AI Data Scientist: RAG & LLMs for Safety Ops

Markon, Inc.; West Mifflin (Allegheny County); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

401(k) match

Flexible Spending Accounts

EAP

Training and Tuition Assistance

Paid Time Off

Holidays

Job summary

Markon, Inc. is seeking a senior Computer/Data Scientist to support the DOE client in West Mifflin, PA. You will design and deploy AI and data-driven systems for safety documents and procedures, applying retrieval-augmented generation and LLMs.

You will build interactive dashboards with Plotly Dash, write efficient Python, containerize applications, and collaborate with engineering and IT teams to meet performance and compliance requirements. Telework up to 10% is possible.

Qualifications

• Must have active DOE L clearance or a DoD Secret clearance to be considered.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a similar role.
• Proficiency in Python programming and computer science fundamentals.
• Hands-on experience with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and integration with word processing systems.
• Strong background in Natural Language Processing (NLP), including: Large Language Models (LLMs), clustering, vectorization, and embedding methods, tokenization and prompt engineering, model tuning and temperature optimization.
• Experience developing front-end applications using Plotly Dash.
• Demonstrated ability in project packaging and large-scale AI system deployment.
• Potential for telework up to 10%.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain AI and data-driven systems to support safety documentation and operational procedure generation using existing reactor servicing data.
• Implement retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) techniques and integrate large language models (LLMs) for intelligent data extraction, synthesis, and knowledge generation.
• Develop, test, and deploy scalable applications aligned with existing computational models.
• Design and build interactive visualization interfaces using Plotly Dash for data analysis and operational insights.
• Write, optimize, and maintain efficient Python code for AI workflows and automation.
• Package, containerize, and deploy large-scale AI and data science applications for production use.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering and IT teams to ensure AI tools meet performance, reliability, and compliance requirements.

Skills

Python

RAG techniques

LLMs

NLP

Tokenization

Prompt engineering

Plotly Dash

Containerization

Tools

Open WebUI

Haystack

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Data logging systems

Job description

Markon, Inc. is seeking a senior Computer/Data Scientist to support the DOE client in West Mifflin, PA. You will design and deploy AI and data-driven systems for safety documents and procedures, applying retrieval-augmented generation and LLMs.

You will build interactive dashboards with Plotly Dash, write efficient Python, containerize applications, and collaborate with engineering and IT teams to meet performance and compliance requirements. Telework up to 10% is possible.