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The team have deep technical and commercial experience working with Microsoft Data and AI Services to help our clients optimize their costs and maximize the benefits from their investments in these technologies.\nCoeo has a strong emphasis on consulting skills, and we expect our team members to be customer facing and have a growth mind-set. This role sits within our consulting team, and we have clear expectations that our team members understand the importance of personal utilization and can spot opportunities within our clients that can be passed back to our business development team.\nCoeo has been established for over 18 years and has exclusively focused on Microsoft technologies. Our mission is to “help our clients predict their future ” through the better use of data, technology, people and processes. To do this our business has always focused on:\nManaged Services\nDatabase Consultancy\nData Engineering, Analytics and AI Consultancy\nAdoption and Change Management\nThis role sits within our AI & Innovation team, focused on designing and delivering Generative AI solutions using large language models (LLMs) on Microsoft Azure. As a Senior Consultant, you’ll lead client engagements across GenAI experimentation and production use cases - shaping architectures, building intelligent applications, and ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, and deliver real business value.\nThere has never been a more exciting time to join us, we’re a fast-growing professional services and managed services business. 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