IT Specialist (AI Architect)

Commodity Futures Trading Commission • Washington, DC

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About The Position

The Division of Administration (DA or Division) directs the innovative internal management of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC or Commission) business, human resources, financial, technological, security, and strategic operational resources. The Division’s role is to effectively and efficiently ensure the fulfillment of the Commission’s mission through continued success in continuity of operations.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship
• Males born after 12-31-1959 must be registered for Selective Service
• Background/Security Investigation
• May be required to serve a probationary period
• Attention to Detail
• Customer Service
• Oral Communication
• Problem Solving
• Technical Competence
• Systems Integration
• CT-13 Level: At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade (GS/CT-12 level).
• CT-13 Specialized experience includes: Applying knowledge of enterprise AI architecture and platforms such as Microsoft AI Foundry to support the design and implementation of AI solutions across a range of business or mission use cases.
• CT-13 Specialized experience includes: Using AI architecture models, policies, and planning processes to contribute to identifying improvements and ensuring AI solutions align with organizational requirements and goals.
• CT-13 Specialized experience includes: Applying understanding of machine learning algorithms and frameworks to assist in the development, integration, and evaluation of AI capabilities within enterprise environments.
• CT-13 Specialized experience includes: Using problem‑solving and communication skills to address technical challenges and effectively convey technical concepts to non‑technical stakeholders.
• CT-14 Level: At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade (GS/CT-13 level).
• CT-14 Specialized experience includes: Applying expert knowledge of enterprise AI architecture and platforms such as Microsoft AI Foundry, designing and building scalable enterprise AI architectures, including Retrieval Augmented Generation systems and semantic search infrastructure.
• CT-14 Specialized experience includes: Applying enterprise AI architecture models and governance frameworks to ensure AI specifications, designs, and implementations align with organizational strategies and requirements.
• CT-14 Specialized experience includes: Developing and deploying production-grade AI agents and multi-agent workflows using modern integration frameworks and open protocols (e.g., Model Context Protocol (MCP), LangChain, pydantic-AI).
• CT-14 Specialized experience includes: Using strong problem‑solving and communication skills to address complex technical challenges and convey technical concepts to non‑technical stakeholders for informed decision‑making.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and sustain secure, scalable, and compliant AI capabilities using Microsoft technologies as the primary platform (e.g., Azure AI Foundry and Copilot Studio), with the integration of other approved cloud services (e.g., AWS Bedrock) when mission needs require.
• Design secure, scalable enterprise AI architectures and solutions using approved cloud platforms.
• Develop and deploy AI agents, including orchestration workflows, tool-enabled agents, and integration with enterprise APIs.
• Implement RAG solutions, vector databases, and semantic search to support knowledge retrieval and advanced AI capabilities.
• Integrate AI services with enterprise applications, identity management, telemetry, monitoring, and logging.
• Design, implement, and govern Model Context Protocol (MCP) architectures and enterprise MCP servers to securely broker access data sources, databases, and core APIs to orchestrated AI agents.
• Maintain and optimize AI agents and workflows, monitoring performance, accuracy, cost, and operational reliability.
• Ensure AI governance, safety guardrails, documentation, and federal compliance, while advising leadership.
• Implement AI safety, content filtering, and guardrails.

Benefits

• A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package.
• As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.
• Learn more about federal benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed