Senior AI Solutions Engineer
Data Systems Analysts, Inc.1 day ago
Philadelphia, PA, USASenior
Base Salary
$120k - $140k/yr
Responsibilities
- Partner with departments and customer teams to identify, prioritize, and design AI and automation use cases.
- Translate business and mission needs into technical requirements, prototypes, implementation plans, backlogs, and measurable success criteria.
- Design, configure, test, and deploy AI agents and agentic workflows using Microsoft Copilot Studio, Power Automate, Power Apps, SharePoint, and approved technologies.
- Develop agent instructions, retrieval and knowledge-grounding approaches, tool integrations, custom connectors, and human-in-the-loop workflows.
- Integrate AI capabilities with enterprise applications, APIs, data sources, and operational systems.
- Develop evaluation criteria and test sets covering accuracy, reliability, security, usability, and expected outcomes.
- Apply responsible AI, data protection, identity and access control, auditability, governance, and risk-mitigation practices.
- Support production transition, user guidance, demonstrations, training, adoption, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
- Evaluate emerging AI, automation, and integration technologies and contribute reusable patterns, demonstrations, and technical assets.
- Quantify productivity improvements, cost avoidance, cycle-time reduction, quality improvements, and other operational outcomes.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant practical experience.
- 10+ years of progressive IT experience in software development, systems integration, workflow automation, enterprise applications, solutions engineering, or related disciplines.
- Recent hands-on experience designing or developing generative AI, LLM-based, intelligent automation, or agentic solutions.
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft Copilot Studio or Microsoft Power Platform, including Power Automate or Power Apps, plus familiarity with Microsoft 365 and SharePoint.
- Working knowledge of prompt and context design, retrieval and knowledge grounding, agent tool use, orchestration, and solution evaluation.
- Experience with Python or JavaScript, SQL, REST APIs, and integration or connector technologies.
- Experience integrating applications, data sources, APIs, or enterprise systems into operational solutions.
- Ability to translate business or mission problems into practical technical solutions and measurable outcomes.
- Understanding of identity, access control, data protection, privacy, human-in-the-loop controls, and AI governance.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to independently learn and apply emerging technologies.
- Preferred experience with Azure AI Foundry, OpenAI technologies, Anthropic Claude, Google AI technologies, MCP-based integrations, UiPath, or Azure Logic Apps.
- Preferred experience supporting GovCon, Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, Federal Civilian, or other regulated environments.
- Preferred Microsoft Power Platform or Azure AI certifications, such as PL-200, PL-400, or an applicable Azure AI credential.
- CompTIA Security+ CE and an active Secret security clearance or ability to obtain and maintain one are preferred.
Benefits
- Posted base salary range is $120,000-$140,000 USD.
- Many positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance, and conditional offer recipients may undergo government security investigations and background checks where permitted by law.
- DSA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and states that qualified applicants will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
- DSA is an E-Verify Employer.
Tech Stack
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About Data Systems Analysts, Inc.
Data Systems Analysts, Inc. (DSA) delivers IT and operational-technology services—including systems engineering, software development, cybersecurity, data analytics, and cloud solutions—to U.S. defense, federal, and critical-infrastructure customers. The company is 100% employee-owned, founded in 1963, and headquartered in Trevose, Pennsylvania. DSA’s work spans DevSecOps, enterprise collaboration, and industrial data platforms such as the OSIsoft PI System.