Agentic AI Engineer & Technical Leader

RiseMe; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 113,000 - 257,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Paid leave

Tuition assistance

Work-life programs

Retirement benefits

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking an experienced Agentic AI Engineer & Technical Manager in Reston, VA, to lead AI agent design, data integration, and cloud-enabled solutions from concept through production. You will mentor developers, establish engineering practices, and coordinate with stakeholders to deliver high-impact capabilities.

The role requires hands-on leadership in Python/SQL, Node.js, and Oracle data flows, with a focus on secure tool access, observability, and scalable architectures.

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 data types, metadata, spatial context, and analytic results.
• Experience with Python, SQL, R, and RESTful API development.
• Experience using 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

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Python

SQL

RESTful API development

Node.js

AI/ML engineering

Cloud technologies

Leadership

Mentoring developers

TS/SCI clearance

Bachelor’s degree

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Oracle Database

OpenAI Codex

Geospatial tools

OCI

Job description

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking an experienced Agentic AI Engineer & Technical Manager in Reston, VA, to lead AI agent design, data integration, and cloud-enabled solutions from concept through production. You will mentor developers, establish engineering practices, and coordinate with stakeholders to deliver high-impact capabilities.

The role requires hands-on leadership in Python/SQL, Node.js, and Oracle data flows, with a focus on secure tool access, observability, and scalable architectures.