Agentic AI Engineer & Technical Manager

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking an Agentic AI Engineer & Technical Manager to deliver hands-on technical leadership for AI agents and AI-enabled applications, spanning design through production delivery. The role focuses on building agent architectures, integrating mission or enterprise data with large language models, and guiding secure application development, including Oracle Database and geospatial intelligence workflows.

What you will do

• Lead the technical design, development, testing, deployment, and sustainment of AI agents and AI-enabled applications.
• Define agent architectures covering orchestration, tool use, state management, error handling, evaluation, observability, and operational support.
• Oversee integration of mission and enterprise data with large language models using RAG, MCP, secure tool access, prompt management, and context engineering.
• Guide development of Node.js applications, dashboards, and user interfaces that securely consume Oracle Database data.
• Manage integration of geospatial intelligence data, including raster and vector data, spatial context, metadata, and analytic results.
• Establish engineering practices, perform technical reviews, mentor developers, and support consistent approaches across the team.
• Coordinate technical delivery across mission, data, cloud, security, database, and customer stakeholders.

Required qualifications

• 10+ 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.
• Experience leading technical designs and delivery for agentic AI capabilities, including orchestration, tool use, state management, evaluation, observability, 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 types, metadata, spatial context, and analytic results.
• Experience with Python, SQL, R, and RESTful API development.
• Experience with machine-learning frameworks, AutoML, or notebook-based workflows.
• Experience developing Node.js applications connected to Oracle Database, mentoring developers, coordinating delivery, and using AI-assisted development tools such as OpenAI Codex.
• Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam.
• Bachelor’s degree.

Technologies you may work with

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

Nice to have

• Experience with Oracle AI Database Agent Factory or comparable agent-development frameworks.
• Experience with Oracle Spatial and Spatial Studio, including spatial analytics and visualization workflows.
• Experience with Oracle APEX for rapidly developing data-centric applications and dashboards.
• Experience operating AI applications in regulated, classified, or mission environments.
• Experience leading customer-facing technical teams or multidisciplinary engineering efforts.
• Knowledge of Oracle AI Database 26ai, including vector data types and AI-enabled database capabilities.
• Knowledge of OCI, including secure deployment, networking, identity, observability, and managed data services.

Clearance and security

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.

Work model

• Onsite: work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers.
• Employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.

Location and compensation

• Location: Reston, VA (onsite)
• Salary range: USD 112,800 - 257,000 per yearly

Benefits

• Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits
• Paid leave
• Professional development
• Tuition assistance
• Work-life programs
• Dependent care
• Recognition awards program
• Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs

Additional policies

• Identity verification: the hiring process includes an identity verification process leveraging advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence. Candidates are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments, and the right to take a picture to verify identity and prevent fraud is reserved.
• Candidate AI usage policy: using AI or other tools to assist with responses during interviews is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.
• Non-discrimination commitment: all qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by applicable law.