About the role

What will you do at SAIC?

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.

SAIC® [http://www.saic.com/] is a premier mission integrator focused on

advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world.

Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, intelligence, and

civilian markets includes secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise

IT, engineering services, and professional services. We integrate emerging

technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that

modernize and enable critical national imperatives.

We are approximately 23,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and

inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Headquartered

in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.3 billion. For

more information, visit saic.com [http://www.saic.com/]. For ongoing news,

please visit our newsroom [http://www.saic.com/who-we-are/newsroom/].

Which skills does this role require?

AI Solutions EngineeringAgentic Harness ConfigurationApplication DevelopmentFrontier ModelsClaude CodeCodexOpenCodeCursorAPI IntegrationToken OptimizationDatabase TechnologiesMiddlewareFront-end TechnologiesStakeholder EngagementTechnical TrainingSystem ReliabilityAI Solutions EngineerAgentic HarnessChatbotsToken UsagePublic TrustApplication EngineeringFront-endDatabaseEnterprise AIMission ApplicationsSAICGovernment ContractingModernizationDigitization

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