Agentic AI Engineer
Booz Allen Hamilton18 days ago
Alexandria, VA, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$78k - $176k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and implement autonomous agent architectures that reason, plan, and take actions using LangChain, LangGraph, and AutoGen.
- Develop multi-agent systems using MCP and A2A protocols for communication, tool usage, and collaborative task solving.
- Build RAG pipelines integrating unstructured data with knowledge graphs.
- Fine-tune SLMs and optimize them for edge deployment using ONNX, GGML, or Ollama.
- Develop evaluation frameworks for agent reliability, safety, and performance, including ReAct loops and human-in-the-loop processes.
- Deploy agentic systems from prototype to production and build observation layers for stakeholders.
- Support client-facing project work and business development when needed.
Requirements
- At least 2 years of software development experience.
- At least 2 years of ML engineering experience building production-grade ML solutions involving GenAI, LLMs, deep learning, reinforcement learning, AI agents, agentic workflows, or complex automation frameworks.
- At least 2 years of experience with LangChain, LangGraph, AutoGen, PydanticAI, CrewAI, or LlamaIndex.
- At least 2 years of cloud experience with AWS and Azure, including architectural tradeoff evaluation and scalable service-based software design.
- Experience with MCP, A2A, RAG architecture, and knowledge graphs, including Neo4j or NebulaGraph.
- Experience fine-tuning LLMs or SLMs with Hugging Face, PEFT, or LoRA and evaluating LLM performance and behavior.
- Experience building observability layers using Grafana, Langfuse, LangSmith, or Phoenix.
- Knowledge of modern software design patterns, including microservice design or edge computing.
- TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph and eligibility for access to classified information.
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- Preferred qualifications include production agent deployment, edge-device or local-model deployment, coding-agent integration, TensorFlow, PyTorch, llama.cpp, vLLM, on-premise or multi-classification AI environments, and a master’s or doctorate in a relevant field.
Benefits
- Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits are offered to eligible employees.
- Paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, dependent care, and recognition awards are available.
- Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours per week on a regular basis may participate in Booz Allen benefit programs.
- The posting states an annualized salary range of $77,600 to $176,000 USD.
- Remote roles may occasionally require work at a Booz Allen or customer facility; hybrid and onsite expectations follow leadership and customer requirements.
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About Booz Allen Hamilton
Booz Allen Hamilton builds and integrates software, analytics, AI, cloud, and cybersecurity solutions while providing engineering and consulting services, primarily for U.S. defense, intelligence, and civil government clients, with select commercial partnerships. Its business is largely government contracting and professional services delivering mission systems and cyber defense. Founded in 1914 and headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Booz Allen is a public company traded on the NYSE (ticker: BAH).