Role: Azure DevOps Engineer (with AI Exposure)
Location: Remoten (EU Renote)
Engagement: Contract
Industry: Financial Services
SmartCo are looking for an experienced Azure DevOps Engineer, to join a financial services client, focusing on cloud operations, automation, and AI transformation.
This role will initially focus on managing Azure related tickets & incidents, and will gradually evolve into more DevOps automation and AI / GenAI engineering work (Azure ML, Databricks, Azure AI Foundry). I
Key Responsibilities
* Fcous on Azure services, networking, App Services, Key Vault, AKS, resource provisioning, and pipelines.
* Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, YAML, Terraform, etc).
* Automate support processes and infrastructure provisioning where possible.
* Collaborate with cloud, data, and AI teams to stabilise and enhance Azure operations.
* Support the integration and deployment of AI / GenAI workloads (Azure ML, Databricks, Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI).
* Ensure environment reliability, monitoring, and adherence to cloud governance standards.
Skills & Experience
* Prior experience in financial services or large enterprise environments.
* Solid knowledge of Microsoft Azure services (App Services, Key Vault, Networking, AKS, etc.).
* Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and IAC (Terraform, Bicep, ARM).
* Exposure to AI / Machine Learning platforms such as Azure ML, AI Foundry, or Databricks.
* Good scripting and automation skills (PowerShell, Bash, or Python).
* Proven experience with incident and problem management tools (ServiceNow, JIRA).
* Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.
Please apply for more details, this is an urgent requirement.