Junior Artificial Intelligence (AI) Solutions Engineer

Gunnison Consulting Group, Inc.

$80K — $90K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3-5 years in IT, cybersecurity, automation, or related fields
  • Experience in implementing AI and automation initiatives
  • Skilled in prompt engineering and workflow automation
  • Proven experience leading tech pilots or deployments
  • Ability to create technical documentation and stakeholder presentations
  • Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity or related field
  • One or more AI certifications

Responsibilities

  • Serve as SME for AI and emerging automation technologies
  • Evaluate and implement AI solutions for cybersecurity and efficiency
  • Design multi-agent systems for goal execution
  • Engineer workflows with monitoring and error recovery
  • Integrate agents with enterprise systems and databases
  • Optimize prompts for consistent AI outputs
  • Lead AI proof-of-concepts and automate workflows

Benefits

  • 3 weeks of Personal Leave your first year
  • 11 paid Holidays
  • 5 days of Flexible Time Off for training
  • 401(k) company match at 50% up to 10%
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • Life and Disability Insurance
  • Public Transportation Subsidies
  • Certifications and Training Allowance up to $5,000/year
Full Job Description
Job Type

Full-time

Description

* This position is contingent upon a future opening with Gunnison.

Salary: $80,000 - $90,000/year

Strategic SME & Advisory Role
  • Serve as the organization's SME for AI, Generative AI, Agentic AI, and emerging automation technologies
  • Identify, evaluate, and implement AI solutions that improve cybersecurity, governance, compliance, and operational efficiency

Agent Architecture & Multi-Step Workflow Engineering
  • Design multi-agent systems with reasoning, memory, planning, and tool-use capabilities that break goals into executable steps
  • Engineer production-grade agent workflows with monitoring, error recovery, and fallback paths

Integration of Tools, APIs, Data Sources & Enterprise Systems
  • Integrate agents with APIs, databases, enterprise systems, and cybersecurity/compliance tools (including A&A and audit processes)
  • Design and maintain RAG pipelines - ingestion, chunking, embedding, indexing, and reranking - to ground outputs in accurate data and reduce hallucinations

Prompt Engineering & Reasoning Optimization
  • Design, test, and optimize prompts and structured reasoning frameworks (e.g., Chain of Thought, ReAct) for consistent outputs
  • Build and maintain reusable prompt libraries and evaluation processes

Solution Delivery: POCs to Production
  • Lead AI proof-of-concepts, pilots, and production deployments, including testing and continuous improvement
  • Convert manual or repetitive processes (SOPs, approvals, audits, reporting) into automated, AI-driven workflows

Memory & Process Optimization
  • Build agent memory/context systems to track state across tasks
  • Apply AI to reduce cycle time and manual rework, with measurable accuracy and efficiency metrics


Requirements

  • 3-5 years of experience in information technology, cybersecurity, automation, analytics, business transformation, or related fields.
  • Experience implementing AI, Generative AI, automation, or digital transformation initiatives.
  • Experience with prompt engineering, workflow automation, and AI-enabled productivity solutions.
  • Experience leading technology pilots, evaluations, or deployments.
  • Experience developing technical documentation, presentations, and recommendations for stakeholders.
  • Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Computer Science, Information Assurance, Data Analytics, Business Technology, or related field.
  • One or more AI certifications.

Clearance Requirement: Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust.

Desired Qualifications:
  • Experience supporting Federal civilian agencies, HHS, CDC, or similar organizations.
  • Experience with Archer, ServiceNow, Power Platform, Microsoft 365, or other GRC platforms.
  • Experience supporting FISMA audits, security assessments, or compliance reviews.
  • Master's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics, or related discipline.
  • Security+
  • Certified Authorization Professional (CAP).
  • Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).
  • Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).
  • AI Governance Professional (AIGP).
  • Microsoft AI Fundamentals (AI-900).
  • Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC).


The salary range for this position depends upon multiple factors including location, the individual's knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, and contract-specific budget constraints and organizational requirements.
Gunnison Consulting Group's total compensation package also includes bonus and profit-sharing opportunities, depending on company and employee performance. Available employee benefits include:
  • 3 weeks of Personal Leave your first year
  • 11 paid Holidays each year
  • 5 days of Flexible Time Off each year for approved training or certifications (self-study is ineligible)
  • 401(k) company match at 50% up to 10% of your salary
  • Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
  • Life and Disability Insurance
  • Public Transportation Subsidies
  • Certifications and Training Allowance - Up to $5,000/year!

Salary Description

$80,000 - $90,000/year

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