Agentic AI Engineer

At Booz Allen Hamilton, the Agentic AI Engineer role focuses on designing and building secure, reliable AI agents and AI-enabled applications that support mission and enterprise workflows. The work connects trusted data, including geospatial intelligence, with large language models and production-grade engineering practices.

This is a Reston, VA, onsite position. The projected annual salary range is USD 99,000 to 225,000, and Booz Allen determines final compensation based on location, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, experience, and contract-specific factors.

What you will do

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and support production-grade AI agents and AI-enabled applications.
• Build agent architectures with orchestration, tool use, state management, error handling, evaluation, observability, and operational support.
• Integrate mission and enterprise data with large language models using RAG, MCP, secure tool access, prompt management, and context engineering.
• Incorporate geospatial intelligence, including raster and vector data, spatial context, metadata, and analytic results into applications and user workflows.
• Develop Python, SQL, R, and RESTful services to connect AI capabilities with enterprise data platforms.
• Develop Node.js applications, dashboards, and user interfaces that securely consume Oracle Database data.
• Collaborate with technical and mission stakeholders to translate requirements into secure, maintainable, and usable AI-enabled solutions.

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, application development, or AI/ML engineering.
• Experience designing, building, and deploying production-grade AI agents or AI-enabled applications, including orchestration, tool use, state management, error handling, evaluation, and operational support.
• Experience integrating mission or enterprise data with large language models using RAG and MCP.
• Experience working with geospatial intelligence data, including raster and vector data types, metadata, spatial context, and analytic results.
• Experience with Python, SQL, R, RESTful API development, and using machine-learning frameworks, AutoML, or notebook-based workflows.
• Experience developing Node.js applications or dashboards connected to Oracle Database, including collaboration with database engineers on data access and performance.
• Experience using OpenAI Codex or comparable AI-assisted development tools, including communication, troubleshooting, testing, code-review, and security practices.
• Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam.
• Bachelor’s degree.

Technologies you may work with

• Python, SQL, R, RESTful services, RESTful API
• Node.js, Oracle Database
• RAG, MCP
• OpenAI Codex
• Machine-learning frameworks, AutoML, notebook-based workflows
• Oracle AI Database Agent Factory, Oracle Spatial and Spatial Studio, Oracle APEX
• Oracle AI Database 26ai, OCI
• TS/SCI, polygraph exam

Benefits

• Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits
• Paid leave
• Professional development
• Tuition assistance
• Work-life programs
• Dependent care
• Recognition awards program

Security and hiring notes

• Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance is required.
• Selected candidates must complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud, including being on camera during interviews and assessments. Booz Allen may take a picture to verify identity and prevent fraud.
• Use of AI or other tools to assist with responses during interviews is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.

Work model

• Onsite: work will primarily be performed full-time at a customer facility, with collaboration with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Closing

The posting will close within 90 days from the posting date.