Senior Applied AI Engineer — Hybrid, Azure & LLMs

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

Job summary

FTI Consulting’s Information Technology Group (ITG) seeks a Senior Applied AI Engineer to provide secondary leadership and back up Matrix Teams for enterprise-wide systems development. You will help research, design and deploy AI-enabled solutions, while aligning with business goals and architectural standards.

You will lead documentation, operations, and performance analysis, collaborate with clients to capture requirements, and support budgeting for applications development.

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.).
• Experience building and deploying generative AI solutions using large language models (LLMs) into Production
• Hands-on exposure to AI agent frameworks or modern orchestration tools (such as Semantic Kernel, LangChain, or Autogen)
• Experience with support and maintenance of COTS Enterprise ERP solutions
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Four Year College Degree or equivalent job experience
• High level certification in core area (MCAD, MCSD, or MCDBA)
• Project Management Experience
• Experience working with Windows 2003 server, IIS, SharePoint and SQL Server 2000 or 2005.

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 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 comprehensive NOC operations including monitoring, alerting, troubleshooting and resolution of 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

LLMs

AI Deployment

Education

Four Year College Degree

Tools

Semantic Kernel

LangChain

Autogen

Windows Server

IIS

SharePoint

SQL Server 2000/2005

Job description

FTI Consulting’s Information Technology Group (ITG) seeks a Senior Applied AI Engineer to provide secondary leadership and back up Matrix Teams for enterprise-wide systems development. You will help research, design and deploy AI-enabled solutions, while aligning with business goals and architectural standards.

You will lead documentation, operations, and performance analysis, collaborate with clients to capture requirements, and support budgeting for applications development.