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## Qualifications - Demonstrable professional experience with build AI solutions over complex data sets (including data prep and ingestion) in industry scenarios - Proficiency in building RAG/GraphRAG solutions powered by LLMs - Highly proficient with two or more languages, such as Python, PySpark, R, SQL, etc - Azure AI services (including Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, Azure Cognitive Services, and Azure ML to support building out capabilities listed above) - Software engineering experience using DevOps principals (Knowledge of DevOps workflows, Git, containers, CI/CD, etc.) - Good communication and presentation skills - Able to explain complex analytical methodologies and concepts in non-technical language to audiences at multiple skill levels - Bonus Skills: Preference for prior experience working and developing in Azure - You likely possess a degree in Computer Science or Engineering or have experience in a relevant field in the industry - An equivalent combination of education and experience will also suffice - You likely have about 1-2 years+ of demonstrable experience building AI solutions, preferably in a consulting environment working directly with clients - Opportunity to work for Microsoft’s Global Alliance Partner of the Year, with exceptional development and training (minimum 80 hours per year for training and paid certifications) - Engaged and helpful coworkers genuinely interested in you ## Benefits - Compensation for roles at Avanade varies depending on a wide array of factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set and level of experience - As required by local law, Avanade provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in California, Colorado, Arizona, and Washington as set forth below - Range of Starting Pay for role: Wisconsin $76,000 to $111,000 - Real-time access to technical and skilled resources globally - Dedicated career advisor to encourage your growth - Empowering every voice - Encouraging boldness ## Responsibilities - The role will be to work as part of a team to impact real world problems by delivering technical AI work - To be successful in this role you will need to be passionate about Data & AI, a continuous learner, and a strong team player - Working as part of a team, you will be involved in all phases of AI projects including question/use case formulation, design, research, build, and testing - This role will explore and understand data to build advanced AI solutions - Customer readiness and onboarding, nominations review, and use case vetting processes - Proof of Concept solution design and prototyping with AI technology, with a primary focus on AI capabilities like OCR, NLP, reasoning with LLMs, AI agents, and AI Search with traditional and vector DBs and a secondary focus on machine learning - Produce solutions for clients working with both structured and unstructured data applying these AI capabilities - Conduct customer satisfaction surveys and share key learnings, run customer engagement reports and project retrospective reports as well as provide summary for customer & logging product bugs with engineering team - Provide facility tours, manage demo showcase, and process improvements - Communicate insights to help steer business strategy and decision-making ## Full Description Avanade's AI Engineer role is responsible for developing scalable AI solutions aligned to a business strategy and benefits case. The role will be to work as part of a team to impact real world problems by delivering technical AI work. To be successful in this role you will need to be passionate about Data & AI, a continuous learner, and a strong team player. Come join us As an AI Engineer, you will be based on-site in Milwaukee and will help clients understand and extract insight and value from their data using Microsoft AI technologies. Working as part of a team, you will be involved in all phases of AI projects including question/use case formulation, design, research, build, and testing. This role will explore and understand data to build advanced AI solutions. Skills And Experiences Skills/ Experience: • Demonstrable professional experience with build AI solutions over complex data sets (including data prep and ingestion) in industry scenarios • Proficiency in building RAG/GraphRAG solutions powered by LLMs • Highly proficient with two or more languages, such as Python, PySpark, R, SQL, etc. Azure AI services (including Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, Azure Cognitive Services, and Azure ML to support building out capabilities listed above) • Software engineering experience using DevOps principals (Knowledge of DevOps workflows, Git, containers, CI/CD, etc.) • Good communication and presentation skills. Able to explain complex analytical methodologies and concepts in non-technical language to audiences at multiple skill levels. • Bonus Skills: Preference for prior experience working and developing in Azure About You About You: • You likely possess a degree in Computer Science or Engineering or have experience in a