Cleared AI/ML Engineer (Multiple Levels)

Job Description
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Responsibilities
Noblis is seeking to hire an AI/ML Engineer (Multiple Levels) with an ACTIVE Top
Secret with SCI and Polygraph in Chantilly, VA
As an experienced AI/ML Engineer with our team, you will be working with our federal clients to rapidly develop innovative solutions for our clients' immediate mission challenges with a focus on developing ML models. In your role, you will work on teams with other data scientists, software developers, and SMEs to apply the best practices and state of the art data science and machine learning processes. In this position, you will develop rapid prototype solutions to mission challenges by leveraging existing open-source models and technologies. Sample topic areas may include object detection, data triage, search/optimization, image/video analysis, facial recognition, behavior detection, and automated discovery.
Required Qualifications
Required Skills:

• All degrees must be in a STEM field such as computer science, statistics, data analytics, computer engineering, mathematics, etc.
• Experience working professionally in a Data Science or Development environment within the IC space(s).
• Experience developing and using agentic AI frameworks including Autogen.
• Experience with prompt engineering beyond traditional code writing and debugging. Understanding of how to craft prompts for discrete tasks such as data labeling and processing.
• Experience with asynchronous Python development using frameworks like Ray and FastAPI.
• Experience developing and deploying AI/ML models as part of production systems, implementing software development best practices for scalability and reliability.
• Experience developing and applying advanced machine learning methods including clustering, regression, optimization, recommender engines, and artificial neural networks.
• Deploying models into multi-node Ray clusters utilizing various GPU resources.
• Experience with developing and deploying resources to cloud environments.
• Experience working in Linux and Windows environments and managing resources for efficiency.
• ACTIVE Top Secret with SCI and Polygraph
• Required Technologies:

• • Python
  • Ray and FastAPI
  • Autogen and other agentic frameworks
  • PyTorch, Tensorflow, Keras, and Scikit
  • Experience using CUDA and NVIDIA GPU accelerated libraries

• Entry Level:
  • Bachelor's degree and 1+ year of experience or Master's degree and 0 years of experience.
  • Compensation range: $88,500 - $138,300
• Junior Level:
  • Bachelor's degree and 3+ years of experience or Master's degree and 1 year of experience.
  • Compensation range: $107,100 - $167,325
• Mid Level:
  • Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of experience or Master's degree and 3 years of experience.
  • Compensation range: $129,700 - $202,675
• Senior Level:
  • Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience or Master's degree and 5 years of experience.
  • Compensation range: $156,900 - $245,175

Desired Qualifications
Desired skills and knowledge:

• Understanding of MCP Tool calling and its use as part of an agentic workflow.
• The engineer has familiarity with industry best practices for software/hardware optimization specifically related to running ML models of GPUs.
• Experience working with cloud providers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Microsoft Azure.

Certificates/Security Clearances/Other
ACTIVE Top Secret with SCI and Polygraph