AI Engineer (Intelligence Center)

Roles & Responsibilities

• Support the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Mapping, Charting and Geodesy Program Management Office.
• Perform data analyses and data engineering, and algorithm development to support prototyping and experimentation.
• Understand modern software development practices to automate development, testing and deployment of solutions in secure environments.
• Play a pivotal role in describing and promoting artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions to address sponsor challenges and to meet mission priorities.
• Focus on determining a comprehensive portfolio roadmap for AI, ML and automation modernization efforts across the Foundation GEOINT production systems, encompassing from data ingest to customer dissemination.
• Have knowledge in the breadth of AI / ML / automation algorithms, tools and software applications, as well as hands-on familiarity with as great a range as possible.

Basic Qualifications

• Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree, who can immediately contribute; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• Active TS/SCI with polygraph.
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Experience with full stack web development using JavaScript (React), Python (Django), or similar frameworks.
• Experience with testing, CI/CD, setting up environments, version control, and maintaining a clear project structure to create maintainable systems.
• Familiarity with AI integration and model development using PyTorch, TensorFlow, or scikit-learn for both training and inference tasks.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GovCloud).
• Ability to understand how LLMs are enhanced with additional data through LLM Augmentation techniques.
• Ability to transition unclear requirements into technical specifications and systems.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and teamwork skills.
• This position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on-site.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing production data and/or AI/ML pipelines.
• Knowledge of GEOINT products, analytics, and services as well as GEOINT satellite systems, processing, exploitation, and dissemination systems.
• Knowledge of NGA supported missions.
• Knowledge of MLOps, DevSecOps, CI/CD workflows, and Containerization.
• Ability to build trusted relationships with internal and external mission partners.