Agentic AI Engineer for Federal Missions

Accenture-Federal-Services-2; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 89,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services in Arlington, VA is seeking an AI Engineer focusing on Agentic AI to help shape mission‑critical federal analytics. You will design and productionize AI agents that reason through complex scenarios within a secure government cloud.

The role emphasizes prompt engineering, integration with cloud AI platforms, and evaluation of outputs with SME feedback to improve reliability and cost efficiency.

Qualifications

• BS or equivalent practical experience in CS/Data Science or related field.
• Experience in applied ML/AI engineering and production prompt engineering.
• Hands-on with large language model APIs and cost/performance scaling.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test, and productionize AI agents for agentic systems in secure gov cloud.
• Design prompts for multi-agent environments and integrate with cloud AI platform.
• Validate outputs with statistical models and SME feedback.
• Improve agent reliability and realism for new mission use cases.

Skills

ML/AI engineering

Prompt engineering

Agentic system design

LLM APIs

Version control (Git)

On-site in DC area

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, or related field

Tools

Git

Palantir Foundry

Palantir AIP

Job description

Accenture Federal Services in Arlington, VA is seeking an AI Engineer focusing on Agentic AI to help shape mission‑critical federal analytics. You will design and productionize AI agents that reason through complex scenarios within a secure government cloud.

The role emphasizes prompt engineering, integration with cloud AI platforms, and evaluation of outputs with SME feedback to improve reliability and cost efficiency.