Azure AI Solution Engineer

### Posting ID
PIP12232

On behalf of the Cabinet Office Public Sector Fraud Authority , we are looking for an Azure AI Solution Engineer (Inside IR35) for a 6 month hybrid contract based once every other week in London.

Description

As an Azure AI Solution Engineer you will be a technical practitioner responsible for building, fine-tuning, and integrating advanced Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning solutions in Microsoft Azure for the Digital Fraud Fabrication (DFF) Project at the Public Sector Fraud Authority (PSFA). This position is focused on hands-on implementation, coding, and solution integration. You will directly build and deploy production-grade AI pipelines, generative AI applications, and anomaly detection models to analyse documents for AI generation, manipulation and fraud.

Required Experience and Qualifications

- Azure AI Native Stack: Deep hands-on experience with Azure OpenAI Service, Azure AI Search, Azure Foundry, Azure Cognitive Services (Document Intelligence), and Azure Databricks.
- Core Languages: Fluency in Python and SQL.
- GenAI Tooling: Hands-on experience constructing enterprise RAG apps using LangChain, LlamaIndex, vector databases, and Azure AI Search.
- MLOps & CI/CD: Practical setup of MLflow, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Docker, and Terraform/Bicep.

Desirable Experience and Qualifications

- Fraud & Risk Analytics: Practical experience using AI to detect fraud e.g. specifically tuning models for anomaly detection, graph network linkages, or financial crime patterns.
- UK Public Sector Context: Working knowledge of GDS Service Standards, CDDO AI guidelines, and secure data handling under UK GDPR / Official Sensitive guidelines.
- Clearance: Active Security Check (SC) clearance (or immediate eligibility).
- Certifications: Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate (AI-102) or Azure Data Scientist Associate (DP-100).

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident

As a Disability Confident employer, the Cabinet Office encourage applications from disabled and neurodivergent candidates . Applications from candidates who identify as having a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be prioritised for review. Where application volumes are high, additional role-specific and desirable criteria may be applied as part of the shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

As a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, the Cabinet Office welcome applications from veterans, service leavers, reservists and military spouses or partners. Applications from eligible candidates who meet the essential criteria for the role will be prioritised for review. Where application volumes are high, additional role-specific and desirable criteria may be applied as part of the shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".