Lead Machine Learning Engineer

NewGen Technologies

$130K — $155K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • US Citizenship required
  • Top Secret Clearance essential
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field
  • Master's or doctoral degree in relevant field preferred
  • Minimum of 8 years designing and building data-intensive solutions
  • Proven experience in delivering ML models that address real business problems
  • Ability to mentor and coach junior team members

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with an Agile team to enhance big data and ML capabilities
  • Maintain and monitor machine learning models in production
  • Develop or leverage cloud-based architectures for scalable ML model deployment
  • Advise Government on vendor platforms and ensure fitness for application
  • Manage code to reduce vulnerabilities and ensure governance from a risk perspective
  • Utilize programming languages such as Python, Scala, or Java

Benefits

  • Onsite work at Fort Belvoir, VA up to 5 days a week
  • Engagement in state-of-the-art big data and machine learning applications
  • Opportunity to work with government stakeholders and software vendors
  • Role allows for significant impact on Defense Cyber Operations
  • Professional development opportunities through mentorship and collaboration
Full Job Description
Assist in creating cybersecurity solutions working with cloud-based architecture (AWS Services). You will work directly with the stakeholders to understand requirements and work with the teams to ensure the technologies available to the Government can be turned into solutions they can use. Liaise with government software vendors and other asset creators; lead coordination of point solutions into broader capabilities for Defense Cyber Operations (DCO).

Work is onsite at Fort Belvoir, VA up to 5 days per week.

Responsibilities
  • Collaborate as part ofa cross-functional Agile team to create and enhance capabilities that enable state-of-the-art big data and ML applications
  • Retrain, maintain, and monitor models in production
  • Leverage or build cloud-based architectures, technologies, and/or platforms to deliver optimized ML models at scale
  • Be a trusted advisor to the Government to ensure all third party vendors platforms and code delivered is "fit for purpose"
  • Ensure all code is well-managed to reduce vulnerabilities, models are well-governed from a risk perspective
  • Use programming languages like Python, Scala, or Java
Requirements
  • US Citizenship
  • Top Secret Clearance
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field
  • Master's or doctoral degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or similar field
  • At least 8 years of experience designing and building data-intensive solutions using distributed computing (internship experience does not apply)
  • Proven track record in designing, building, and/or delivering ML models and components that solve real-world business problems, while working in collaboration with other technical teams
  • Ability to mentor and coach junior resources with delivery tasks
  • Self-motivated, with the ability to work effectively both independently and in a team environment
  • Certifications in Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence / Data Science
  • Familiarity with agile development methodologies
  • 5-8 years of experience in a ML/AI development and/or lead role

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