Azure DevOps Engineer (with AI Exposure)

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.