
Principal Agentic AI Systems Engineer
Leidos
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $131,300 - $237,350 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Develop and deploy enterprise-scale agentic AI systems, including Multi-Agent and Agent-to-Agent (A2A) workflows, leveraging common industry standards, such as the Model Context Protocol (MCP), to create interoperable and scalable AI agents.
- Implement robust MCP Tools and Resources to securely expose data and functionality, enabling LLMs to interact with internal systems and APIs in a standardized way.
- Contribute to the architecture and implementation of a centralized 'AI Gateway' to ensure platform independence, Large Language Model (LLM) agnostism, and provide a unified interface for leveraging various LLMs.
- Implement and manage robust observability pipelines to track trace-level data, monitor model latency, and optimize the cost and performance of Generative AI systems in production.
- Collaborate closely with principal engineers, data scientists, and systems architects to translate strategic designs into hardened, production-grade solutions.
- Implement and maintain robust AI guardrails to filter inputs and outputs, preventing data leakage (both into unsecure systems and future LLMs), prompt injection, and other adversarial attacks.
- Apply and promote software engineering best practices, including robust version control, comprehensive automated testing, and mature CI/CD processes for AI systems.
- Stay current with industry trends in agentic AI, operational AI, and MLOps to continuously evolve the team's capabilities and technical implementation.
Requirements
- A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related quantitative field with 12+ years of professional experience, or a Master's degree with 10+ years of relevant experience.
- Demonstrated programming proficiency in Python and hands-on experience with major ML libraries and frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn).
- Hands-on experience implementing solutions using the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to build standardized tools and data sources for LLM applications.
- Experience with software engineering best practices and tools, including version control, automated testing, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Solid understanding of the full machine learning lifecycle, from data preparation and model training to deployment and monitoring.
- A strong understanding of agentic AI patterns, multi-agent systems, and LLM-based workflows.
- An understanding of cybersecurity principles as they apply to AI systems, including threat modeling and vulnerability assessment.
- Must be a U.S. Citizen and have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.
Benefits
- Health and Wellness programs
- Income Protection
- Paid Leave
- Retirement
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Hard skills
PythonTensorFlowPyTorchScikit-learnModel Context Protocol (MCP)CI/CDautomated testingversion controlmachine learning lifecycleGenerative AI
Soft skills
collaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingstrategic design translationadaptabilityleadership