Agentic AI Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton
Washington, DC / McLean, VA / Bethesda, MD2026-03-27Full time

About the job

We are looking for a highly skilled Agentic AI Engineer to join our team, specializing in building autonomous, goal-oriented AI systems. You will play a crucial role in shifting our AI strategy from passive LLM chatbots to proactive, multi-agent orchestrations. In this role, you will utilize deep experience in agent orchestration frameworks, RAG, knowledge graphs, and fine-tuning Small Language Models (SLMs) for edge deployment.

Responsibilities

Design and implement intelligent agent architectures that can reason, plan, and take actions using LangChain, LangGraph, and AutoGen.

Develop and deploy multi-agent systems using MCP (Model Context Protocol) and A2A (Agent-to-Agent) protocols to facilitate communication, tool usage, and collaborative task solving.

Build advanced RAG pipelines integrating unstructured data with Knowledge Graphs (KG) to enhance reasoning accuracy and context retention.

Fine-tune Small Language Models (SLMs) for specific domains and optimize them for edge device performance, including ONNX, GGML, or Ollama.

Develop evaluation frameworks to test agent reliability, safety, and performance, moving from prototype to production, including ReAct loops and human-in-the-loop.

Qualifications

Minimum

5+ years of experience in software development

2+ years of experience with GenAI, LLMs, and agentic workflows

Experience with LangChain, LangGraph, AutoGen, or LlamaIndex

Experience with Model Context Protocol (MCP) for tool integration and A2A for agent-to-agent collaboration

Experience in RAG architecture and Knowledge Graphs, including Neo4j or NebulaGraph

Experience fine-tuning LLMs or SLMs using Hugging Face, PEFT, or LoRA

Knowledge of modern software design patterns, including microservice design or edge computing

Ability to obtain a Secret clearance

Bachelor’s degree in a Computer Science or AI field

Preferred

Experience deploying agentic systems in a production environment

Experience deploying agents on edge devices such as Android or local models

Experience integrating coding agents such as Cursor or Windsurf into an efficient development pipeline with measured results

Master’s degree in a Computer Science or AI field preferred; Doctorate degree in Computer Science or Statistics a plus