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Baptist Health · 17 hours ago

Enterprise AI AZURE Software Development Architect

Jacksonville, FL

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

8+ years exp

Baptist Health is a leading healthcare provider known for its commitment to community care and diversity. They are seeking an Azure AI Software Development Architect responsible for designing and operationalizing secure software solutions on Microsoft Azure, focusing on AI/ML systems and automation. The role involves driving architectural excellence, implementing best practices, and managing cloud governance policies to enhance IT operations.

Emergency MedicineHealth CareHospitalMedicalNon ProfitPrimary and Urgent Care

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Work closely with business and all IT teams, approve, and reconcile strategic architecture goals with the current state implementations

You will be responsible for driving architectural excellence across the Microsoft Azure ecosystem by defining and governing directives, principles, guidelines, and best practices for the organization to follow

You will also recommend iterative paths towards the adoption of strategic architecture goals

Hands-on technologist with significant experience in architecture and engineering of hybrid Microsoft infrastructure platforms and services, including development of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices for an automation-first approach

Lead cultural change for cloud and automation adoption. Developing and coordinating cloud architecture with business, application, and engineering teams

Developing a cloud strategy and coordinating the adaptation processes. Assessing applications, software and hardware

Establish best practices for cloud across the company

Selecting cloud providers and vetting third-party services. Help develop Cloud Center of Excellence. Develop FinOps processes. Ability to think and operate at scale

Design, build, and deploy specialized AI agents using Microsoft Semantic Kernel and the Microsoft Agent Framework to support intelligent automation across Azure environments

Implement Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines leveraging Azure AI Search to enable knowledge-aware, context-driven agent responses

Architect scalable, secure, and resilient AI-enabled software solutions on Microsoft Azure, aligned with enterprise and cloud-native best practices

Apply MLOps, LLMOps, and DevOps best practices, including CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, evaluation, and lifecycle management for AI and agent-based systems

Implement agent routing systems with AI-driven classification and rule-based fallback strategies

Develop and consume Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers for standardized Azure resource access

Leverage AI coding assistants (GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor, Windsurf) to accelerate development velocity while maintaining code quality

Qualification

Microsoft AzureAI/ML systemsC#/.NETDevOps practicesMLOpsLLMOpsMicrosoft Semantic KernelAI agent orchestrationInfrastructure as CodeCloud strategyMonitoringEvaluationCode qualityTeam collaboration

Required

High School Diploma/GED

Minimum 8 years of related experience

2–5+ years of professional software engineering experience with a strong background in C#/.NET

Demonstrated ability to rapidly learn and adopt new technologies in dynamic, fast-paced environments

Preferred

Bachelor's Degree

Experience designing, building, or contributing to AI/ML systems, including chatbots, AI agents, RAG-based applications, or similar solutions

Experience with DevOps, MLOps, or LLMOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines and cloud-based deployments

Experience with Microsoft Semantic Kernel, enterprise Agent Frameworks, or comparable AI agent orchestration platforms

Experience building MCP servers or implementing similar tool-integration and extensibility patterns

Benefits

Competitive pay & comprehensive benefits packages

Opportunities for professional growth & advancement

Company

Baptist Health

Baptist Health provides primary care, behavioral health, and emergency care services.

Founded in 1955

Jacksonville, Florida, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.baptistjax.com

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