AI Solutions Engineer

Job ID: 2614453

Location

Washington, DC, US

Date Posted

2026-07-09

Category

Information Technology

Subcategory

Cloud Comp Engr

Schedule

Full-Time

Shift

Day Job

Travel

Yes - 10% of the time

Minimum Clearance Required

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain

Public Trust

Potential for Remote Work

ORA_ON_SITE

Description

SAIC has an exciting opportunity for an AI Solutions Engineer to help us transform the way work is done for one of our major government clients. The AI Solutions Engineer will assist with building the AI capabilities used by end-users, administrators, and the application development community. Our client is committed to a journey that will modernize hundreds of legacy applications with unprecedented speed, digitize low-to-no-tech business processes, and outfit the organization with cutting edge tools for planning and decision making. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in traditional application development practices, expertise configuring an agentic harness, and an understanding of the business challenges associated with adopting AI.

This position is a fully onsite role at the customer location in Washington DC.

Experience with frontier models and tools such as Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, or Cursor is essential.

• Design and configure enterprise AI tools such as agentic harnesses and chatbots.
• Define and refine strategies for efficient token usage.
• Support the AI-enabled development of mission applications by troubleshooting integration issues, API errors and system reliability concerns.
• Train the user community on best practices, limitations and advanced capabilities.
• Recommend new options to executives as industry capabilities evolve.
• Monitor the service health and cost associated with AI usage.

Qualifications

* 15 years of IT experience, Bachelor’s degree in related field. Degree may be substituted with 6 additional years of rel...