Software Engineer – AI Applications & ServiceNow

F5 Remote Jobs; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Govcio LLC is hiring a Software Engineer – AI Applications & ServiceNow to design, build, deploy, and maintain secure, production-grade AI-enabled applications within U.S. Government cloud environments.

The role covers AI/ML integration, ServiceNow development, and DevSecOps practices, with emphasis on FedRAMP Moderate/High and GCC High contexts. Remote US-based work is offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 5-8 years of software engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience with AI-enabled or generative AI apps for production use.
• Experience with RESTful APIs, microservices, web apps, or distributed architectures.
• Experience deploying, operating, and troubleshooting in cloud environments.
• Knowledge of secure software engineering, DevSecOps, CI/CD, and vulnerability management.
• Experience engineering or supporting ServiceNow applications, integrations, workflows, or platform capabilities.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain a U.S. Government Public Trust clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, deploy, operate, and maintain AI-enabled applications in secure gov cloud environments.
• Develop secure AI applications using LLMs, AI APIs, RAG, and AI agent workflows.
• Integrate AI services with enterprise apps, data sources, and workflow platforms.
• Develop ServiceNow solutions and integrations with external services.
• Ensure security controls, logging, auditing, and monitoring across production systems.
• Provide documentation and evidence for security assessments and ATO processes.

Skills

AI-enabled apps

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

Java

C#

ServiceNow

REST APIs

DevSecOps

Docker

Kubernetes

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Terraform

Azure Government

Job description

GovCIO is currently hiring for a Software Engineer – AI Applications & ServiceNow to

design, build, deploy, operate, and maintain secure, production-grade applications incorporating artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and generative AI capabilities within U.S. Government cloud environments.

The successful candidate will be a hands-on software engineer capable of taking AI-enabled solutions from concept and prototype through production deployment and sustained operations. This position requires experience engineering applications within security-conscious cloud environments, including FedRAMP Moderate and FedRAMP High environments and Microsoft Government Community Cloud High (GCC High).

The engineer will also support the design, development, integration, and enhancement of ServiceNow-based solutions, including integrations between ServiceNow, AI services, enterprise applications, data sources, and government cloud services.

This is a remote, full-time position within the United States.

Responsibilities

AI-Enabled Application Engineering

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain production-grade applications incorporating generative AI, machine learning, and related AI capabilities.
• Develop secure AI-enabled applications using large language models (LLMs), AI APIs, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), agentic workflows, and other emerging AI application architectures.
• Integrate AI services with enterprise applications, databases, APIs, document repositories, knowledge bases, and workflow platforms.
• Develop application services, APIs, user interfaces, data pipelines, and integration components necessary to support enterprise AI solutions.
• Implement appropriate AI application controls including identity and access management, data protection, model access controls, prompt and output handling, logging, monitoring, and auditability.
• Evaluate and integrate commercial, open-source, and cloud-native AI technologies where appropriate.
• Implement mechanisms for AI solution evaluation, testing, observability, performance monitoring, reliability, and continuous improvement.
• Troubleshoot complex application, integration, data, infrastructure, and AI service issues across development and production environments.

Cloud, DevSecOps, and Production Operations

• Deploy and operate applications within FedRAMP Moderate, FedRAMP High, and GCC High environments.
• Engineer solutions in accordance with federal security requirements and organizational security architecture.
• Support secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC) and DevSecOps practices, including automated build, test, security scanning, deployment, and release management.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines supporting controlled application deployment across development, test, staging, and production environments.
• Implement infrastructure-as-code and configuration-as-code practices where appropriate.
• Support application security controls aligned with applicable frameworks such as NIST SP 800-53 and FedRAMP security control baselines.
• Participate in vulnerability remediation, patching, configuration management, logging, monitoring, incident response, and operational troubleshooting.
• Produce technical documentation and evidence supporting security assessments, Authorization to Operate (ATO) activities, configuration management, and operational readiness.
• Engineer applications for high availability, reliability, scalability, maintainability, and secure operations.

