## Full Description
About the Job:
Our client, a global IT consultancy delivering first-class technology solutions, is seeking an AI Cloud Engineer focused on Azure. The start date is ASAP, and the role is entirely remote.
Location: United Arab Emirates (Remote)
Job Type: Contract (6 months)
Working Conditions:
- Hours: 8 hours/day aligned with the UAE timezone (Saturday & Friday off)
Responsibilities:
- Designand develop cloud-based AI solutions that integrate ML models and AI tools.
- Collaborate with data scientists and engineers to deploy scalable AI models in Azure cloud environments.
- Implement automation tools to streamline the deployment, monitoring, and management of AI models in the cloud infrastructure.
- Optimize cloud infrastructure for high-performance computing and ensure security and compliance.
- Troubleshoot and resolve AI system issues.
- Develop and maintain APIs and services that connect cloud-hosted AI models with other systems.
- Manage data pipelines and integration between cloud platforms and AI tools to support model training and inference.
- Perform cost optimization strategies for cloud resources.
- Stay updated on the latest AI and cloud technologies.
- Deploy Azure AI Foundry, AI Hub, OpenAI, Azure Machine Learning, Azure Data Factory, Kubernetes (AKS), and Cloud network in a highly available and scalable environment.
- Manage the cloud infrastructure deployment, integration, configuration, and testing.
- Design Cloud Architecture and analyze errors in systems to define corrective measures.
- Guarantee a secure infrastructure environment along with production stability and performance.
- Support Azure infrastructure services and provide technical insights to the team.
- Act as a subject matter expert in Azure AI Foundry, AI Hub, OpenAI, Azure Machine Learning, Azure Data Factory, Kubernetes (AKS), and Cloud network.
Professional Background:
- 4-6 years of experience in supporting cloud solutions and cloud deployment, preferably in the banking sector.
- 2-4 years of experience in supporting AI platforms hosted on Cloud.
- Working experience in AI Cloud Platform with expert knowledge of Microsoft Azure Cloud.
- Proficient in networking and infrastructure provisioning, including networks, compute, storage, and databases.
- Understanding of Terraform & Azure DevOps, with experience in Azure and AI Platform Administration.
- Knowledge of PowerShell and Bash.
- Familiarity with cloud management and control plane components, including networking, access management, RBAC, and security policies.
- Experience with Cloud IaaS and PaaS, skills in architecture, implementation, and support.
- Cloud monitoring and backup expertise, ensuring on-time service delivery.
- Exposure to large-scale production environments, upgrades, and migrations.
- Certification in AI is preferred.
Language Requirements:
Not specified.