Agentic AI Engineer

GDIT

$169K — $229K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science or related field
  • 5+ years experience in AI and machine learning, with hands-on experience in AI model deployment
  • 1+ year experience developing products with RAG and agentic AI technologies
  • Proven track record in delivering end-to-end AI projects
  • Proficiency in programming with Python, R, or Java, and experience with TensorFlow or PyTorch
  • Hands-on experience with agentic frameworks like MCP, LangGraph, or LlamaIndex
  • Strong background in handling large datasets and model evaluation

Responsibilities

  • Architect and implement multi-agent AI solutions with orchestration frameworks
  • Build and maintain end-to-end AI pipelines optimized for reusability
  • Develop internal AI applications to enhance AI-enabled productivity
  • Provide observability for AI systems through logging and metrics
  • Integrate AI services with enterprise systems while upholding AIOps practices
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align AI projects with business goals
  • Stay updated on emerging AI technologies and recommend system improvements

Benefits

  • Variety of medical plan options with Health Savings Accounts
  • Dental and vision plan options
  • 401(k) plan with pre and post-tax contribution options and company match
  • Flexible work weeks to promote work-life balance
  • Paid time off including vacation, sick leave, holidays, and parental leave
  • Disability benefits and life insurance options
  • Regular reviews of benefits to ensure competitiveness and alignment with employee values
Full Job Description

Type of Requisition:

Pipeline

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

Data Science and Data Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

AI Frameworks, AI Ops, Model Evaluation

Certifications:

None

Experience:

5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

As an Agentic AI Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing and deploying AI models, algorithms and systems to enhance productivity, decision-making and automation within the organization.

If you have 1+ years of experience developing products or functional prototypes using RAG and agentic AI technologies, we want to speak with you!


MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT
As an Agentic AI Engineer, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission.

  • Architect and implement production-grade multi-agent AI solutions with modern orchestration frameworks, enabling reliable, transparent, and secure agentic workflows

  • Build and maintain end-to-end agentic AI pipelines, from data ingestion and embedding to deployment and continuous evaluation, optimized for reusability and scalability

  • Develop, test, and deploy internal AI applications that enhances people-powered, AI-enabled productivity

  • Provide unified observability with logging, metrics, and alerts and analyze agent runtime behavior to tune latency, accuracy, and cost in production

  • Integrate agentic AI services with existing enterprise systems and uphold AIOps practices for consistent deployment and scaling

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including data scientists, software engineers, and product / service owners to align AI projects with business goals

  • Must stay updated on emerging AI related technologies and recommend improvements to existing AI systems


WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED
Bring your expertise and drive for innovation to GDIT. The AgenticAI Engineer must have:

  • Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Science or a related field

  • Experience:

  • 5+ years of experience in AI and machine learning, including hands-on experience with designing, developing, and deploying AI models and systems.

  • 1+ years of experience developing products or functional prototypes using RAG and agentic AI technologies.

  • Must have designed and/or implemented hands-on an agentic workflow solution (not just simply prompt engineering to LLMs)

  • Role requirements:

  • Proven track record of delivering end-to-end AI projects and successfully integrating AI solutions into business processes.

  • Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, R, or Java, and deep understanding of machine learning frameworks like TensorFlow or PyTorch.

  • Strong hands-on experience with MCP, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, or similar agentic frameworks.

  • Deep understanding of prompt or context engineering, tool definition, and state management for agents.

  • Experience with cloud computing platforms, such as Azure (Preferred), OCI, AWS, or Google Cloud, including AI services like Azure AI Foundry, Bedrock, or Vertex AI.

  • Strong background in working with large datasets and performing data preprocessing, feature engineering, and model evaluation.

  • Preferred Skills and Abilities: Masters degree. Advanced coursework or a Certification in AI, Machine Learning or related areas desirable

  • Location: Hybrid 3 days in Falls Church office

  • US Persons required

The likely salary range for this position is $169,604 - $229,464. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:

Hybrid

Work Location:

USA VA Falls Church

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

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