Agentic AI Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton; Maryland; On-site; USD 99,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health

Retirement benefits

Paid leave

Professional development

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton seeks an Agentic AI Engineer to design, build, and deploy AI agents capable of autonomously using tools, interacting with software systems, and executing multi-step tasks.

You will develop agent architectures, memory systems, and orchestration flows that enable agents to operate reliably and safely, across distributed environments. TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph is required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years designing and implementing Python software systems.
• Experience building AI agents or multi-step workflows and state logic.
• Experience integrating tools and external services into AI-driven systems.
• Knowledge of containerization and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy AI agents capable of autonomous tool use and multi-step tasks.
• Define architectures, memory models, and orchestration flows for reliable agents.
• Ensure safety, monitoring, and integration with distributed environments.

Skills

Python

Agent workflows

Tool integration

Memory systems

CI/CD pipelines

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or Data Science

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Redis

Postgres

Job description

Agentic AI Engineer

The Opportunity: As an Agentic AI Engineer, you will design, build, and deploy AI agents capable of autonomously using tools, interacting with software systems, and executing multi-step tasks. You will develop agent architectures, including decision-making logic, memory systems, and orchestration flows that enable AI agents to perform complex operations reliably and safely. You will integrate new and existing tools, define structured interfaces for agent interactions, and implement evaluation and monitoring approaches to ensure agent behavior remains predictable and aligned with mission needs. You’ll collaborate across engineering teams to deliver scalable and production-ready agentic systems that enhance capabilities across distributed environments.

You Have:

• 5+ years of experience designing and implementing software systems in Python
• Experience creating AI agents or multi-step LLM workflows, including defining agent behavior, sequencing, or state-transition logic
• Experience integrating tools, APIs, or external services into AI-driven or workflow-oriented systems
• Experience building or maintaining memory systems such as session state, long-term persistence, or vector-based retrieval
• Experience implementing inference request flows, including handling latency, token limits, and batching strategies
• Experience writing integration tests for multi-service or multi-component systems
• Knowledge of containerization and CI/CD pipelines
• Knowledge of distributed system patterns such as asynchronous task handling, message routing, or service-based architectures
• TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or Data Science

Nice If You Have:

• Experience architecting multi-agent workflows, including coordination patterns such as hierarchical, collaborative, or parallel tasking
• Experience implementing state machines, planners, or decision-graph logic for agent behavior and tool routing
• Experience designing agent memory architectures, such as hybrid short-term/long-term memory systems or vector-based semantic recall
• Experience developing evaluation, observability, and monitoring solutions for agentic systems, including traceability of decisions and tool calls
• Experience with orchestration frameworks such as LangGraph, CrewAI, or AutoGen, and supporting data stores such as Redis or Postgres
• Experience integrating cloud AI platforms such as AWS Bedrock AgentCore, Google Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, or Microsoft Foundry Agent Service
• Experience implementing resilience patterns such as retries with backoff, timeouts, circuit breakers, or safe-mode fallbacks for agent behavior
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, or infrastructure-as-code tooling
• Possession of excellent written and verbal communication skills

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.

Compensation

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• health
• life
• disability
• financial
• retirement benefits
• paid leave
• professional development
• tuition assistance
• work-life programs
• dependent care

We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page. Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $99,000.00 to $225,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

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