AI/ML Engineer

Bridge Core (BCore)

$180K — $220K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Active TS clearance (with SCI Eligibility) and CI Poly required.
  • Bachelor's degree in STEM required; Master's degree preferred.
  • 3+ years of experience with machine learning and data analysis tools.
  • Experience in full software development life cycle best practices.
  • Willingness to work in a SCIF environment and participate in on-call support.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement cloud-native infrastructure and deployment pipelines.
  • Lead architectural efforts for secure and scalable cloud infrastructure.
  • Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines for microservices.
  • Develop full-stack applications ensuring reliability and operational excellence.
  • Implement monitoring and alerting for production systems.
  • Drive security-first design for infrastructure.
  • Mentor team members in DevOps best practices.

Benefits

  • Recognized achievements through service anniversaries and spot awards.
  • Join a passionate team of IT engineering professionals.
  • Comprehensive benefits including Health, Dental, and Vision.
  • 401(k) plan with company contributions.
  • Paid Time Off and life insurance options.
Full Job Description
Overview

AI/ML Engineer

Springfield, VA or Herndon, VA

Active TS (SCI eligibility) clearance and CI poly

Do you want to join a team that is building tailored technical solutions to modernize our government's mission and our client's business? Do you have a desire to change how people work? Are you interested in helping to protect our nation's cyber interests? Join our growing team as an AI/ML Engineer, supporting the NGA customer mission.

Responsibilities

What you get to do every day:
  • Design, implement, and maintain cloud-native infrastructure and deployment pipelines using Infrastructure as Code.
  • Lead and architect scalable, secure, and resilient infrastructure solutions across multiple cloud environments.
  • Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines for complex microservices architectures.
  • Develop and maintain full-stack applications while ensuring operational excellence and reliability.
  • Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions for production systems.
  • Drive security-first infrastructure design and implementation.
  • Mentor team members on DevOps best practices and cloud-native technologies


Qualifications

Clearance Required: Active TS clearance (with SCI Eligibility) and CI Poly

Education/Experience:
  • Requires Bachelor's degree or above in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM)
  • 3+ years of machine learning/statistical modeling data analysis tools and techniques


Required Skills:

  • Must be willing to work in SCIF daily or as needed, and participate in on-call rotation for production support as needed
  • Experience in professional software engineering & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, software architectures, code reviews, source control management, continuous deployments, testing, and operational excellence
  • Must be willing to work in SCIF at AWS Herndon or Springfield, VA Site up to 100% of each week

What is ideal?

  • Master's degree or above in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM)
  • Experience working on multi-team, cross-disciplinary projects
  • Experience applying quantitative analysis to solve business problems and making data-driven business decisions
  • Experience in defining and creating benchmarks for assessing GenAI model performance
  • Experience with Python, SQL/NoSQL, and API development for building and deploying AI/ML solutions
  • Experience working with Large Language Models (LLMs), prompt engineering, and generative AI frameworks
  • Intelligence Community Experience preferred


What you can expect from us

  • Recognizing great achievements do not go unnoticed by bcore through service anniversaries, spot awards, and employee referral bonuses
  • You'll join a growing organization of passionate, top-shelf, IT engineering professionals with extensive experience in actively developing the technology revolution in the Intelligence community
  • The expected salary range within the Washington, DC metropolitan area is $180,00-$220,000. Final compensation is unique to each individual and will be determined based on factors such as experience, education, geographic location, and contractual requirements. This is not a guarantee.
  • Benefits include Health/Dental/Vision, 401(k), Paid Time Off, STD/LTD/Life Insurance/Voluntary Life Insurance, Stipends, Referral Bonuses, and more.

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