AI Engineer - Production Systems for Federal Workflows

Bering Straits Native Corporation (BSNC); Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Bering Straits Professional Services in Washington, DC seeks an AI Engineer to lead design, development, deployment, and operation of production AI and agentic systems that automate federal HR and administrative workflows.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree, 1–3 years of experience, and strong MS Office and communication skills, with a salary range of $120k-$130k per year.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent certifications.
• 1–3 years of experience delivering in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong MS Office and written/oral communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, deployment, and operation of AI systems to automate federal workflows.
• Architect reliable agentic systems with workflow orchestration and security controls.
• Build reusable AI infrastructure to deploy across workflows.
• Develop prototypes, evaluate AI approaches, and transition to production.
• Design testing and monitoring methods to measure accuracy and performance.
• Integrate AI systems with existing apps, data sources, and APIs while meeting security requirements.
• Collaborate with government stakeholders and engineering teams.

Skills

MS Office

Communication

Senior stakeholder interaction

Security policy interpretation

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent certifications

Job description

About Bering Straits Professional Services

Bering Straits Professional Services (BSPS) is committed to world-class management of global logistics, training and procurement services for U.S. Government agencies. BSPS is certified by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) as an 8(a) contractor. In February 2022, BSPS became an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001 certified company. BSPS received the ISO 9001 quality standard certification through the Performance Review Institute (PRI).

About this position: AI Engineer Location – Washington, DC

The Essential Duties and Responsibilities are intended to present a descriptive list of the range of duties performed for this position and are not intended to reflect all duties performed within the job. Other duties may be assigned. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each essential duty. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.

Wage/Salary Range: $120k - $130k

Applicants will be notified via phone or email within ten (10) business days of submittal.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, deployment, and operation of production AI and agentic systems that automate complex federal human resources and administrative workflows.
• Architect reliable agentic systems incorporating workflow orchestration, model and tool integration, state management, authorization controls, human review, exception handling, and auditability.
• Build reusable AI infrastructure, components, and engineering patterns that enable agentic capabilities to be deployed across multiple workflows and use cases.
• Develop prototypes and technical experiments, evaluate emerging AI approaches, and transition successful solutions into secure, reliable production systems.
• Design testing, evaluation, monitoring, and failure-analysis methods to measure system accuracy, reliability, performance, and operational effectiveness in rules-governed environments.
• Integrate AI systems with existing applications, data sources, APIs, and enterprise infrastructure while meeting applicable security, privacy, and operational requirements.
• Collaborate with government stakeholders, subject-matter experts, and engineering teams to translate operational processes, requirements, and constraints into deployable technical systems.
  
  

Required (Minimum Necessary) Qualifications

• Education Requirements: Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent certifications or military work-related experience.
• Level of Experience Requirements: Minimum of 1-3 years of experience with managing a variety of deliverables in a fast-paced environment
  
  

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, And Other Characteristics

• MS Office suite experience
• Excelled oral and written communication skills
• Ability to interact with senior level management both at the customer and corporate levels.
• Ability to interpret system security policies, rules and regulations
  
  

Preferred

• IT Certifications
  
  

Supervisory Responsibilities

• This position will not have supervisory responsibilities.
  
  

DOT Covered/Safety-Sensitive Role Requirements

• This position is not subject to federal requirements regarding Department of Transportation “safety-sensitive” functions.
  
  

Necessary Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this role. Employees must always maintain a constant state of mental alertness. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential and marginal functions may require maintaining physical condition necessary for bending, stooping, sitting, walking or standing for prolonged periods of time; most of time is spent sitting in a comfortable position with frequent opportunity to move about.

Work Environment

The work environmental characteristics described here are representative of those that must be borne by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the role. Employees must always maintain a constant state of situational awareness. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Setting: Washington DC

Schedule and Flexibility: Full Time in Office

Additional Qualifying Factors

As a condition of employment, you will be required to pass a pre-employment drug screening and have acceptable background check results. If applicable to the contract, you must also obtain and maintain the appropriate clearance levels required and must also be able to obtain access to military installations.

Shareholder Preference

BSNC gives hiring, promotion, training, and retention preference to BSNC shareholders, shareholder descendants and shareholder spouses who meet the minimum qualifications for the job.

Bering Straits Native Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any status protected by state or federal law, or any other basis prohibited by law.