Description of Task to be Performed:AnaVation is seeking a highly skilled AI Engineer to join our high-performing team and lead the research, design, development, and execution of specialized operational and analytic cyber capabilities in support of real-world missions.
Key Responsibilities Include:- Build scalable, production-ready AI/ML/GenAI models, pipelines, and microservices.
- Develop training, evaluation, and inference pipelines in Python using PyTorch, TensorFlow, or scikit learn.
- Deploy and manage models with MLOps, CI/CD, containerization, and monitoring frameworks.
- Implement vector databases, embeddings, LLM applications, agentic AI, and tool calling workflows.
- Optimize models for accuracy, latency, cost, and scalability across distributed environments.
- Ensure AI governance, documentation, ethical compliance, and secure posture alignment.
- Provide technical mentorship and drive cross-team engineering standardization.
This position requires an active Top Secret (TS) clearance and the ability to obtain SCI access with a CI polygraph. This position is on-site in Chantilly, VA.Required Qualifications:- Active Top Secret (TS) clearance with eligibility for Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) and ability to obtain a Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph.
- Bachelor's degree or master's degree with 10 years of experience specializing in AI/ML engineering
- Hands-on experience deploying production AI/GenAI and LLM systems, including embeddings, multi-model and multimodal orchestration, reasoning, memory, and tool execution.
- Proficiency with PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), with practical MLOps experience using MLflow, Azure ML, or Vertex AI.
- Experience implementing NLP, computer vision, reinforcement learning, temporal, spatial, geographic, or quantitative AI capabilities, including named entity recognition, contextual entity extraction, and entity resolution.
- Experience developing multi-step retrieval and structured output workflows with source citations, provenance, and traceable analytic results.
- Expertise in data architecture integrating vector, graph, and relational databases, including automated ETL pipeline development, scheduling, optimization, complex parsing, and schema-aligned ingestion and normalization of structured and unstructured data.
- Experience implementing data-layer Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) and end-to-end data lineage tracking.
- Experience supporting air-gapped, hybrid, and on-premises environments, including locally hosted GPU servers, hyperconverged infrastructure, container orchestration, distributed systems, and multitenant Cross-Domain Solutions (CDS).
- Proficiency in full-stack application development and integration using TypeScript, React, Python, FastAPI, LanceDB, Lance Graph, PostgreSQL, Temporal.io, Docker, and Kubernetes to connect user interfaces, backend services, middleware, retrieval systems, databases, and AI/GenAI services.
- Experience delivering and maintaining solutions in agile engineering environments.
- Requires an active Top Secret (TS) clearance and the ability to obtain SCI access with a CI polygraph.
- Requires the ability to work on-site in Chantilly, VA.
Preferred Qualifications:- Experience in federal, defense, or highly regulated environments.
- Knowledge of ethical AI, governance frameworks, and secure development practices.
- Skills in large-scale optimization, GPU acceleration, or distributed training.
- Experience building APIs, microservices, and automated ML workflows.
$95,352.72 - $212,566.06 a year
Please note: The listed salary range reflects our market-based compensation structure. Final compensation will depend on business needs, local market conditions, internal equity, and the selected candidate's skills, education, and experience.
Benefits - Generous cost sharing for medical insurance for the employee and dependents
- 100% company paid dental insurance for employees and dependents
- 100% company paid long-term and short-term disability insurance
- 100% company paid vision insurance for employees and dependents
- 401k plan with generous match and 100% immediate vesting
- Competitive Pay
- Generous paid leave and holiday package
- Tuition and training reimbursement
- Life and AD&D Insurance
