AI Prompt Engineer — Federal Workflow Innovator (Flexible)

Ignite IT

Ashburn (VA)

On-site

USD 70,000 - 90,000

Full time

7 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with matching
Health Insurance
Dental insurance
Vision Insurance
Life insurance
Paid time off
Professional development assistance
Tuition reimbursement
Flexible schedule
Referral program

Job summary

Ignite IT is seeking a Junior AI Prompt Engineer to support CBP by turning business needs into AI-enabled solutions. You will work with stakeholders to understand processes, design prompts and workflows, and help deploy AI tools that improve mission performance and efficiency.

The role emphasizes rapid prototyping, training, demonstrations, and user adoption, with an eye toward responsible AI and ongoing improvement across federal projects.

Qualifications

  • Experience applying AI tools to solve business, operational, academic, or technical problems.
  • Experience designing, testing, or refining prompts for generative AI platforms.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to gather requirements and translate business needs into practical solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Work with stakeholders to understand business processes, gather requirements, identify opportunities for AI adoption.
  • Design, test, refine, and document reusable prompts and prompt workflows for approved large language model platforms.
  • Develop and support AI-enabled workflows that improve operational efficiency and automate manual processes.
  • Support demonstrations, training sessions, and user adoption activities that help stakeholders effectively leverage AI capabilities.
  • Use approved AI platforms to assist stakeholders with research, summarization, reporting, analysis, and development of decision-support content.
  • Evaluate and validate AI-generated outputs to ensure accuracy and alignment with mission requirements.
  • Research emerging AI capabilities and identify practical use cases that support mission objectives.
  • Support rapid prototyping, testing, implementation, and continuous improvement of AI solutions.
  • Document AI use cases, workflows, findings, lessons learned, and recommendations.
  • Collaborate with technical teams to support deployment and integration efforts.
  • Identify opportunities for advanced AI capabilities, automation, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and agentic AI solutions and coordinate with technical teams as needed.

Skills

Prompt engineering
AI workflows
Stakeholder communication
Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

n8n
Make.com
Zapier
LangFlow
APIs

Job description

Ignite IT is seeking a Junior AI Prompt Engineer to support CBP by turning business needs into AI-enabled solutions. You will work with stakeholders to understand processes, design prompts and workflows, and help deploy AI tools that improve mission performance and efficiency.

The role emphasizes rapid prototyping, training, demonstrations, and user adoption, with an eye toward responsible AI and ongoing improvement across federal projects.

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