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Senior Platform Engineer & Senior Cloud Engineer (AI Enablement Project)

Job Title: Senior Platform Engineer & Senior Cloud Engineer (AI Enablement Project)
Contract Type: Contracting & Consulting Solutions
Location: Auckland
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REF: 131634
Contact Details: Mark Beldham
Contact Email: mark.beldham@beyond.co.nz
Job Published: about 3 hours ago

Senior Platform Engineer & Senior Cloud Engineer (AI Enablement Project)

  • 6 Month Contract | ASAP Start | Competitive Daily Rates

Join a high-impact AI Enablement programme designed to accelerate enterprise adoption of modern AI capabilities. We’re assembling a specialist squad to build scalable foundations, enable advanced use cases, and uplift the organisation’s AI maturity.

We are seeking two senior contractors to join this programme immediately: 

  • Senior Platform Engineer – Power Platform

We’re looking for a highly experienced Power Platform Engineer to help design, build, and govern an enterprise-grade AI and automation platform. This role will shape reusable patterns, ensure architectural alignment, and unlock use cases that go beyond standard Copilot Studio capabilities. 

Key Responsibilities:

•    Design, configure, and manage Power Platform components aligned with enterprise architecture and security governance.
•    Create reusable frameworks, connectors, and patterns to enable scalable AI-driven solutions.
•    Support deployment of Teams apps/agents, custom connectors, and integrated workflows.
•    Ensure seamless integrations across SharePoint, Dataverse, Databricks, and enterprise data sources.
•    Stay up to date with the latest Microsoft Power Platform & Copilot advancements (post Ignite releases).
•    Collaborate closely with the AI Enablement squad, architects, and business stakeholders.


Skills & Experience:
•    Senior-level expertise across Power Apps, Power Automate, Copilot Studio, and Teams app/agent deployments.
•    Strong experience with Dataverse, SharePoint integrations, and custom/studio connectors.
•    Exposure to Databricks or data engineering concepts is highly desirable.
•    Proven background setting up secure, enterprise-grade Power Platform environments.
•    Ability to design and enforce governance, patterns, and best practices.

  • Senior Cloud Engineer – Azure / AI Foundry

We are seeking an expert Azure Cloud Engineer to build the hosting foundations for an AI Foundry. This includes taking an existing Azure AI Landing Zone currently running in a POC tenant and rebuilding it within the production Enterprise Landing Zone.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Deploy and configure the Azure AI Landing Zone into the production Enterprise Landing Zone (ELZ).

  • Build out an AI spoke within the new ELZ following modern Azure architecture standards.

  • Establish secure, scalable hosting infrastructure for advanced AI workloads.

  • Support enablement of future complex AI use cases and solutions.

  • Collaborate with architects, data engineers, and the AI Enablement squad.

Skills & Experience:

  • Extensive background in Azure cloud engineering, ideally within enterprise landing zone frameworks.

  • Proven experience designing and deploying secure, scalable Azure infrastructure.

  • Strong understanding of AI platform foundations, containers, networking, identity, and governance.

  • Experience with AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, or similar modern AI hosting patterns beneficial.

  • Ability to translate solution requirements into robust cloud architectures.

Job ID: 131634

Please click APPLY now with your cover letter and CV to be considered.
Please note that candidates must already be in NZ and have full time working rights.

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