Phoenix Software Limited

Senior Azure AI Consultant

Phoenix Software Limited

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United Kingdom

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

Azure

About the role

  • Lead structured AI advisory and enablement engagements, including AI readiness assessments, use‑case discovery workshops and Centre of Excellence (CoE) programmes.
  • Deliver end‑to‑end enablement for Microsoft AI platforms, with a strong focus on Microsoft Foundry and Azure OpenAI Service.
  • Design, deploy and configure Azure AI solutions hands‑on, ensuring customers have working reference environments they can build upon.
  • Facilitate executive‑level workshops and stakeholder sessions to identify AI opportunities and develop business cases.
  • Develop AI adoption roadmaps, governance frameworks and technical reference architectures.
  • Act as a trusted advisor to senior customer stakeholders, translating business challenges into practical AI‑enabled solutions.
  • Work closely with the AI Practice Lead and Technical Architects to design, refine and improve repeatable engagement frameworks and service offerings.
  • Produce high‑quality customer deliverables including strategy documents, technical designs, deployment guides and assessment reports.
  • Stay current with Microsoft AI platform developments, emerging capabilities and wider industry trends.
  • Provide regular feedback on customer needs, market trends and opportunities for new AI services.
  • Support pre‑sales activity including discovery calls, technical demonstrations, proposal input and customer presentations.

Requirements

  • Strong customer‑facing consulting skills with the ability to build trust at senior stakeholder level.
  • Excellent communication, presentation and workshop facilitation skills.
  • Proven ability to lead and deliver complex technical engagements independently.
  • Strong hands‑on experience deploying and configuring Azure AI services, particularly Microsoft Foundry and Azure OpenAI.
  • Solid understanding of AI and GenAI concepts including RAG architectures, agents, prompt engineering and responsible AI principles.
  • Experience working across Azure infrastructure fundamentals to support AI workloads end‑to‑end.
  • Commercial awareness and ability to contribute effectively to pre‑sales and service shaping activities.
  • Strategic thinker with a continuous improvement mindset and strong problem‑solving skills.
  • Consultancy or professional services background preferred.
  • Public sector experience (e.g. councils, NHS, education, charities or blue‑light services) desirable.
  • SC clearance, or eligibility to obtain SC clearance, desirable.
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Hard Skills & Tools
AI readiness assessmentsuse-case discoveryAzure AI solutionsMicrosoft FoundryAzure OpenAI ServiceRAG architecturesprompt engineeringresponsible AI principlestechnical reference architecturesdeployment guides
Soft Skills
customer-facing consultingcommunication skillspresentation skillsworkshop facilitationproblem-solving skillsstrategic thinkingtrust buildingcontinuous improvement mindsetindependent deliverystakeholder engagement
Certifications
SC clearanceeligibility for SC clearance