Associate AI Solutions Architect

About the role

MITRE’s Mission Computing Division is establishing the AI and Mission Enablement department to turn AI and platform investments into practical tools for mission work. The Associate AI Solutions Architect is an entry‑level technical individual contributor who, under guidance from senior staff, supports mission teams in using approved AI tools, workflows, data integrations, and development environments securely and responsibly.

Responsibilities

• Support technical and mission‑user discussions by asking questions, confirming understanding, and documenting objectives, workflows, data needs, and constraints for review by senior staff.
• Implement, test, and document defined components of AI‑enabled applications and workflows using approved tools, APIs, data sources, development environments, and existing solution patterns with guidance from senior staff.
• Follow established security, data‑handling, and responsible‑AI procedures when using approved capabilities; document results and limitations and refer questions or issues to the appropriate team member.
• Use established procedures and basic analytical skills to troubleshoot simple application, API, data, or environment issues; record findings and seek assistance when a problem exceeds the assigned scope.
• Adapt existing prompt examples, starter kits, workflow components, and development templates for assigned use cases; maintain clear setup instructions and reproducible examples for review and reuse.
• Assist with demonstrations, training materials, office hours, hands‑on experimentation, and routine user support; capture user questions and feedback to help the team improve its guidance.
• Build working relationships with AI Enablement colleagues, mission users, and supporting platform and security teams; complete assigned tasks, communicate progress, and develop knowledge of MITRE capabilities and processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science, software engineering, systems engineering, or a related technical field; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• No prior full‑time professional experience is required.
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Secret U.S. Government issued Security Clearance within one year of hire.
• Per U.S. Government eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S. Citizen to be considered for a security clearance.
• Foundational knowledge of programming, software development, data handling, and AI/ML concepts, demonstrated through coursework, academic or personal projects, internships, research, or related work experience.
• Basic technical knowledge of applied AI, AI/ML workflows, LLM tools or APIs, software services, or developer environments, with the ability to learn approved tools and apply established practices to assigned work.
• Ability to implement and test a defined technical task, document results, and use existing examples or procedures to solve basic problems with guidance from more senior staff.
• Ability to receive and apply feedback, ask questions and check understanding, communicate technical information and progress clearly, and collaborate effectively with team members and users.
• Ability to work a hybrid schedule with a minimum on‑site presence of 3 days per week.

Qualifications

• Coursework, projects, internships, or research in applied AI, machine learning, or a related area.