Lead Azure AI & Automation Engineer

Fairbanks Morse Defense; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits package

401(k) retirement plan with employer-m

Paid time off, holidays, parentalleave

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Fairbanks Morse Defense is seeking an IT Systems Engineer to lead AI, BI, and automation initiatives across the organization. You will design, deploy, and operate secure Azure-based solutions in a government-contracting environment, collaborating with CI leads and SMEs to deliver high-impact, measurable results.

The role requires hands-on AI development, RAG-enabled agents, and data integrations from Oracle, Salesforce, and ERP systems.

Qualifications

• BS in CS/CE/SE or related field.
• 5+ years in IT, software, or automation development and deployment.
• Strong Azure engineering across compute, storage, networking, identity.
• Production AI agents with RAG, tool calling, and orchestration.
• Experience with AI-assisted coding tools (Claude/Cursor/Codex/GitHub Copilot).
• Experience building BI dashboards with Power BI from ERP/CRM data.
• Proficiency with REST API design, OAuth 2.0/OpenID Connect, Git and CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy AI agents with RAG, tool use, and human-in-the-loop controls.
• Develop BI dashboards and automated reporting (revenue/margin, P&L, utilization).
• Architect, deploy, and operate Azure-based solutions including GovCloud.
• Ensure security/compliance per CMMC and NIST 800-171.
• Lead CI/CD pipelines, IaC, logging, and monitoring.
• Mentor and provide technical direction to developers.

Skills

Azure engineering

AI development

Leadership

Problem-solving

Communication

Independent work

Education

BS in Computer Science/Engineering or related field

Tools

Azure OpenAI

Power BI

REST APIs

GitHub Copilot

OAuth 2.0/OpenID Connect

Docker

Terraform

Job description

Fairbanks Morse Defense is seeking an IT Systems Engineer to lead AI, BI, and automation initiatives across the organization. You will design, deploy, and operate secure Azure-based solutions in a government-contracting environment, collaborating with CI leads and SMEs to deliver high-impact, measurable results.

The role requires hands-on AI development, RAG-enabled agents, and data integrations from Oracle, Salesforce, and ERP systems.