Junior Artificial Intelligence; AI) Solutions Engineer

Description

* This position is contingent upon a future opening with Gunnison.

Salary: $80,000 - $90,000/year

• Serve as the organization's SME for AI, Generative AI, Agentic AI, and emerging automation technologies
• Identify, evaluate, and implement AI solutions that improve cybersecurity, governance, compliance, and operational efficiency

• Design multi-agent systems with reasoning, memory, planning, and tool-use capabilities that break goals into executable steps
• Engineer production-grade agent workflows with monitoring, error recovery, and fallback paths

• Integrate agents with APIs, databases, enterprise systems, and cybersecurity/compliance tools (including A&A and audit processes)
• Design and maintain RAG pipelines — ingestion, chunking, embedding, indexing, and reranking — to ground outputs in accurate data and reduce hallucinations

• Design, test, and optimize prompts and structured reasoning frameworks (e.g., Chain of Thought, ReAct) for consistent outputs
• Build and maintain reusable prompt libraries and evaluation processes

• Lead AI proof-of-concepts, pilots, and production deployments, including testing and continuous improvement
• Convert manual or repetitive processes (SOPs, approvals, audits, reporting) into automated, AI-driven workflows

• Build agent memory/context systems to track state across tasks
• Apply AI to reduce cycle time and manual rework, with measurable accuracy and efficiency metrics

Clearance Requirement:
Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust.

• 3-5 years of experience in information technology, cybersecurity, automation, analytics, business transformation, or related fields.
• Experience implementing AI, Generative AI, automation, or digital transformation initiatives.
• Experience with prompt engineering, workflow automation, and AI-enabled productivity solutions.
• Experience leading technology pilots, evaluations, or deployments.
• Experience developing technical documentation, presentations, and recommendations for stakeholders.
• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Computer Science, Information Assurance, Data Analytics, Business Technology, or related field.
• One or more AI certifications.

• Experience supporting Federal civilian agencies, HHS, CDC, or similar organizations.
• Experience with Archer, Service Now, Power Platform, Microsoft 365, or other GRC platforms.
• Experience supporting FISMA audits, security assessments, or compliance reviews.
• Master's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics, or related discipline.
• Security+
• Certified Authorization Professional (CAP).
• Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).
• AI Governance Professional (AIGP).
• Microsoft AI Fundamentals (AI-900).
• Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC).

The salary range for this position depends upon multiple factors including location, the individual's knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, and contract-specific budget constraints and organizational requirements.
Gunnison Consulting Group's total compensation package also includes bonus and profit-sharing opportunities, depending on company and employee performance. Available employee benefits include:

• 3 weeks of Personal Leave your first year
• 11 paid Holidays each year
• 5 days of Flexible Time Off each year for approved training or certifications (self-study is ineligible)
• 401(k) company match at 50% up to 10% of your salary
• Medical, Dental and Vision…