AI Integration and Automation Specialist

Finance and Treasury Board

AI Integration and Automation Specialist,

Digital Transformation Team

Pay Band 05

Remote in New Brunswick or Fredericton

Permanent Full-time

Open Competition

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Who we are:

The Finance and Treasury Board's Office of the Chief Information Officer has a career opportunity for an AI Integration and Automation Specialist to join our dynamic, progressive team of professionals in an environment in which employees can learn, grow, create, and support innovative strategies to help the Government of New Brunswick (GNB) deliver on transformational business objectives.

Who you are:

You are a hands-on technical problem solver who enjoys designing, integrating, and implementing AI-enabled solutions that solve real business challenges.

You are comfortable working across business and technology, integrating AI capabilities with enterprise systems, automating business processes, and translating concepts into secure, scalable, and operational solutions. You enjoy solving technical integration challenges, working with evolving technologies, and continuously learning as AI capabilities advance.

What you will do:

We are seeking an AI Integration and Automation Specialist to design, configure, integrate, and operationalize solutions across enterprise systems. This role combines AI integration, automation, system integration, cloud technologies, and technical implementation to ensure AI capabilities are successfully deployed, integrated, tested, monitored, and continuously improved.

AI Integration and Automation Specialist responsibilities include:

• Design, configure, integrate, and implement AI-enabled solutions that address business and operational needs.
• Build and maintain integrations between AI services, enterprise applications, data sources, and digital platforms.
• Develop and implement automated workflows using enterprise automation, orchestration, and integration technologies.
• Configure and support AI services, APIs, connectors, and enterprise integrations.
• Implement AI capabilities including knowledge retrieval, document processing, conversational AI, and emerging AI approaches where appropriate.
• Troubleshoot, optimize, and support AI integrations, automated workflows, and connected enterprise systems.
• Participate in technical solution design and recommend implementation approaches that align with enterprise architecture, security, and governance standards.
• Collaborate with architects, developers, UX specialists, business analysts, and business stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable, and reliable solutions.
• Support solution testing, validation, deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
• Produce technical documentation for integrations, configurations, workflows, APIs, and operational procedures.
• Ensure solutions align with security, privacy, accessibility, governance, and Responsible AI requirements.

Technical Environment:

The successful candidate will work with a variety of enterprise technologies that may include:

• Enterprise AI and generative AI platforms
• Cloud computing platforms and AI services
• Workflow automation and orchestration technologies
• Enterprise applications, APIs, and integration technologies
• Structured and unstructured data sources
• Knowledge retrieval, search, and document intelligence technologies
• Low-code/no-code development platforms
• Scripting, configuration, and automation tools
• Identity, authentication, and security services

Your attitude, skills and interests are just as important as your area of study. We are looking for diverse backgrounds that bring a combination of the following:

Need to have (Essential qualifications and skills):

A university degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline and a minimum of five (5) years of experience in the following:

• Implementing or integrating enterprise applications, cloud services, APIs, or automation solutions.
• Integrating systems using REST APIs, web services, or enterprise integration technologies.
• Scripting, configuration, or low-code/no-code development platforms.
• Software implementation, testing, deployment, and operational support practices, including technical documentation

This experience must also include at least two (2) years in the following:

• Designing and configuring AI-enabled solutions, Large Language Models (LLMs), workflow automation platforms, or comparable AI technologies.
• Working with structured and unstructured data, including data ingestion, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines, document processing, or knowledge management solutions for AI systems.

Applicants must clearly describe what they personally designed, developed, configured, or integrated.

A combination of education, training, and experience may be considered

Behavioral Competencies:

The successful candidate will possess the following behavioural competencies:

• Collaboration and communication
• Analytical thinking
• Attention to detail

• Adaptability and continuous learning

Technical Competencies:

• AI solution implementation
• Workflow automation and orchestration
• Data integration, document processing, and knowledge management for AI systems
• Complex technical problem diagnosis and resolution

• API and systems integration

Written and spoken competence:

Written and spoken competence in English is required. Please state your language capability.

Applicants must clearly demonstrate the essential qualifications to be given further consideration. Please ensure that the preferred language for assessment is identified on your resume.

Nice to have (Asset qualifications):

Preference may be given to candidates that possess one or more of the following asset qualifications:

• Experience implementing solutions using Microsoft Azure, including Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI Service, Azure AI Search, Azure Functions, Logic Apps, Azure API Management, Microsoft Power Platform, or comparable enterprise cloud platforms.
• Experience implementing Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), vector search, document intelligence, knowledge retrieval, or agentic AI solutions.
• Experience integrating AI services with enterprise applications using APIs, SDKs, or enterprise integration technologies.
• Experience developing workflow automation using Power Automate, Logic Apps, or comparable automation platforms.
• Experience working with authentication protocols, API security, identity management, or enterprise security practices.
• Experience working in Agile or iterative software delivery environments.
• Experience supporting AI-enabled solutions within security, privacy, governance, accessibility, or Responsible AI frameworks.

• Experience in government or other large enterprise environments.

Résumé requirements

Résumés should be in chronological order specifying education and employment in months and years including part-time and full-time employment.

Salary:

Pay Band 5 - $67,600.00 to $94,406.00 per annum

Candidates on the eligibility list may be considered for future vacancies.

How to apply:

Applicants are to apply on-line at indicating competition number 16958 . This opportunity will remain open until the position is filled.

Human Resources Services

Phone: View phone number on jobs.swagapp.com

We thank all those who apply; however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

Please note that a Criminal Record Check is required prior to appointment

As per the?Civil Service Act, veterans, who demonstrate they are among the most qualified, shall be given preference at the time of appointment.

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Program contributing to the creation of a more balanced workforce that reflects the diversity of the province by removing barriers to employment and providing individualized supports to designated equity group members.

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