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AI Development Specialist (Azure) at Sabenza IT & Recruitment

DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment

  • R Undisclosed
  • Contract Senior position
  • Sandton
  • Posted 28 Jan 2026 by DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment
  • Expires in 30 days
  • Job 2631976 - Ref 878000015688629
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About the position

Lead the design, build, and deployment of production-grade AI solutions on Microsoft Azure. Own end-to-end delivery—from data pipelines to model deployment, ensuring security, reliability, and compliance.


Responsibilities


  • Design and implement AI solutions using Azure AI services (OpenAI, AI Search, Machine Learning).
  • Develop secure APIs and integrate with enterprise systems using Azure API Management and Event Hub.
  • Containerize workloads and deploy to AKS, App Service, or Functions with CI/CD pipelines.
  • Ensure observability, performance tuning, and cost optimization for AI workloads.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams and document architecture, runbooks, and best practices.
Core Tech Stack


  • Azure AI & ML: Azure OpenAI Service, AI Studio, AI Search, Azure Machine Learning.
  • Data & Integration: Data Lake Storage, Synapse/Fabric, Data Factory, Event Hub, API Management.
  • Compute & Hosting: AKS, Azure Functions, App Service; IaC with Bicep/ARM/Terraform.
  • DevOps/MLOps: Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions, MLflow integration, telemetry dashboards.
  • Languages: Python (required), plus C#/.NET or TypeScript/Node; LangChain or Semantic Kernel preferred.
Required Experience


  • 7+ years in software/ML engineering, with 3+ years delivering production AI solutions on Azure.
  • Proven track record of shipped solutions with architecture diagrams and runbooks.
  • Expertise in RAG system design, prompt engineering, and performance optimization.
  • Strong data engineering skills and secure integration patterns.
  • Applied knowledge of Responsible AI principles and compliance requirements.
Core Competencies


  • Outcome-oriented with strong problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
  • Collaborative leadership and mentoring capability.
  • Adaptability to ambiguity and incremental delivery approaches.
Nice-to-Have


  • Experience with Microsoft Fabric and Databricks on Azure.
  • Domain experience in financial services.
  • Azure AI Engineer Associate certification or equivalent.
Qualifications


Degree in Computer Science/Engineering/Math or equivalent industry experience


Matric exemption 




Desired Skills:

  • Azure
  • AKS
  • fabric
  • data lake
  • AI
  • machine learning
  • .net

Desired Qualification Level:

  • Degree

About The Employer:


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Dedicated to the recruitment of IT professionals Sabenza iT is a South African registered business focusing on Finance, Engineering, SAP and general iT recruitment. We have over 18 years' experience in recruiting in South Africa, Australia, Europe, South America and Asia and have worked with a number of large companies offering the best service. We at Sabenza iT understands the changing market and we mold our services around each of our client's needs to offer a personal service. Sabenza iT has forged strong relationships with both Clients and Consultants by ensuring both parties get the most out of every placement. Our Head Office is based in South Africa and we have a satellite office in the UK so that we can keep in contact with expats who may consider returning to South Africa and so that we can offer our services globally for Consultants looking to go to South Africa and Consultants who are looking for opportunities abroad. We at Sabenza recognize the difference it makes to maintain good client relationships and we are keeping our client base niche and manageable in order to give the best service possible. We have gained a good reputation in the market place and have built a very large network and database of consultants that we draw from for each role. We are able to send applications within 24 hours of receiving a role profile or spec. We use one of the best Database software tools available to keep our database up to date and very fast to search. Sabenza iT does not only use job-sites, we headhunt and we use our network to find our clients the right Candidates. We have a strong Facebook presence and we have over 12,000 LinkedIn connections. For further information, please visit our website www.sabenzait.co.za or call me at any time on Tel: 0330040131.

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