AI Engineering & Cyber Ops Capability Lead

ECS Corporate Services; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 215,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Everforth ECS Federal seeks a Senior AI Engineering & Cybersecurity Capability Lead to drive AI strategy, development, and operational integration across federal cybersecurity missions.

You will lead a multidisciplinary AI team, partnering with section chiefs and executives to translate emerging AI technologies into mission-ready capabilities and secure, production-ready solutions. Salary range is $215,000–$240,000 with Top Secret clearance and 10+ years of experience.

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret security clearance.
• 10+ years of relevant technical experience, including 2+ years in a technical leadership or management capacity.
• Demonstrated experience leading AI/ML engineering initiatives from solution architecture through production deployment.
• Hands-on experience with modern AI technologies, including LLMs, agentic AI frameworks, RAG architectures, machine learning, and AI automation.
• Proficiency in Python, API development, systems integration, data engineering, and modern software development practices.
• Experience designing and implementing AI solutions within secure enterprise environments.
• Working knowledge of cybersecurity operations, including threat detection, vulnerability management, incident response, or offensive/defensive security.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams, establish engineering direction, and mentor senior engineers.
• Experience advising senior technical or executive stakeholders and translating complex engineering concepts into mission outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Establish and execute the AI capability roadmap aligning priorities with cybersecurity objectives.
• Serve as the principal AI technical advisor to program leadership and executive stakeholders.
• Translate cybersecurity challenges into actionable AI initiatives with measurable outcomes.
• Evaluate emerging AI/ML technologies and identify opportunities for innovation.
• Define technical priorities and guide progression from POC to IOC/FOC and operations.
• Communicate progress, risks, and strategic recommendations to senior leadership.
• Lead architecture, development, integration, and deployment of AI/ML for offensive/defensive operations.
• Provide hands-on leadership in LLMs, agentic AI, RAG, ML, and intelligent workflow automation.
• Guide AI-enabled capabilities for threat hunting, adversary emulation, vulnerability prioritization, security analytics, and incident response.
• Integrate AI with SIEM/SOAR, vulnerability tools, threat intelligence, and security assessments.
• Oversee secure AI infrastructure including private hosting, GPUs, air-gapped deployments, data pipelines, and orchestration.
• Ensure compliance with FBI security requirements, RMF, and NIST AI RMF.

Skills

AI engineering

Cybersecurity

Technical leadership

Python

API development

Systems integration

Data engineering

LLMs

Agentic AI

RAG

Machine learning

Automation

Threat detection

Vulnerability management

Incident response

Secure enterprise environments

Tools

SIEM/SOAR

GPU environments

Private model hosting

Air-gapped deployments

Job description

Everforth ECS Federal seeks a Senior AI Engineering & Cybersecurity Capability Lead to drive AI strategy, development, and operational integration across federal cybersecurity missions.

You will lead a multidisciplinary AI team, partnering with section chiefs and executives to translate emerging AI technologies into mission-ready capabilities and secure, production-ready solutions. Salary range is $215,000–$240,000 with Top Secret clearance and 10+ years of experience.