relevant field in the industry. An equivalent combination of education and experience will also suffice. • You likely have about 1-2 years+ of demonstrable experience building AI solutions, preferably in a consulting environment working directly with clients Other Information: You will be onsite 5 days per week University of Madison Wisconsin, Milwaukee Campus. Compensation for roles at Avanade varies depending on a wide array of factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set and level of experience. As required by local law, Avanade provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in California, Colorado, Arizona, and Washington as set forth below. Range of Starting Pay for role: Wisconsin $76,000 to $111,000 What You'll Do What you'll do: • Customer readiness and onboarding, nominations review, and use case vetting processes • Proof of Concept solution design and prototyping with AI technology, with a primary focus on AI capabilities like OCR, NLP, reasoning with LLMs, AI agents, and AI Search with traditional and vector DBs and a secondary focus on machine learning • Produce solutions for clients working with both structured and unstructured data applying these AI capabilities • Conduct customer satisfaction surveys and share key learnings, run customer engagement reports and project retrospective reports as well as provide summary for customer & logging product bugs with engineering team • Provide facility tours, manage demo showcase, and process improvements • Communicate insights to help steer business strategy and decision-making Learn more Avanade is the leading global provider of digital, cloud, AI and advisory services, industry solutions and design-led experiences across the Microsoft ecosystem. Founded in 2000 as a joint venture between Accenture LLP and Microsoft Corporation, Avanade has more certifications, Gold-level competencies and most valued professionals (MVPs) than any other Microsoft partner. Every day, our 60,000 professionals in 26 countries innovate responsibly to make a genuine human impact for our clients, their employees and their customers. To learn more about the types of projects our Analytics team works on check out this information thyssenkrupp Materials Services uses data to help strike a delicate operational balance https://www.avanade.com/en-gb/clients/thyssenkrupp What matters to SSE Renewables is innovating for a sustainable future https://www.avanade.com/en-gb/clients/sse-renewables-ai Hachette UK enables employees with machine learning-driven contract searches https://www.avanade.com/en-gb/clients/hachette-automated-identification Marston Holdings identifies significant cloud savings https://www.avanade.com/en-gb/clients/marston-holdings Interested in knowing what’s going on inside Avanade? Check out our blogs: Avanade Insights – exchange ideas that drive tomorrow’s innovation https://www.avanade.com/en/blogs/avanade-insights Inside Avanade – explore what life is like working at Avanade https://www.avanade.com/en/blogs/inside-avanade Enjoy your career Some of the best things about working at Avanade Opportunity to work for Microsoft’s Global Alliance Partner of the Year, with exceptional development and training (minimum 80 hours per year for training and paid certifications) Real-time access to technical and skilled resources globally Dedicated career advisor to encourage your growth Engaged and helpful coworkers genuinely interested in you Find out more about some of our benefits Employee Benefits at Avanade https://www.avanade.com/en/career/benefits A great place to work As you bring your skills and abilities to Avanade, you will get distinctive experiences, limitless learning, and ambitious growth in return. As we continue to build our diverse and inclusive culture, we become even more innovative and creative, helping us better serve our clients and communities. You’ll join a community of smart, supportive collaborators to lift, mentor, and guide you, and to lean on your expertise. You get a company purpose-built for business-critical, leading-edge technology solutions, committed to improving the way humans work, interact, and live. It’s all here, so take a closer look! We work hard to provide an inclusive, diverse culture with a deep sense of belonging for all our employees. Visit our Inclusion & Diversity page Create a future for our people that focuses on • Expanding your thinking • Experimenting courageously • Learning and pivoting Inspire greatness in our people by • Empowering every voice • Encouraging boldness • Celebrating progress Accelerate the impact of our people by • Amazing the client • Prioritizing what matters • Acting as one We work hard to provide an inclusive, diverse culture with a deep sense of belonging for all our employees. Avanade believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunities, and we do not discriminate against our employees, applicants, or job seekers because of their race, color, gender, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, or any other protect group status as defined by law.

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