Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Confidential is seeking a platform-oriented Azure Cloud & AI Administrator/Engineer to operate Azure cloud and AI environments. The role is responsible for Azure infrastructure, AI Foundry services, security and governance, DevOps and infrastructure as code, monitoring, operational support, and cloud cost management while serving as a liaison across enterprise architecture, platform engineering, cybersecurity, and development teams.
Responsibilities
- Manage Azure subscriptions, resource groups, policies, tagging standards, and governance controls
- Administer Azure networking including: + VNets + Private Endpoints + NSGs + Application Gateway + Azure Firewall + Load Balancers + API Management
- Implement and maintain high availability and disaster recovery configurations
- Manage Azure storage, compute, web apps, containers, and serverless services
- Deploy, configure, and maintain Azure AI Foundry environments
- Provision and manage: + Azure OpenAI + Azure AI Search + Azure Document Intelligence + Azure AI Content Safety + Azure AI Agent Services
- Configure AI projects, model deployments, quotas, access controls, networking restrictions, and service policies
- Support onboarding of new AI solutions and AI engineering teams
- Implement Azure RBAC and Entra ID security models
- Manage: + Managed Identities + Service Principals + Key Vault + Certificate Management + Secrets Management
- Enforce Azure AI guardrails and enterprise security requirements
- Support security audits, TAC reviews, Cyber reviews, and governance initiatives
- Build and maintain Azure DevOps pipelines
- Support GitHub Enterprise and GitHub Actions
- Implement: + CI/CD pipelines + Infrastructure as Code + Release Management + Automated testing + Deployment automation
- Establish Dev/UAT/Prod deployment standards
- Develop and maintain: + Bicep
- Automate provisioning of: + AI environments + Networking services + Security controls + Azure resources
- Administer and support: + Application Insights + Azure Monitor + Log Analytics + Service Health
- Troubleshoot: + Azure AI Foundry issues + API failures + Performance bottlenecks + Quota limits + Networking issues + Authentication failures
- Support developers during production incidents
- Manage Azure budgets and consumption reporting
- Implement alerts and quota controls
- Forecast Azure AI and cloud infrastructure costs
- Recommend optimization opportunities
Skills
- Azure Administration (5+ years)
- Azure Networking
- Azure Identity & Access Management
- Azure Monitor
- Azure Governance
- Azure AI Foundry
- Azure OpenAI
- Azure AI Search
- Azure Document Intelligence
- Azure AI Content Safety
- Azure DevOps
- GitHub Enterprise
- GitHub Actions
- CI/CD Pipelines
- Release Management
- Bicep
- Entra ID
- RBAC
- Managed Identity
- Key Vault
- Private Endpoints
- API Security
- Purview
- Azure Monitor
- Log Analytics
- Application Insights
Benefits
- Remote work is available; onsite work in Iselin, NJ is preferred.
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