Cloud Solutions Engineer

Job#: 3030644

Job Description:
Cloud Solutions Engineer

Location: Columbus, Ohio (Onsite)
Employment Type: Contract to Perm

Role Overview

The Senior Cloud/AI Engineer will design, build, and deploy production-ready AI agents using platforms such as Microsoft Copilot Studio, AWS Agent Core services, and Google Vertex AI. This role is hands-on and execution-focused, supporting enterprise workflows through reliable, secure, and well-governed AI agents.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement AI agents using Copilot Studio, AWS Agent Core, and Google Vertex AI.
• Build agent workflows including intent handling, tool calling, memory usage, and multi-step task execution.
• Develop and optimize prompts, system instructions, and grounding strategies to ensure consistent agent behavior.
• Implement Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) patterns using enterprise data sources, APIs, and document repositories.
• Integrate agents with enterprise systems and APIs (ServiceNow, internal platforms, cloud services).
• Deploy and manage agents across development, test, and production environments.
• Implement security controls including identity, authorization, and data access boundaries for agents.
• Support monitoring, logging, and usage analysis to improve agent quality, reliability, and performance.
• Troubleshoot agent behavior, tool failures, and integration issues.
• Collaborate with platform, security, and application teams to deliver approved agent use cases.
• Contribute to documentation, reusable patterns, and deployment playbooks.

Required Qualifications

Experience: 5+ years of experience in software, platform, or cloud engineering. Hands-on experience building LLM-based applications or AI agents is required. Experience deploying services in cloud environments (Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform) is necessary, along with experience with APIs, authentication, and integrations.

Technical Skills: Development skills in Python and/or JavaScript/TypeScript are required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Microsoft Copilot Studio or Power Platform extensions.
• Experience with AWS AI/ML services or Google Vertex AI.
• Familiarity with agent concepts (tool calling, memory, orchestration).
• Experience implementing RAG architectures.
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and environment promotion.
• Experience operating applications in enterprise or regulated environments.
• Debugging, documentation, and collaboration skills.

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