Azure Cloud Administrator – Azure AI

Request ID: 106515-1
Title: Azure Cloud Administrator – Azure AI
Locations: Burlington, MA
Duration: 6+ Months
Pay Range: $50.00 - $53/Hour on W2/C2C (All inclusive)

We are looking for aSenior Azure Cloud Administrator with strong Azure Administration and Azure AI experience to design, implement, administer, secure, and support enterprise Azure environments. The role requires hands-on experience with Azure infrastructure, networking, security, automation, Infrastructure as Code, and Azure AI services including Azure OpenAI and Cognitive Services.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain enterpriseClient Azure environments, including production cloud infrastructure.
• Deploy, configure, monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize Azure resources and cloud services.
• Provide technical expertise onAzure AI, Azure OpenAI, Cognitive Services, Azure AI Search, and intelligent applications/agents.
• Support Azure customers and stakeholders through technical briefings, demos, POCs, solution design, and technical recommendations.
• Design and implement Azure infrastructure architectures supporting enterprise applications and data platforms.
• AdministerAzure networking, including network diagnostics, VPN configuration, firewall policies, connectivity, and security controls.
• Develop and implement cloudsecurity, monitoring, auditing, alerting, and compliance best practices.
• Support Azure Data Lake and data platform infrastructure, including networking and security architecture.
• Develop and maintainInfrastructure as Code (IaC) usingTerraform and automation usingPowerShell, Python, and Ansible.
• Create and maintainCI/CD pipelines for Azure infrastructure and application deployments.
• Monitor Azure and on-premises environments for availability, performance, security, and integrity.
• Troubleshoot production issues, perform root-cause analysis, and ensure timely resolution within defined SLAs.
• Collaborate with application development, networking, security, database, and infrastructure teams.
• Conduct risk assessments for existing and new technology deployments and recommend remediation strategies.
• Establish Azure administration standards, procedures, tools, and operational processes.
• Recommend Azure migration strategies, enterprise architectures, integration approaches, and application infrastructure.
• Develop and demonstrate Azure AI POCs, optimize model performance, and support profiling and benchmarking activities.
• Act as a trusted technical advisor to customers and stakeholders regarding Azure AI adoption and cloud strategy.
• Build reusable technical assets, documentation, and best practices for Azure AI and cloud infrastructure.
• Identify technical blockers and recommend solutions related to security, scalability, performance, IP, and customer readiness.
• Mentor junior team members and contribute to technical solution and opportunity planning.

Required Skills

• 10+ years of IT/Cloud infrastructure experience with strong Azure Administration experience.
• Extensive hands-on experience withClient Azure.
• Strong knowledge of Azure infrastructure, networking, security, compute, storage, databases, and servers.
• Experience withAzure OpenAI, Azure Cognitive Services, Azure AI Search, or related Azure AI technologies.
• StrongPowerShell scripting experience.
• Hands-on experience withTerraform / Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience withPython scripting.
• Experience withAnsible or similar automation tools.
• Strong knowledge of Azure networking,VPNs, firewalls, DNS, NSGs, routing, and connectivity troubleshooting.
• Experience supportingAzure Data Lake / Azure Data Platform infrastructure.
• Experience developing and managingCI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of cloud security, monitoring, auditing, alerting, and compliance.
• Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, documentation, and communication skills.
• Understanding ofITIL concepts is preferred.

AI Experience

• 3+ years of experience with AI/ML, intelligent applications/agents, AI Search, or enterprise AI solutions.
• Strong technical understanding ofAzure AI/Cognitive Services and Azure OpenAI.
• Experience conducting AI demonstrations, POCs, technical briefings, or solution workshops.
• Ability to recommend AI integration strategies and enterprise architectures.