AI specialist (AZURE Developer) - REMOTE - 42-day initial - UN-agency-

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Description

We are looking for one "AI specialist (AZURE Developer)" to start from ASAP an initial 42-day contract for an international Org' -client in ROME, where REMOTE work is possible. Possibility of extension based on performance and budget availability. English speaking environment. Our client is an international organisation in Rome and a great reference in any CV!

Our client is a world-famous international organisation in Rome and aims to pilot a number of automation technologies to address the use cases proposed by client staff. In 2021, the focus of this automation programme will be on strategic use cases focused on the use of data. Over 100 potential use cases were catalogued in 2020, with several having characteristics that suggest they can be addressed with Azure Cognitive Services. Based on the outcome of the pilots the approach may be scaled up.

TASKS

The consultant will be expected to:

  • Work closely with the ICT team to scope proposed use cases into deliverable pilots
  • Analyse the viability of technical solutions taking into consideration pilot timelines, budget, and quality expectations.
  • Work closely with the ICT Automation team and the business owners to translate use case pitch and requirements to technical designs and if required, propose different options that meet requirements
  • Develop the Azure based pilots to meet user needs
  • Develop customized components on top of delivered Azure services to address pilots needs or ensure CLIENT data, taxonomies or other specific information is utilized to maximise the impact of the pilot for the organization
  • Actively contribute to bring Analytics & AI perspective in experimentation, design, workshops & sprints to help identify breakthrough ideas, concepts and solutions to business problems.
  • Applying technical expertise to help solve problems and develop new solution offerings for our business and our clients.
  • Design and develop innovative analytical solutions to surface insights from CLIENT and related external data
  • Manage end-to-end design, architect and development of applications being created
  • Support the deployment of the pilot and resolve and manage any issues raised post deployment
  • Propose improvements for the pilot and solutions for scaling it up
  • SKILLS

  • Proven experience of developing solutions using Microsoft Azure, associated architectural/development approaches and supporting tools. This should be accompanied by at least 4 professional production implementations
  • Extensive knowledge and experience of Azure platform and Azure cognitive services
  • Knowledge/Experience in Microsoft Azure Storage solutions
  • In-depth knowledge of one or more Azure orientated high-level programming languages, such as Java, .NET or Node.JS (Preference Java)
  • Expert proficiency in at least one web stack, Ruby, C#, Java, Javascript
  • Experience with GIT Source Control and the automation of build/release from Development to Production environment through Azure DevOps (or equivalent)
  • Experience designing and implementing solutions that use a cloud-based architecture in public cloud platforms.
  • Very good understanding and technical exposure to Azure Cloud technologies and concepts.
  • Strong familiarity with cloud security, infrastructure, scalability, operations, etc.
  • Experience implementing software quality engineering practices eg Unit testing, code review and test automation.
  • Understanding of storage mechanisms (ADLS, blob, SQL, No-SQL)
  • Familiar with Infrastructure concerns like scalability, high availability, gateways, load balancers, traffic manager, replication techniques.
  • Familiarity with web services: REST, SOAP (nice to have)
  • Knowledge of integrating additional taxonomies in MS Azure transcription services to have client specific keywords and topics and of training MS Azure transcription services to recognise people, topics, non-native speakers accents and regional accents (eg North American, British etc) to improve the transcription quality
  • Proven ability to integrate a data lake solution with an existing corporate datasources, both database and API integration.
  • Excellent analytical skills
  • Excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills
  • AWARD & OTHERS

    • The applicants attention is drawn to the important role that the curriculum vitae plays in the evaluation. Curriculum vitae shall illustrate the specific skills relevant to this request.
    • We would like to receive CVs of suitable candidates together with pricing quotations, based on a daily net rate including travel costs for the services described for off-site work.

    PROVIDER

    infom consulting is an owner-managed business and consulting firm in Germany. The company supports large corporations and larger SMEs across Europe. Our IT experts are realising projects for the European Institutions, United Nations agencies, International Organisations and multinational companies across the EU.

    Start date
    ASAP
    Duration
    42-day initial, extensions possible
    (extension possible)
    From
    infom consulting GmbH
    Published at
    15.01.2021
    Project ID:
    2029296
    Contract type
    Freelance
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