Senior AI Engineer - Microsoft Azure

Position: Senior AI Engineer - Microsoft Azure (Contract)
Senior AI Engineer
- Microsoft Azure AI Foundry 12 Month Contract Who We Are Were on a mission to close the worlds tech skills gap. We help organisations navigate the future of technology, combining human expertise, emerging tech and AI to deliver better outcomes, faster. Since 2014, weve worked side-by-side with clients to solve complex challenges, build high-performing teams, and create lasting capability. As technology continues to evolve, we believe the most successful organisations will be those that combine the best of both: human ingenuity AND intelligent technology.

That belief is embedded in everything we do. We call it the genius of the AND: deep expertise AND practical delivery, innovation AND responsibility, ambitious work AND sustainable careers. Through our Guide, Build and Equip approach, we help organisations embrace change, deliver meaningful impact, and develop the skills they need to thrive in an increasingly agentic world.

Role Overview As a Senior AI Engineer you will be responsible for building and maintaining an automated AI Developer Experience (DevX) platform using Terraform on Microsoft Azure. This role focuses on automating infrastructure provisioning for AI workloads, integrating Model Context Protocol (MCP) services, and constructing robust pipelines for AI Agent deployment and evaluation.

Key Responsibilities & Capabilities IaC & Platform Automation
- Author, modularize, and maintain enterprise Terraform scripts to provision Azure AI resources, sandbox environments, and secure landing zones. Agent Pipelines & CI/CD
- Construct automated CI/CD pipelines (Azure Dev Ops / Git Hub Actions) designed for agentic workflows, prompt evaluation, automated testing, and release gating. MCP Integration
- Design, containerize, and deploy Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and gateways to connect AI agents securely with enterprise databases and APIs. Developer Enablement
- Create reusable developer templates, local execution environments, and self-service IaC modules to streamline onboarding for AI developers. Observability & Telemetry
- Implement tracing and metrics collection (Azure Monitor, Open Telemetry, Log Analytics) across agent executions, tool calls, and pipeline steps. Technical Qualifications Terraform Expertise: 24 years writing production-grade, modular Terraform code targeting Azure infrastructure. Dev Ops & Automation:
Strong experience building YAML pipelines in Azure Dev Ops or Git Hub Actions, including secrets management (Azure Key Vault) and automated environment provisioning. AI Tooling & MCP:
Hands-on experience or working knowledge of Model Context Protocol (MCP) architecture, agent orchestration frameworks (e.g., Semantic Kernel, Auto Gen, Lang Chain), and API gateway patterns. Containerization:
Experience deploying containerized microservices using Azure Container Apps (ACA) or Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). Cloud Fundamentals:
Solid background in Azure networking (VNets, Private Endpoints, DNS), Entra s controls, and Docker. Certifications (Preferred):
Microsoft Certified:
Azure Dev Ops Engineer Expert (AZ-400) or Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104). Why join AND Digital? Were building a culture where talented people can do meaningful work, continue growing, AND enjoy the journey along the way. Our model is designed to build belonging and connection: were organised into regional Clubs of no more than 80 people, so you (and our clients) get the benefits of that small company feel while also being connected to a larger whole.

Our Practice Areas act as a second home for our ANDis - a place where you can innovate and learn with like-minded experts who care deeply about their craft, support each other generously, and believe the best ideas come from collaboration, not hierarchy. Our culture is rooted in our values of Wonder, Share and Delight, and shows up through five traits that we celebrate and nurture in all our ANDis: we value curiosity, ambition and a growth-mindset.

We are deeply client-centric. Most important of all we are human - we create an inclusive environment where people feel trusted, supported and able to be themselves. By joining AND, well provide: 25 days bookable holiday  flexible Bank Holidays Pension: 6% of salary paid by AND Digital with a further 2% paid by you (can be increased by choice). Aviva healthcare cover (including pre-existing condition cover) for you.

Flexibenefit: £1000 assigned to you via our benefits portal to select or upgrade the benefits…