Lead AI Agent Engineer

• Position Description CGI is seeking a Lead AI Agent Engineer to implement, administer, secure, and support enterprise AI coding agent and developer productivity platforms within a large scale financial services environment. The ideal candidate has experience taking AI coding agent capabilities beyond proofs of concept into secure, production enterprise environments. This individual will work independently on complex integrations, establish technical standards and controls, develop validation and automation frameworks, and provide technical leadership to engineering teams adopting AI assisted development technologies. This position is required in one of the following locations: Birmingham, AL, Knoxville, TN or Lafayette, LA Your future duties and responsibilities This role requires strong hands on experience with OpenAI Codex/coding agents, GitHub Copilot, AWS, Amazon Bedrock, Model Context Protocol (MCP), Python, and enterprise identity and access management. The engineer will support production AI agent capabilities across the software development lifecycle, including platform configuration, agent integrations, access controls, functional and security validation, troubleshooting, and ongoing operational management. Required qualifications to be successful in this role . 5+ years hands on experience implementing and administering enterprise AI coding platforms, including GitHub Copilot, OpenAI Codex/coding agents, or comparable technologies. . Strong experience building and configuring AI agents, custom assistants, agent tools, integrations, context management, orchestration, and multi agent workflows. . Hands on knowledge of Model Context Protocol (MCP), including MCP server implementation, authentication, authorization, permissions, identity propagation, credential management, and secure tool access. . Strong Python development skills, including REST APIs, automation utilities, integration services, agent services, test harnesses, and validation frameworks. . Strong AWS experience, particularly Amazon Bedrock, Bedrock Agents, Bedrock AgentCore, IAM, Lambda, API Gateway, ECS, CloudWatch, Secrets Manager/Parameter Store, ALB, and VPC/networking. . Strong understanding of enterprise identity and access management (IAM), including OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, SSO, SCIM, RBAC, JWT, service identities, AWS IAM/Identity Center, and Active Directory/Entra ID. . Experience implementing least privilege security controls for autonomous agents, users, repositories, APIs, and tools. . Experience validating AI agent security, including authorization boundaries, token handling, secrets exposure, privilege escalation, cross user/project access, and prompt injection/tool abuse scenarios. . Experience developing automated agent evaluation, regression testing, security validation, or test frameworks. . Experience configuring enterprise policies, repository access, model settings, agent permissions, usage controls, and security controls for developer AI platforms. . Demonstrated experience supporting production developer platforms or AI/ML platforms used across multiple engineering teams. . Ability to troubleshoot complex cloud, AI agent, identity, API, and platform integrations. . Technical leadership experience supporting complex enterprise implementations and establishing engineering standards.

Desired Skillset:

. Experience with Bash/Shell scripting or PowerShell. . Experience with asynchronous Python, structured logging, and Python API frameworks.

Educational Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.​

Other Information:

CGI is required by law in some jurisdictions to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. The determination of this range includes various factors not limited to skill set, level, experience, relevant training, and licensure and certifications. To support the ability to reward for merit based performance, CGI typically does not hire individuals at or near the top of the range for their role. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range for this role in the U.S. is $86,500.00 $123,200.00. CGI's benefits are offered to eligible professionals on their first day of employment to include: . Competitive compensation . Comprehensive insurance options . Matching contributions through the 401(k) plan and the share purchase plan . Paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick time . Paid parental leave .Learning opportunities and tuition assistance . Wellness and Well being programs Together, as owners, let's turn meaningful insights into action. Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you'll reach your full potential because… You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That's why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company's strategy and direction. Your work creates value. You'll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise. You'll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You'll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons. Come join our team—one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, sex, religion, creed, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, pregnancy, medical condition, military and veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, and gender expression, familial status or responsibilities, reproductive health decisions, political affiliation, genetic information, height, weight, or any other legally protected status or characteristics to the extent required by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws where we do business. CGI provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need an accommodation to apply for a job in the U.S., please email the CGI U.S. Employment Compliance mailbox at US_Employment_Compliance@cgi.com . You will need to reference the Position ID of the position in which you are interested. Your message will be routed to the appropriate recruiter who will assist you. Please note, this email address is only to be used for those individuals who need an accommodation to apply for a job. Emails for any other reason or those that do not include a Position ID will not be returned. We make it easy to translate military experience and skills! Click here to be directed to our site that is dedicated to veterans and transitioning service members. All CGI offers of employment in the U.S. are contingent upon the ability to successfully complete a background investigation. Background investigation components can vary dependent upon specific assignment and/or level of US government security clearance held. Dependent upon role and/or federal government security clearance requirements, and in accordance with applicable laws, some background investigations may include a credit check. CGI will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrests and conviction records in accordance with all local regulations and ordinances. CGI will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with CGI's legal duty to furnish information.