Senior AI Platform Engineer (Contract) GautengHybrid ISB7100147

Midrand - South Africa

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 7 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Our client is seeking an innovative senior AI engineer who bridges cutting-edge artificial intelligence with robust cloud platform engineering to build next-generation AI services!

Design deploy and optimize AI solutions using managed LLMs RAG architectures vector databases and GPU-accelerated Kubernetes on Azure cloud infrastructure!

The ideal candidate is a forward-thinking platform engineer with 5 years of DevOps experience who combines deep expertise in cloud operations (Azure Kubernetes Terraform) with passion for AI technologies (LangChain LangGraph CoPilot) excels at optimizing performance and costs and thrives on supporting developers while pioneering AI-driven solutions on enterprise-scale platforms!

Senior AI/Platform engineering with Azure Kubernetes and LLMs

Hybrid and remote working flexibility with 1960 flexible annual hours

Cutting-edge AI platform role with GPU orchestration and RAG systems

POSITION: Contract: 01 March 2026 31 December 2028

EXPERIENCE: 6-8 Years related experience

COMMENCEMENT: 01 March 2026

LOCATION: Hybrid: Midrand/Menlyn/Rosslyn/Home Office rotation

TEAM: AI Platform Engineering

Qualifications / Experience

Relevant IT Degree
5 years in essential skills as a Platform or DevOps Engineer

Essential Skills Requirements

Cloud: Azure (AZ-104)
Databases: SQL Language using PostgreSQL
Container Orchestration: Kubernetes (CKAD)
Infrastructure as Code: Terraform/Open Tofu
Programming Languages: Python
Templating Tools: Helm Kustomize
Operating Systems: Advanced Linux
Version Control: Advanced Git and GitHub Enterprise
CI/CD: Create Manage and support Shared Workflows
Monitoring: Grafana Loki Prometheus

Advantageous Skills Requirements

AI Topics:

CoPilot Claude Code
MCP Model Context Protocol
Lang Chain
Lang Graph
Lang Smith
Orchestration models in Kubernetes using GPU accelerated node pools
BMAD Method
Vector Databases

Platform Topics:

Fast Api
SQL alchemy / SQL Model

Role Requirements

Day to day cloud operations
Design Build and Test new cloud configurations
Optimize Performance Operational Excellence and Costs within our teams cloud environments
Developer Support regarding Platform Topics
Design Build and Test AI services using REST and managed LLMs
Host Manage and Tune deployed LLMs in Kubernetes GPU Enabled node pool
Design Build and Test an AI RAG using vector database

NB:

South African citizens/residents preferred. Valid work permit holders will be considered. By applying you consent to be added to the database and to receive updates until you unsubscribe. If you do not receive a response within 2 weeks please consider your application unsuccessful.

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Our client is seeking an innovative senior AI engineer who bridges cutting-edge artificial intelligence with robust cloud platform engineering to build next-generation AI services! Design deploy and optimize AI solutions using managed LLMs RAG architectures vector databases and GPU-accelerated Kuber...