On behalf of our Public Sector Client, Ignite Technical Resources is recruiting for a Senior Azure AI Platform Specialist to join our Client's team on a contract basis. This role is Remote and the Client is based in Vancouver, BC.

Summary of the Role

The Senior Azure AI Platform Specialist will design, implement, and support a secure, governed, and production-ready AI platform using Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Foundry. This role focuses on enterprise AI architecture, application integration, identity management, document processing, security, and operational readiness. The successful candidate will help establish scalable AI capabilities, integrate approved enterprise systems, and ensure solutions meet security, privacy, performance, and supportability requirements while enabling internal teams to maintain and extend the platform.

Duties & Responsibilities

Assess existing Azure and AI environments, identify technical and security gaps, and recommend target architectures and implementation plans.

Design, deploy, and integrate document extraction and processing solutions using Azure Document Intelligence, OCR, and structured or unstructured data processing.

Configure Microsoft Foundry resources, projects, model deployments, agents, networking, identity, monitoring, and governance controls.

Implement Microsoft Entra ID authentication, single sign-on, and secure authorization for applications, APIs, and data sources.

Integrate AI services with enterprise applications, APIs, databases, document repositories, and search indexes.

Apply security, privacy, data governance, responsible AI, and cost-management controls throughout solution design and implementation.

Validate solution quality, security, performance, availability, and operational readiness before production release.

Develop architecture diagrams, configuration records, deployment instructions, runbooks, support procedures,



and technical documentation.

Support knowledge transfer and operational handover to internal application, infrastructure, security, and support teams.

Core Requirements

Five or more years of experience implementing Microsoft Azure solutions, including production architecture, security, integration, deployment, and operations.

Recent experience delivering at least one production or production-ready Microsoft Foundry or Azure AI Foundry solution.

Demonstrated experience implementing enterprise single sign-on and application-to-application authorization using Microsoft Entra ID and Microsoft identity platform standards.

Experience managing confidential, personal, or regulated information in Azure environments using appropriate security, privacy, audit, and data-governance controls.

Microsoft Certified Azure AI Engineer Associate certification or equivalent demonstrated experience.

Desired Skills & Experience

Experience with Azure subscriptions, networking, private endpoints, Key Vault, Storage, App Service, Functions, API Management, databases, monitoring, and cost controls.

Knowledge of Microsoft Foundry, Azure AI Foundry hub-based projects, model deployments, AI agents, access controls, networking, and environment separation.

Experience with AI security, prompt-injection controls, content safety, grounding, output validation, threat modelling, and responsible AI practices.

Experience with infrastructure as code using Bicep or Terraform and CI/CD using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.





Familiarity with Azure AI Search, Azure Machine Learning, Document Intelligence, Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Sentinel, Python, C#/.NET, REST APIs, PowerShell, and Azure CLI.

Terms

This is a 12-month contract with the potential for up to four additional one-year extensions, subject to business requirements and satisfactory service delivery. The role is remote, with work scheduled in the Vancouver time zone, generally between 8:30 AM and 4:30 PM. Work requirements may range from 20 to 40 hours per week, or as needed, with occasional after-hours work and potential onsite requirements depending on project needs. A background check and references will be required at the offer stage. A security clearance may also be required.

About Ignite Technical: Based in Vancouver and proudly Canadian, Ignite Technical Resources has been providing Top Technical Talent to organizations across Canada since 2005.

Equal Prospect Employer: Ignite Technical is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity, national origin, or age.

Work Permits: Please note that Ignite's Clients require all interested candidates to obtain the necessary work permits from the Government of Canada prior to submitting an application. This position is open exclusively to individuals residing in Canada and legally authorized to work in Canada. Applications not meeting these criteria will not be considered.

Further Consideration: We receive a high volume of applications and are only able to contact candidates who are selected for further consideration.

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📌 Senior Azure AI Platform Specialist (Vancouver)
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