Senior AI Engineer

Markon, LLC.

$120K — $200K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
  • Bachelor's degree plus 8 years of relevant experience or equivalent.
  • Proficiency in object-oriented languages like Python and Java.
  • Experience with PySpark, Jupyter Notebooks, Kubernetes, and Docker.
  • Familiarity with Elasticsearch, GHOSTMACHINE, and Query Time Analytics.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with customers to create AI workflows and develop analytics from existing artifacts.
  • Utilize diverse data sources to address knowledge gaps regarding user activities and technology.

Benefits

  • Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance.
  • Professional development opportunities for career growth.
  • Access to cutting-edge AI technologies.
  • Contributions to high-impact projects with national significance.
  • Supportive team environment with a focus on innovation.
Full Job Description
Description

PLEX Solutions, A Part of Markon is looking for a Sr. AI Engineer o support the Technology Trending Solutions mission, leading the design, development, and deployment of mission-critical AI and analytics solutions within a highly governed environment. The ideal candidate has deep experience implementing analytic governance (e.g., AVG) and AI governance frameworks (e.g., AAA), and can ensure all models, data, and workflows are compliant, auditable, and aligned with customer and enterprise policy. The Senior AI Engineer will integrate advanced AI capabilities through APIs such as OpenAI and AWS Bedrock, and build intuitive front-end experiences using technologies like EX, AWS Amplify, and React. The role requires hands-on expertise with analytic development environments and cloud-native platforms (e.g., GMLearn, Container Yard, AWS SageMaker, AWS EKS), as well as strong agile delivery skills using Scrum or Kanban and tools such as Jira and Confluence. The candidate must be highly proficient with modern version control and model/code management using Git, GitLab, Hugging Face, Bailo (or similar), and demonstrate a proven track record of driving AI solutions from concept through governed production deployment in sensitive, mission-focused environments.

Responsibilities
  • Mission Focus: Collaborate closely with customers to build AI workflows and develop analytics based off artifacts to use AI to flag data of interest and summarize.
  • Technical Proficiency: Creatively leverage disparate data to fill knowledge gaps in user activities, collection efforts, and technology discovery.
Qualifications
  • Active TS/SCI W/ Polygraph
  • Bachelor's degree plus 8-years of relevant experience or equivalent.
  • Proficiency with object-oriented languages (Python and Java) and experience with PySpark, Jupyter Notebooks, Kubernetes, docker, Elasticsearch, GHOSTMACHINE, and Query Time Analytics.
Desired Qualifications:
  • Knowledge of customer corporate tools and data repositories.
Salary RangeUSD $120,000.00 - USD $200,000.00 /Yr.The Markon pay range for this position is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

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