AI Solutions Engineer - Rock Island, IL

AI Solutions Engineer

Join OM Group’s mission-focused team at Rock Island Arsenal and help modernize the Army’s logistics software that keeps soldiers supplied and ready worldwide. You’ll work on a stable Monday to Friday schedule inside an agile environment, collaborating with cleared professionals who value craftsmanship, accountability, and continuous improvement. If you’re driven to solve real world challenges, eager to grow your skills while you coordinate project activities, support customer engagement, track action items and deliverables, manage schedules and risks, and help ensure successful execution of contract requirements., and are ready to make a direct impact on national readiness, we’d like to meet you.

The AI Solutions Engineer serves as the technical lead for designing, developing, deploying, and optimizing enterprise Artificial Intelligence solutions. This position develops production-ready AI workflows, Large Language Model (LLM) integrations, intelligent agents, and decision-support applications that transform enterprise operations while ensuring security, governance, and responsible AI practices.

The ideal candidate combines knowledge and expertise in AI/ML engineering, software development, data engineering, cloud architecture, and operational workflows to deliver secure, scalable AI solutions for government and commercial organizations.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement enterprise AI applications using Palantir AIP
• Build production-grade AI workflows and autonomous agents
• Develop Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures
• Create AI assistants for operational decision support
• Configure prompt engineering strategies for enterprise use cases
• Develop reusable AI components and services
• Optimize inference performance and model accuracy
• Fine-tune LLM prompts
• Evaluate model performance
• Reduce hallucinations

Requirements

• Experience with connecting AI directly with operational workflows, enterprise data, and governance rather than deploying standalone models
• AIP Logic
• Pipeline Builder
• Data Lineage
• Operational Applications
• Code Repositories
• Foundry Data Engineering
• Foundry Object Types
• 5 – 7 years of software engineering or data engineering experience
• SEC+: CompTIA Security+ (IAT-II)
• Active Secret Security Clearance
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience supporting federal government IT programs
• Experience supporting Department of Defense customers
• Experience working in Agile project environments
• Bachelor's degree in a business, technical, or related field
• Experience supporting software development or system modernization efforts
• Experience with the following competencies: Systems Thinking, Enterprise Architecture, Solution Design, Analytical Problem Solving, AI Strategy Development, Technical Leadership, Customer Engagement, Executive Communication, Agile Methodologies, Scrum, Design Thinking, Continuous Improvement, Palantir Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP)

Accepted Certifications

• Microsoft Azure AI Engineer Associate (AI-102)
• Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)
• Microsoft Azure Developer Associate (AZ-204)
• Microsoft Azure Data Engineer Associate (DP-203)
• Microsoft Power Platform Developer (PL-400)
• Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
• Security+ or CISSP (government environments)
• Palantir Foundry Certification (if available)
• Palantir AIP Bootcamp/Training

OM Group, Inc. is a growing company that values your skills, training, and ideas and strives to foster a welcoming environment. We provide competitive compensation and benefits including health insurance coverage, paid time off, as well as support for continuous education and training.

In compliance with pay transparency guidelines, the annual base salary target range for this position is $125,000 to $150,000. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. OM Group considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.

OM Group, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) committed to compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local employment laws. We provide employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. OM Group, Inc. is dedicated to fostering a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination and retaliation. Our hiring and employment practices are based on merit, ensuring that all individuals have equal opportunities based on their qualifications, experience, and skills.

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No Third Parties or C2C Solicitation

This is a direct hire position ineligible for third party partnering. OM Group does not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters without a signed third-party agreement. Any unsolicited third-party resumes forwarded by recruiters to OM Group or to any of our managers or employees will be considered public information, may be treated as a direct application from the person identified in the resume, and will not be eligible for placement fee payment to the agency.