*** Very long term project; initial PO for 1 year but expect to go for 3-4 years ***Webcam Interview*** Remote***
Description:
- Development and testing on EP320 project (Conciliation Court Virtual Assistant), internal operational projects, Access and Service Delivery (ASD-3) initiatives—assignments to be determined.
- Develop and maintain ASP.NET applications integrated with Azure AI Services and Ollama for local or hybrid LLM deployments.
- Implement intelligent agent workflows using Semantic Kernel or AutoGen to orchestrate multi-agent conversations and reasoning.
- Design and deploy RAG pipelines using vector stores, semantic search, and enterprise data connectors.
- Integrate vector databases and semantic search for dynamic content retrieval and contextual AI responses.
- Work with MCP (Model Context Protocol) to enable interoperability between agents and services.
- Develop APIs and services that connect enterprise systems to AI models both on Azure and Ollama-hosted environments.
- Optimize model performance, latency, and cost efficiency across onpremises and cloud AI solutions.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (AI engineers, data scientists, DevOps) to deliver production-ready AI features.
- Engage in regular communication, at least weekly, concerning work performance and provide documentation regarding the work performed. Successful performance will be determined by regular communication of work progress to technical lead and DSS Development Supervisor.
Responsibilities
- The vendor must initiate and provide a criminal background check for submitted contractors.
- The vendor will provide project activity plan(s) and schedule(s) agreeable to the ITD Manager.
- The vendor will assign a primary contact that will be responsible for all formal communications between the vendor and the ITD manager in regards to the contract.
- The vendor and contractor will act in a professional manner and abide by all rules set forth by the Minnesota Judicial Branch.
- The contractor will report to the ITD manager and will be expected to communicate on a regular basis (as determined by the ITD manager) with all project stakeholders.
- The selected contractor will follow State disciplines standards, including use of State templates, methods and forms.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor''''s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
- 3+ years of experience developing applications with ASP.NET Core or ASP.NET MVC.
- Proven experience integrating with Azure AI Services (e.g., Azure OpenAI, Cognitive Search, Cognitive Services).
- Experience running and integrating Ollama models for local inference or hybrid AI architectures.
- Hands-on experience using Semantic Kernel or AutoGen frameworks for AI agent orchestration.
- Strong understanding of RAG, vector search, semantic search, and Agent AI principles.
- Familiarity with Azure Blob Storage, Azure Functions, and Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines.
- Proficiency in C#, RESTful APIs, and asynchronous programming.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience developing AI copilots, multi-agent systems, or LLM powered chat interfaces.
- Knowledge of embedding generation, vector indexing, and hybrid retrieval strategies.
- Familiarity with MCP Server or other inter-agent communication protocols.
- Exposure to LangChain, ML.NET, or OpenAI function calling.
- Experience deploying models using both cloud-based APIs and on-device inference (Ollama, local LLMs).
- Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills.
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