecture, and DevOps automation, collaborating with stakeholders and engineering teams to deliver scalable, secure cloud‑native solutions.

The role requires 7+ years in software development, 5+ years on Azure, strong C#/.NET, RESTful APIs, and experience with CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software development experience.
• At least 5 years of experience with Microsoft Azure.
• Strong proficiency in C#, .NET, ASP.NET Core, and RESTful API development.
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and/or GitHub.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code methodologies and tools.

Responsibilities

• Designing, building, and deploying AI‑powered applications using Azure AI Services, Azure OpenAI, Cognitive Services, Azure Machine Learning, and related technologies.
• Developing intelligent solutions leveraging LLMs, Retrieval‑Augmented Generation, prompt engineering, semantic search, and vector databases.
• Collaborating with business users to identify AI use cases and transform requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Developing and maintaining enterprise applications using C#, .NET, ASP.NET Core, Web APIs, and related Microsoft technologies.
• Architecting and implementing Azure‑based solutions for mission‑critical applications.
• Designing scalable, secure, and highly available cloud environments leveraging Azure Compute, Networking, Storage, Identity, and Security services.
• Leading cloud modernization and migration efforts where appropriate.
• Ensuring compliance with organizational security and governance standards.
• Designing, building, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and GitHub.
• Implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Bicep, ARM templates, and/or Terraform.
• Automating application deployments, environment provisioning, and operational processes.
• Managing source control strategies, branching models, release pipelines, and deployment automation.
• Supporting containerized deployments using Docker and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
• Integrating cloud and on‑premises data sources to support AI and analytics workloads.
• Developing data transformation, processing, and orchestration solutions.
• Supporting data pipelines and AI data preparation activities.
• Collaborating with analytics and data engineering teams to enable advanced reporting and business intelligence initiatives.
• Partnering with business leaders, architects, and technical teams to define technical strategies.
• Providing technical leadership and mentorship to developers and engineers.
• Establishing development standards, DevOps best practices, and AI governance guidelines.
• Participating in architectural reviews and technology planning initiatives.

Skills

Azure AI

C#/.NET

ASP.NET Core

REST API

Azure DevOps

GitHub

Docker

Kubernetes

IaC

LLMs/RAG

Azure AI Foundry

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Equivalent experience

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitHub

Terraform

Bicep/ARM

Docker

AKS

PowerShell

Job description

Patient First seeks a Senior Azure AI Developer in Virginia to design, develop, and deploy enterprise‑grade AI solutions on Azure. You will lead AI-powered application development, cloud architecture, and DevOps automation, collaborating with stakeholders and engineering teams to deliver scalable, secure cloud‑native solutions.

The role requires 7+ years in software development, 5+ years on Azure, strong C#/.NET, RESTful APIs, and experience with CI/CD pipelines.