Azure AI Data Engineer Location: Remote work Duration: 12 Months+ We’re hiring! This role requires U.S. citizenship or permanent residency (Green Card) due to project-specific compliance guidelines. If you meet these criteria and are excited to contribute to impactful work, we’d love to connect! Key Responsibilities: • Integrate AI/ML models (developed by data scientists) into production pipelines for energy forecasting, anomaly detection, and smart grid analytics. • Design, develop, and optimize scalable ETL/ELT pipelines using Azure Data Factory, Databricks, and Synapse Analytics • Build and manage data lakes and Delta Lake architectures for both batch and real-time processing • Collaborate with AI/ML teams to ensure robust data availability for model training and inference • Leverage Azure Machine Learning and Cognitive Services to enable intelligent data workflows • Implement data governance, data quality checks, and lineage tracking using tools like Purview • Optimize query performance and cost management within Azure environments • Maintain CI/CD pipelines and automation using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions