Senior Applied AI Engineer - AI Systems & Azure Production

FTI Consulting; Bowie (MD); On-site; USD 124,000 - 216,000; Full time

Job summary

FTI Consulting is seeking a Senior Applied AI Engineer within ITG in the United States. You will lead enterprise‑scale software projects, evaluating AI solutions and guiding architecture, production deployment, and operational excellence.

The role emphasizes collaboration with clients and internal teams to align business needs with technology, maintain SDLC standards, and ensure reliable, scalable enterprise applications across the global footprint.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of application or software development related experience; 2 years within FTI
• Expert-level proficiency in Python and C#/.NET, with proven experience deploying AI solutions within the Azure AI ecosystem (e.g., MS Copilot, Azure AI Foundry, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Conceives, designs, and oversees the implementation of enterprise‑wide systems development.
• Researches and recommends software products to address business requirements. Ensures that the business and technical architecture of delivered solutions match customer requirements.
• Develops, maintains and executes documentation, policies and procedures.
• Responsible for the day to day sustaining activities for the FTI global enterprise application infrastructure.
• Proactively meets with clients to determine business requirements, document specifications for recommendations of software solutions, and ensures that existing solutions continue to meet customer expectations and requirements.
• Responsible for the execution and maintenance of: Operation Calendars, Use and compliance with FTI’s Change Management Control Process, Incident reporting and tracking, Use and compliance with the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) standards when developing solutions.
• Responsible for comprehensive NOC operations including monitoring, alerting, troubleshooting and resolution of issues and escalating to the appropriate technical resources to resolve issues.
• Analyzes and maintains performance data to ensure optimal usage of software applications.
• Assists in the development and management of all budgetary expenses as it relates to the applications development teams.

Skills

Python

C# / .NET

Azure AI

AI deployment

Education

Four Year College Degree or equivalent

Tools

Azure AI Foundry

MS Copilot

Semantic Kernel

LangChain

Autogen

Job description

FTI Consulting is seeking a Senior Applied AI Engineer within ITG in the United States. You will lead enterprise‑scale software projects, evaluating AI solutions and guiding architecture, production deployment, and operational excellence.

The role emphasizes collaboration with clients and internal teams to align business needs with technology, maintain SDLC standards, and ensure reliable, scalable enterprise applications across the global footprint.