Security-Cleared ML Engineer | National Security AI

Nixil Pty; Canberra; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Part time

Job summary

Nixil Pty is seeking a Machine Learning Specialist in Canberra to develop and operationalise reliable ML solutions for national security capabilities. You will work across data preparation, modeling, deployment, and monitoring within secure environments.

The role emphasizes building robust pipelines, validating models, and ensuring reproducible workflows while maintaining compliance with security requirements. This is a fixed-term engagement with start in March 2027 and end in June 2027.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience delivering machine learning solutions through development and deployment.
• Strong Python, SQL and machine learning framework skills.
• Experience with model validation, versioning, monitoring and reproducible workflows.
• Knowledge of automated testing, CI/CD and secure development practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop, evaluate and tune machine learning models.
• Prepare training data and implement feature engineering.
• Deploy models and integrate them into applications and data pipelines.
• Monitor performance, investigate drift and manage retraining.

Skills

Python

SQL

ML frameworks

Model validation

CI/CD

Secure development practices

Job description

Nixil Pty is seeking a Machine Learning Specialist in Canberra to develop and operationalise reliable ML solutions for national security capabilities. You will work across data preparation, modeling, deployment, and monitoring within secure environments.

The role emphasizes building robust pipelines, validating models, and ensuring reproducible workflows while maintaining compliance with security requirements. This is a fixed-term engagement with start in March 2027 and end in June 2027.