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# Azure AI Foundry Architect

- **Company:** Effone software inc
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $124,800.0 - $135,200.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Audit Trail, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Outlook, Github, Identity and Access Management, Management of Software Versions, Web Applications, Backend, Information Technology, Bicep, Terraform, Key Vault
- **Published:** July 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=9505038e2745e57a

## About the Role

* Must be an accomplished cloud architect with expertise in the following:

o Azure AI Foundry

o Azure OpenAI Service

o Azure AI Search

o GitHub Actions / Azure DevOps

GCP Cloud Run

o M365 Services

o Terraform

 * Must have experience building hybrid cross-cloud platforms
 * Must have at least 5+ years of experience in a similar capacity
 * Must have a college degree in Computer Science or related fields
 * Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment and a strong sense of

accountability in an environment committed to continuous improvement and agile, * Azure Architecture: 5 years (Preferred)

 * GCP Cloud Run: 4 years (Preferred)
 * Open AI Search and Terraform : 3 years (Preferred)
 * DevOps: 6 years (Preferred)

## Description

* Provision and configure the Azure AI Foundry workspace: Azure OpenAI, AI Search, Document

Intelligence pipeline, Prompt Flow evals, and App Insights tracing.

 * Establish the Azure AD <-> GCP service account identity bridge; broker GCP resource access

through a dedicated least-privilege service account.

 * Design and harden HTTPS call paths between the GCP Cloud Run web app and the Azure agent

backend - token forwarding, mTLS where warranted, and network egress controls.

 * Own Microsoft Graph API integration for Teams channel and Outlook mailbox monitoring -

scopes, consent model, DLP alignment.

 * Author all Azure and GCP resources in Terraform/Bicep - no click-ops in production; clean,

modular, state-managed IaC repo.

 * Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps) covering build, test, eval

gates, deploy, and rollback for both clouds.

 * Own container strategy for Cloud Run: image build, versioning, secrets injection (Key Vault /

Secret Manager), health checks, autoscaling.

 * Implement least-privilege IAM across both clouds; support the formal Security & Compliance

review with access matrices, DLP config evidence, and Purview audit log samples.

 * Advise on Azure Private Endpoints, VNet integration, or equivalent network controls; establish

quarterly least-privilege review cadence in the production runbook.


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