AI Solutions Consultant in Springfield, Illinois at Illuminative Strategies Inc

Illuminative Strategies is a Leading Management Consultancy Specializing in Operational Excellence and Performance Management. Our team has extensive experience developing processes and tools to facilitate operational excellence in Public Sector Organizations.

Our solutions are specifically designed for each client. Through our unique approach, we help our clients transition from their current state to an optimized future state. Our goal is to empower clients to achieve their desired performance and provide improved services to their public stakeholders.

As an AI Solutions Consultant – AI and Data Solutions, you will work at the intersection of AI engineering, data management, and management consulting. You will work closely with department heads and stakeholders to identify high-impact use cases, design and deliver working solutions, producing implementation roadmaps that hold up under public-sector scrutiny. This role requires critical thinking, technical problem-solving, and the ability to translate between business intent and technical execution.

What You Will Do

· Apply process improvement methods (Lean/Six Sigma, DMAIC) to identify inefficiencies AI or automation can address

· Build agents that accelerate how our team scopes and designs client solutions, including requirements drafting, solution option analysis, and effort estimation

· Develop and maintain agents and automations that enhance firm operations

· Develop, evaluate, and deploy analytical and predictive models supporting internal decisioning and client deliverables

· Produce data flow diagrams, process maps, system context diagrams, and as-is/to-be architecture documentation

· Develop AI roadmaps, readiness assessments, and governance frameworks appropriate to public-sector constraints

· Write business requirements documentation, functional specifications, and user stories

· Design data models and assess data readiness for AI use cases across legacy and modern client systems

Required Qualifications

· Authorized to work in the U.S. without current or future employer sponsorship

· Must live within 40 miles or less of Springfield, Illinois, or be willing to relocate

· Ability to travel to client sites as needed

· Provide proof of a valid driver's license and auto insurance that meets the State of Illinois minimum requirements

· 10+ years of experience in technology consulting and hands-on technical delivery

· Demonstrated experience building with LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG, and agent frameworks

· Proficiency in Python and SQL

· Experience with Microsoft Power Platform and Power BI

· Proven ability to produce data flow diagrams, process maps, and requirements documentation

· Strong written and verbal communication; comfortable presenting to non-technical executives

Preferred Qualifications

· Microsoft 365 Copilot Studio and SharePoint-based knowledge architecture experience

· Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt

· Prior consulting or employment with state, local, or federal agencies

· Experience training or fine-tuning ML/NLP models

· Experience with AI-assisted development tools (Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot)

· Azure AI Foundry, Azure Machine Learning, Azure Data Factory, or Databricks

· Familiarity with public-sector compliance frameworks (StateRAMP, CJIS, NIST AI RMF)