IT - Lead Consultant | Artificial Intelligence | Artificial Intelligence - ALL

Job Title Lead Consultant | Artificial Intelligence | Artificial Intelligence - ALL
Work Location & Reporting Address Groton, CT 6340
Vendor Rate XXX/Hr.
Contract duration 12
Target Start Date 18 May 2026

Job Details:
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Azure Foundation & Platform
- Azure Foundation and Platform Build
- Provisioning and configuring Azure foundation services
- Managing environments (Dev/Test/Prod) - subscriptions, resource groups
- Azure governance controls (Azure Policies, RBAC, authorization standards)
- Azure Application Gateway configuration (routing rules, backend pools, TLS/SSL, health probes)

AI/ML Expertise
- RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) architecture and implementation
- Prompt Engineering and LLM optimization
- AI model monitoring, evaluation, and performance tuning
- Vector databases and embedding models
- AI/ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, LangChain)

Logging, Monitoring & Security
- Logging, monitoring, and auditing capabilities for GENESIS
- Audit logging module (before-and-after values for traceability/compliance)
- Azure Key Vault integration
- Certificate lifecycle management and privileged access workflows

DevOps & Infrastructure
- Terraform scripts
- GitHub Actions
- CI/CD pipeline design and implementation
- Docker/Kubernetes

Database & Data
- PostgreSQL database administration
- Oracle Database (Argus DB, SAI_OWNER schema)
- Data repository structures for ingestion, storage, and downstream consumption
- JSON/XML data processing

Backup/DR & Business Continuity
- Backup/DR and Business Continuity strategies
- Backup policies, retention, restore testing
- DR approach with RTO/RPO assumptions

DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE
- Life Sciences
- Pharmacovigilance and drug safety processes
- E2B (Electronic Submission) standards
- Regulatory compliance (FDA, EMA)

LEADERSHIP & SOFT SKILLS
- Leading cross-functional teams across
- Mentoring the AMS team
- Stakeholder communication and presentation
- Agile/Scrum methodologies
- Architecture documentation (diagrams, decision logs, Design Specification Documents)
- Engineering support for deployments and defect triage

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES IN GENESIS AMS
1. Lead AI AMS team (AI Engineers) India
2. Drive Prompt Engineering for VOX and SAI
3. Support L2/L3 ticket resolution for AI-related issues
4. Coordinate with Infrastructure team for Azure resources
5. Provide engineering support for deployments
6. Support defect triage (platform, gateway, logging/audit, infrastructure issues)

Detailed Job Description
We are looking to staff an experienced onsite AI Technical Lead (Someone at the senior TL or architect level) who has a robust background in Azure infrastructure, CI/CD data pipeline management, and PostgreSQL. Ideally, we'd like to find someone with experience in Life Sciences or Pharmacovigilance to align with the domain requirements.

The role will be based in Parsippany, NJ.

Minimum years of experience
>10 years

Certifications Needed :No

Top 3 responsibilities you would expect the Subcon to shoulder and execute
Lead AI AMS team AI Engineers India
Drive Prompt Engineering for VOX and SAI
Support L2L3 ticket resolution for AIrelated issues

Interview Process (Is face to face required?) Yes