Senior AI Engineer

  • Australia
  • Melbourne
  • Contract
  • Negotiable

An exciting opportunity is available for an experienced Senior AI, Copilot & Automation Engineer to join a large, complex organisation undergoing significant digital transformation.

This is a hands-on technical role focused on designing, building and deploying secure, enterprise-grade AI and automation solutions across the Microsoft ecosystem. You will take business opportunities from discovery and proof of concept through controlled pilots and into sustainable production solutions.

It is a 6 months contract role with possible extensions.

You will be responsible for:

  • Designing, developing and deploying enterprise AI, Copilot and agentic solutions using Microsoft Copilot Studio, Microsoft Foundry, Azure OpenAI and Azure AI services.
  • Building AI agents using organisational knowledge, workflows and APIs, with appropriate controls, escalation pathways and human oversight.
  • Designing AI-ready data solutions using Microsoft Fabric, including OneLake, Lakehouse, Warehouse, Data Factory, semantic models and Power BI.
  • Developing automated business processes using Power Automate, Power Apps, Dataverse and AI Builder.
  • Integrating AI and automation solutions with Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Teams and other enterprise platforms through APIs and connectors.
  • Partnering with stakeholders to identify high-value AI opportunities and develop proofs of concept and controlled pilots.

About You

  • You will bring strong hands-on experience delivering enterprise AI, software, data or automation solutions, ideally within a complex or highly governed environment.
  • Azure OpenAI and Microsoft Foundry, or comparable generative AI platforms.
  • Microsoft Copilot Studio and enterprise agent development.
  • Microsoft Fabric, Azure data services, data ingestion, Lakehouse/Warehouse patterns and Power BI.
  • Power Platform, particularly Power Automate and Dataverse.
  • Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), grounding, prompt/instruction design and agent orchestration.
  • Microsoft Entra ID, role-based access, cloud security, logging and monitoring.
  • Responsible AI, privacy, cybersecurity and data governance.
  • Moving AI solutions beyond prototypes and into secure, supportable production environments.
  • Experience with Microsoft Purview, Azure AI Search, Application Insights, Azure Monitor, API Management, Azure Functions or Logic Apps will be highly regarded.

Apply now to secure an interview or contact Anita Fonseka at anita.fonseka@talentinternational.com

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