AI Agentic Systems Engineer & Automation Specialist (Part-Time Open Claw Contractor)

Location: Philippines (Remote)
Position Type: Part-Time Contractor
Focus: Agentic Implementation/Strategies and Workflows - via Open Claw and other tools

Role Overview
We are seeking a highly skilled and proactive AI & Automation Specialist based in the Philippines to join our team as a part-time contractor. In this role, you will be the driving force behind our operational efficiency, setting up and maintaining AI agents/employees, advanced and automations. You will leverage cutting-edge tools to streamline our productivity, workflows, assist leads, and accelerate our research.

Key Responsibilities
AI Agent Deployment: Set up, configure, and manage AI agents using Open Claw and Manus and any other relevant platforms to execute complex, multi-step tasks autonomously and securely.
Access our current workflows, SOP’s and tech stack to see what task can be better facilitated by ai agents/employees.
Workflow Automation: Design, build, and maintain robust automation workflows using AI agents to various internal applications and streamline manual processes.
Examples of agent usage Grant Identification: Program and deploy AI agents to actively search, filter, and compile relevant grant and funding opportunities to support EVNoire's initiatives.
Examples - Data Scraping & Extraction: Build and maintain efficient web scraping automations to gather, clean, and organize data specifically for our "Get Data Utility" tea ---------- mbers.
Examples - AI-Assisted Research: Utilize tools like Perplexity Computer to conduct deep-dive research, analyze information, and generate actionable intelligence for the team.
Development & Collaboration: Leverage Claude Code and Claude Cowork to assist with scripting, debugging, and collaborative technical problem-solving.
System Maintenance: Monitor the performance of all active automations, troubleshooting errors, adapting to API or website changes, and optimizing workflows for reliability.

1. The Mission: Workflow Auditing & Evolution
You are not just a task-taker; you would be an AI Operational Architect.
Process Discovery: Audit current manual workflows to identify "bottlenecks"—tasks that are high-volume, repetitive, or data-heavy.
Strategic Mapping: Propose and implement an Agentic Roadmap, determining which processes should remain human-led and which should be delegated to our digital fleet or AI employees.
Tool Orchestration: Select the "Right Tool for the Job," balancing performance with extreme cost-efficiency - A.
2. Infrastructure: VPS Management & DevOps
Unlike standard "no-code" roles, this position requires managing the underlying environment to keep costs low and privacy high.
VPS Deployment: Set up and maintain our Virtual Private Server (VPS) environment (e.g., Hostinger, Ubuntu/Linux on AWS, DigitalOcean, or Hetzner) is online.
Containerization: Use Docker and Docker Compose to deploy and update self-hosted versions of n8n, Ollama, and Open Claw.
Server Security: Implement SSH hardening, firewall management, and secure tunneling to ensure our AI agents operate in a protected environment.
Ensuring that all AI employees require permissions for relevant operations
3. Agentic Responsibilities
Skill Engineering: Based on current workflows, sops and task develop and upload custom Skills (using Python/Bash and SKILL.md frameworks) to our agentic stack to give them "on-device" capabilities.
System Glue: Maintain the central nervous system of our operations using n8n, ensuring all agents and databases communicate seamlessly.
Claude-Assisted Dev: Leverage Claude Code and Claude Cowork to build, debug, and document our automation infrastructure.
Setting up Jobs to run at specified times and deliver desired results
Setting up and monitoring dashboards to monitor uptime, connectivity and bugs
4. Economical & Performance Engineering
Token Optimization: Implement Tiered Logic (routing simple tasks to Ollama/DeepSeek and high-reasoning tasks to Claude/Perplexity) to minimize API spend.
Resource Management: Monitor VPS CPU/RAM usage to ensure multiple agents running in parallel do not crash the environment.
Observability: Set up logging / dashboard to monitor costs and prevent agents from entering expensive "infinite reasoning loops."
5. Technical Requirements
Expertise in AI Agents: Deep experience with Manus, Open Claw, and Kimi 2.5.
Automation Mastery: Advanced n8n experience (JavaScript nodes, Webhooks, and error-handling).
Development Skills: * Python/Bash (for scraping, scripting, and server tasks)
JavaScript (for n8n logic)
Linux/Ubuntu Admin (SSH, Cron, Docker, Terminal)
Security: Ability to sandbox AI agents and audit community "Skills" to ensure company data remains secure.
6. Why You are the Best Candidate
You treat AI agents like employees, giving them clear "Job Descriptions" and "Performance Metrics."
You are obsessed with the ROI of Automation—preferring a self-hosted $5/month
VPS over expensive monthly SaaS subscriptions.
7. Required Skills & Qualifications
Location: Must be based in the Philippines with a reliable high-speed internet connection and a professional remote work setup.
Automation Expertise: Proven, hands-on experience building and managing complex workflows with AI agents
AI Tool Proficiency: Strong familiarity with modern AI agent frameworks and LLM-powered tools (e.g., Open Claw, Manus, Perplexity, Claude ecosystem) and a track record of applying them to real-world business problems.
Data Engineering Basics: Strong background in web scraping techniques, data structuring (JSON, CSV), and managing simple data pipelines.
Problem Solving: Excellent analytical skills with the ability to debug logic errors and engineer creative workarounds when automations fail.
Communication: Excellent written and verbal English skills, with the ability to document technical workflows clearly for non-technical tea ---------- mbers.
Autonomy: Highly self-motivated, capable of managing part-time hours efficiently, and delivering results as an independent contractor.
Additional Information
Schedule: Flexible part-time hours (to be determined), with some required overlap with US time zones (EST/PST) for team check-ins and strategic alignment.
Compensation: Competitive hourly contracting rate, commensurate with experience.

How to Apply
Send CV, examples of your work, and proposal to ---------- your proposal, please briefly describe the VPS setup you prefer for running AI agents and n8n simultaneously while maintaining cost efficiency.