AI Engineer | AI Specialist – Azure

Candidate Description

Marked by a rare blend of AI engineering depth and data-engineering rigour, this professional brings over 15 years of experience delivering data and AI solutions across government, financial services, defence and telecommunications sectors. Adept at Microsoft Azure and AWS platforms, they excel in constructing scalable data lakes, robust ETL pipelines and intelligent agents that streamline complex enterprise workflows. Their toolkit spans Databricks, Snowflake, Apache Spark and Power Platform, underpinned by strong Python, SQL and CI/CD practices.

Their technical acumen is demonstrated through the architecture of an enterprise data lake for a Financial Institution, the deployment of Azure OpenAI-powered agents at a Previous Employer and the end-to-end lineage automation of 'My Health Application' analytics for a Government Agency. Leveraging Databricks, Logic Apps, Azure Functions and Power BI, they have delivered real-time dashboards, serverless data solutions and predictive models that drive strategic decision-making. Hands-on with generative AI, LangChain and Retrieval-Augmented Generation, they consistently translate cutting-edge research into production-ready systems.

An adaptable collaborator and mentor, they have led cross-functional teams, authored comprehensive documentation in GitHub and Confluence and engaged stakeholders from conception to delivery. Their strong foundation in Agile and DevOps enables rapid, reliable releases, while their domain versatility—from defence analytics at a Defence Contractor to IT-risk scoring at a Financial Institution—demonstrates their capacity to thrive in diverse, high-stake environments. Organisations seeking a results-oriented AI and data expert who can unify strategy, engineering and analytics will find exceptional value in this candidate.