AI and ML Engineer

About the role

As an experienced engineer, you know that machine learning (ML) is critical to understanding and processing massive datasets. Your ability to conduct statistical analyses on business processes using ML techniques makes you an integral part of delivering a customer-focused solution. We need your technical knowledge and desire to problem-solve to develop AI/ML solutions for challenging customer problems.

Responsibilities

• Train, test, deploy, and maintain models that learn from data.
• Own and define the direction of mission-critical solutions by applying best-fit ML algorithms and technologies.
• Collaborate with data scientists, solutions architects, subject matter experts, product owners, and end users to deliver world-class AI/ML solutions to a wide variety of national security problems.
• Guide clients as they navigate the landscape of ML algorithms, tools, and frameworks.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in AL/ML-based solutions, including Python programming and deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or Keras.
• Experience developing Natural Language Processing (NLP), Large Language Models (LLM), and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)-enabled solutions.
• Experience applying AI/ML research to develop AI/ML solutions.
• Knowledge of core AI/ML concepts, including clustering, regression, classification, algorithm selection, and model evaluation.
• Knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and commonly used tools such as Git.
• Ability to work independently with limited guidance and direction.

Qualifications

• TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree in a CS, AI, Mathematics, or Statistics field.

Skills

• Experience in rapid prototyping or developing proofs of concepts to demonstrate or validate AI/ML capabilities.
• Experience deploying AI/ML solutions into production environments using end-to-end model pipelines and tools such as Docker or Kubernetes.
• Experience with AI agent frameworks, including LangChain or LlamaIndex.
• Experience fine-tuning large-scale models for domain-specific tasks in secure or fully isolated, air-gapped environments.
• Experience leading small teams of AI/ML developers or researchers.
• Experience with high performance computing.
• Experience with major cloud platforms such as AWS, and their respective AI services such as SageMaker.
• Experience with data analysis and creation of data-driven visualizations.

Benefits

• Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits.
• Paid leave.
• Professional development.
• Tuition assistance.
• Work-life programs.
• Dependent care.
• Recognition awards program.

Pay

The projected compensation range for this position is $99,000.00 to $225,000.00 (annualized USD).

Schedule

Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits.

Contact Information

To apply, please visit our careers page and follow the instructions provided.