Find Jobs
Find Jobs Near You – Available Work in Your Location
Skip to job details
DU
Deloitte US
AI Engineer Consultant
Career Insights for Artificial Intelligence Engineer (General)
See where this job fits in the broader career landscape. Knowing your career path helps you see what's possible from here.
Scorecard
Based on Missouri data
Review key factors to help you decide if this role fits your goals. How is this calculated?
What they do
An Artificial Intelligence Engineer develops, tests, and deploys artificial intelligence models. May work closely with data software engineers and data professionals to train and implement AI models into existing systems or develop new applications.
$127,615 / year median in Missouri
Job Description
Are you an experienced, passionate pioneer in technology who wants to work in a collaborative environment? As an experienced AI Engineer Consultant you will have the ability to share new ideas and collaborate on projects as a consultant without the extensive demands of travel. If so, consider an opportunity with Deloitte under our Project Delivery Talent Model. Project Delivery Model (PDM) is a talent model that is tailored specifically for long-term, onsite client service delivery. Work you'll do/Responsibilities As an AIOps/MLOps Engineer Consultant, you will be working in an Azure + Databricks environment:
- Monitor Databricks jobs and clusters — track job run status, cluster utilization, and auto-scaling behavior via Databricks Jobs UI and Azure Monitor, proactively resolving failed or delayed pipeline runs.
- Manage CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps — build and maintain automated pipelines (YAML-based) for deploying notebooks, ML models, and Databricks workflows across dev/staging/prod environments using Databricks Repos and Git integration.
- Operate MLflow for model lifecycle management — track experiments, register models in the MLflow Model Registry, manage staging/production transitions, and maintain versioning and lineage.
- Maintain Delta Lake pipelines — ensure data quality, schema enforcement, and ACID compliance across bronze/silver/gold layers feeding into training and inference workloads.
- Monitor model performance and drift — set up automated drift detection (data/concept drift) using Databricks' native monitoring or custom Azure ML integration, triggering retraining pipelines when thresholds are breached.
- Manage compute and cost optimization — configure and right-size Databricks clusters (job clusters vs. all-purpose), leverage autoscaling and spot instances, and monitor Azure cost management dashboards to control spend.
- Implement observability with Azure Monitor & Log Analytics — set up end-to-end logging/alerting across Databricks, Azure ML, and downstream services using Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and Log Analytics workspaces.
- Manage security, access, and governance — configure Unity Catalog for data/model governance, manage service principals, secrets (via Azure Key Vault), and RBAC across workspaces.
- Collaborate on model deployment via Azure ML endpoints — deploy models as real-time or batch endpoints (Azure ML Managed Endpoints or Databricks Model Serving), ensuring scalability and low-latency inference.
- Handle on-call support and incident response — troubleshoot pipeline failures, cluster crashes, or endpoint downtime, using root cause analysis and post-incident reviews to improve pipeline resilience.
- Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
- Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
- Ability to lead projects or workstreams
- Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
- Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor Required
- 3-6+ years of experience in DevOps/MLOps/Data Engineering, with at least 1-2 years hands-on with Databricks and Azure
- Strong proficiency in Python and/or Scala, plus SQL for data transformation and querying
- Hands-on experience with Databricks (Jobs, Workflows, Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, Databricks Model Serving)
- Proficiency in Azure ecosystem: Azure DevOps, Azure ML, Azure Monitor, Azure Key Vault, Azure Data Factory
- Experience with MLflow for experiment tracking and model registry management
- Working knowledge of CI/CD practices and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or ARM/Bicep templates)
- Understanding of ML lifecycle concepts — model training, validation, deployment, monitoring, and retraining Limited immigration sponsorship may be available Ability to travel 10%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.
Please see https:
//www.deloitte.com/us/about for a detailed description of the legal structure of Deloitte LLP and its subsidiaries. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.Requisition code:
366942 Job ID 366942Benefits
- Professional Development
- Dental Insurance