Azure Platform Engineer

TBC Start Date ASAP **Must be an immediate joiner or can start within 2 weeks** I am working with a client who are a specialist AI and data consultancy dedicated to transforming the regional corporate landscape through bespoke, high-impact intelligent systems.

Based in the UAE, we partner with organizations across diverse sectors-with a deep-rooted expertise in Financial Services and Banking-to bridge the gap between complex data and actionable business strategy.

The Azure Platform Engineer role is a strategic Greenfield position focused on architecting the foundational Azure ecosystem for a major FinTech enterprise.

You will be responsible for designing and deploying a secure, automated, and AI-ready cloud infrastructure from the ground up, balancing cutting-edge Azure OpenAI integration and Terraform standardization.

Your responsibilities as the Azure Platform Engineer include: Architected and deployed production-ready Azure environments from scratch using a landing zone approach.

Integrate and manage Azure AI services (OpenAI, AI Search, Document Intelligence, Content Safety) to support AI-driven application development.

Standardize all deployments using Terraform to ensure consistency and modularity.

Manage API lifecycles using Azure APIM and Kong, ensuring secure and performant communication between services.

Proactively manage cloud costs by analysing SKUs and implementing advanced monitoring/alerting to prevent budget overruns.

Design automated GitHub Workflows to enable seamless CI/CD for both infrastructure and application code.

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