Required/Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field AND proven years’ experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR equivalent experience.
- Proven years’ experience with enterprise-scale technical delivery experience with Azure AI Services including Azure OpenAI, Azure Cognitive Search, Azure Speech, Azure Machine Learning (or equivalent), Generative AI, LLM customization, NLP, Search, MLOps, Open-source AI frameworks, AI Infrastructure, architecture design.
- Proven years’ experience creating AI Proof of Concepts and Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) and supporting production deployments.
Additional or Preferred Qualifications
- Breadth of technical experience and knowledge (preferred):
- Application development skills – proficient with Python, Java, or similar programming languages in the context of application development, and ability to integrate Azure AI with other services; cloud application deployment experience with services such as Azure Functions, Kubernetes, Docker, API Management, and related.
- Architecture Design – the ability to create and explain 3-tier architecture diagrams, system context diagrams, system interaction diagrams, etc.
- Experience in architecting deployments for production in an enterprise setting including infrastructure knowledge, security, networking, and other considerations.
- Proven years’ experience working on technical projects in a customer-facing role (e.g., internal and/or external)
- Ability to build relationships, orchestrate, lead, and influence virtual teams, ensuring successful acceleration and unblocking of customer projects.
- Technical Certification in Cloud (e.g., Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google, security certifications)
- Presentation and communication skills with a high degree of comfort with key audiences (Senior Executives, Management, Data Scientists, Engineers, etc.)