Azure AI Cloud Engineer (Local Candidates Only)

Azure AI Cloud Engineer

Mechanicsville, VA

6+ months (Contract)

Client is seeking an AI Engineer IV to implement, maintain, and manage cloud infrastructure for AI in Azure, as well as configure / maintain monitoring, IaC, and CI / CD for these resources.

Requirements :

• 10 years of experience providing guidance on the implementation of AI resources in Azure, and experience implementing, maintaining, and monitoring those resources.
• Experience performing regular patching and updates to ensure system security and stability.
• Experience overseeing backup operations and recovery processes in mission-critical environments.
• Experience planning & executing cloud migrations, and moving workloads from on-premises to the cloud.
• Comfortable working in an environment that utilizes multiple frameworks / technologies, including .NET, Java, SQL, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, and more.
• Experience providing support and troubleshooting issues for production applications.
• Experience working with security tools such as Tenable to manage vulnerability remediation, etc.
• Experience with tools like SCCM & SCOM for automated patch management & deployment.
• Experience crafting disaster recovery (DR) plans to ensure minimal downtime and prevent data loss.
• Strong networking knowledge - including understanding OSI layer functionality and network protocols.

Nice-to-haves :

Skill

Required / Desired

Amount

of Experience

Experience providing guidance on the implementation of AI resources in Azure, and experience implementing, maintaining, and monitoring those resources

Required

Years

Experience with implementing, monitoring, and maintaining Azure environments.

Required

Years

Experience performing regular patching and updates to ensure system security and stability.

Required

10

Years

Experience overseeing backup operations and recovery processes in mission-critical environments.

Required

10

Years

Experience planning & executing cloud migrations, and moving workloads from on-premises to the cloud.

Required

10

Years

Experience providing support and troubleshooting issues for production applications.

Required

10

Years

Experience with tools like SCCM & SCOM for automated patch management & deployment.

Required

10

Years