ServiceNow Engineering

• Design, configure, develop, integrate, and maintain ServiceNow applications and workflows.
• Develop ServiceNow solutions using capabilities such as:
• Flow Designer
• IntegrationHub
• REST and SOAP APIs
• Business Rules
• Script Includes
• Client Scripts
• UI Policies
• Access Control Lists (ACLs)
• ServiceNow tables and data models
• Notifications and workflow automation
• Develop integrations between ServiceNow and external enterprise, cloud, security, data, and AI services.
• Apply ServiceNow development best practices to create maintainable, secure, upgrade-compatible solutions.
• Support troubleshooting, performance optimization, testing, release management, and ongoing maintenance of ServiceNow solutions.
• Experience with ServiceNow AI, automation, ITSM, ITOM, CMDB, or related capabilities is highly desirable.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's with 5 - 8 years (or commensurate experience)
• Demonstrated professional software engineering experience developing and supporting enterprise applications.
• Hands‑on experience developing AI-enabled or generative AI applications suitable for production use.
• Experience with modern programming languages such as Python, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, C#, or comparable languages.
• Experience developing RESTful APIs, microservices, web applications, or distributed application architectures.
• Experience integrating applications with AI/ML services, LLMs, enterprise data sources, or external APIs.
• Experience deploying, operating, troubleshooting, and maintaining applications in cloud environments.
• Understanding of FedRAMP Moderate and/or FedRAMP High security requirements and experience working within regulated or security‑controlled cloud environments.
• Knowledge of secure software engineering, DevSecOps, CI/CD, source control, automated testing, vulnerability management, and production application support.
• Experience engineering or supporting ServiceNow applications, integrations, workflows, or platform capabilities.
• Strong understanding of application security principles including authentication, authorization, encryption, secrets management, secure APIs, logging, and auditing.
• Ability to independently investigate complex technical problems and develop practical, secure solutions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to document architectures, designs, interfaces, operational procedures, and technical decisions.
• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Public Trust clearance.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a closely related technical discipline.
• Experience working with Microsoft Azure Government and/or Microsoft GCC High environments.
• Experience with Azure AI services, Azure OpenAI, or comparable government-authorized AI platforms.
• Experience developing retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), semantic search, vector database, AI agent, or intelligent workflow solutions.
• Experience implementing AI evaluation, observability guardrails, model monitoring, prompt management, or responsible AI controls.
• Experience with containerized applications and technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, or equivalent technologies.
• Experience supporting systems subject to NIST SP 800-53, FedRAMP, FISMA, or similar federal cybersecurity requirements.
• Experience supporting ATO processes and producing technical or security documentation for government systems.
• ServiceNow Certified System Administrator (CSA), Certified Application Developer (CAD), or other relevant ServiceNow certifications.
• Experience with ServiceNow ITSM, ITOM, CMDB, IntegrationHub, App Engine, Now Assist, or related platform capabilities.
• Experience working within Agile, Scrum, or DevSecOps delivery teams.
• Experience supporting applications throughout the complete lifecycle from architecture and development through deployment, sustainment, modernization, and retirement.

Technical Competencies

Strong candidates will have experience across several of the following areas:

AI & Application Development:

Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, C#, REST APIs, microservices, LLM APIs, RAG, vector search, AI agents, prompt engineering, AI evaluation, and enterprise application integration.

Cloud & DevSecOps:

Azure/Azure Government, GCC High, containers, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Git, automated testing, infrastructure as code, secrets management, observability, application monitoring, vulnerability scanning, and secure deployment pipelines.

ServiceNow:

ServiceNow application development, Flow Designer, IntegrationHub, scripting, APIs, ACLs, workflow automation, ITSM, ITOM, CMDB, and enterprise integrations.

Federal Security:

FedRAMP Moderate, FedRAMP High, NIST SP 800-53, secure software development, configuration management, vulnerability remediation, continuous monitoring, audit logging, security documentation, and ATO support.

Success in This Role

The successful candidate will be able to move comfortably between software engineering, AI engineering, ServiceNow development, cloud deployment, cybersecurity, and production operations. This individual will not simply develop prototypes; they will be expected to engineer solutions that can be securely deployed, accredited, operated, monitored, maintained, and continuously improved within demanding U.S. Government environments.

The ideal candidate is a pragmatic engineer who understands that successful enterprise AI requires more than model integration—it requires secure architecture, reliable software, governed data, operational discipline, effective monitoring, and maintainable engineering.

#nss #tlm #TMK #TM

Posted Salary Range

USD $100,000.00 - USD $130,000.00 /Yr.

Job Details

• Company: Govcio LLC
• Position: Software Engineer – AI Applications & ServiceNow
• Job ID: 9190
• Location: Fully Remote — United States
• Employment Type: Full-Time
• Salary Range: USD 100,000 - 130,000 /Yr.
• Clearance Required: No Clearance Needed