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AI Development Specialist (Azure)

Paracon

  • R Undisclosed
  • Contract Specialist position
  • Edenburg
  • Posted 29 Jan 2026 by Paracon
  • Expires in 34 days
  • Job 2632062 - Ref 185298820475959
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About the position

Role Purpose
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.




Desired Skills:

  • Machine Learning
  • AI
  • Azure

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Paracon

About the agency

Paracon facilitates the delivery of your business strategy through finding you the top ICT and technology talent. Our reputation, industry leadership and national reach enables us to empower our clients through attracting the ICT talent you need for your permanent and temporary employment workforce solutions. Paracon forms part of the Adcorp Group of Companies, an international parent company to a group of recruitment specialist brands who are engaged in the provision of comprehensive human capital; effective and efficient workforce management styles and skills development services. With ever-changing technology, choose us as your partner in the evolution of ICT talent. Trusted, experienced and dynamic in the way we do ICT talent management. Resourcing • Contracting recruitment: Utilising contractors allows you flexibility in your resourcing solutions. We manage all contract negotiation and administration through our professional and timeous processes. From short-term projects to long-term engagements, moving your business forward. • Permanent recruitment: Permanent placement of ICT professionals, includes full background checks and references. • Recruitment process: We will provide a tailored workforce managed solution, to search, source and identify talent to match the job specifications provided by our clients, Paracon is able to assess CVs via our various recruitment channels. Talent Development Talent Consulting PPM (Portfolio, Program and Project management services)

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