AI Enablement Engineer (Azure OpenAI, Copilot Studio, and AI integration)

1. Core Job Details Job Title : NCDOT - AI Enablement Engineer (777355) Client : State of North Carolina Job Description : Overview : NCDIT-T Web Systems is seeking a hybrid-skilled AI Platform Architect & Enablement Engineer with deep experience in Azure OpenAI, Copilot Studio, and AI integration into enterprise applications. This role bridges infrastructure and AI enablement—supporting development teams in embedding AI into both new and existing applications, while ensuring scalable, secure, and policy-compliant Azure implementations. This role requires a proactive engineer who can contribute to documentation, knowledge sharing, and enforcement of cloud governance policies in a large public-sector environment. Ideal candidates will have a strong development background and specialize in AI platform enablement. Primary Responsibilities : Lead the design and implementation of Copilot Studio and Azure OpenAI solutions for both internal and public-facing applications. Guide development teams on embedding AI into existing and new applications, including prompt engineering, API integration, and data flow design. Architect and scale AI platforms to support high-concurrency, low-latency workloads, including peak load planning and autoscaling strategies. Build and maintain secure, scalable Azure environments using Infrastructure-as-Code (Bicep / Terraform) and CI / CD pipelines. Collaborate with DevOps and SRE teams to ensure observability, governance, and compliance across AI workloads. Serve as a technical advisor and mentor to development teams, helping them adopt AI responsibly and effectively. Basic Qualifications : Direct experience integrating Azure OpenAI, Copilot Studio and other AI into Enterprise applications or services, including security configuration. Desired Experience guiding application teams on AI integration strategies. Preferred Qualifications : Experience with scaling AI workloads. Desired Experience working with app teams to migrate, modernize, or re-platform workloads in Azure, including supporting legacy integration. Desired Experience designing and implementing reusable infrastructure using Bicep and building automated pipelines with Azure DevOps, or similar tools. Desired Job Location : NCDOT Century Center, Building B 1020 Birch Ridge Drive Raleigh, NC Zip / Postal Code : 27610 Job Duration : 12 Month Job Category : Cloud Solutions Architecture / AI Platform Architecture Job Occupations : Cloud Engineers / Cloud Architects, Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning Specialists, Cloud Engineers / Cloud Architects Job Industries : Government, Information Technology (IT) / Cloud Computing Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Machine Learning Employment type : Contractor Pay Rates $85 / Hour (W2) AND $95 / HR (1099)