AI/ML Automation Engineer — Cyber Defense

Nightwing; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 99,000 - 206,000; Full time

Job summary

Nightwing seeks an AI/ML Engineer to join a government-focused team supporting onsite incident response. You will develop automated data pipelines, create automation workflows for malware collection and taxonomy, and implement AI/LLM integrations with Databricks and cloud services.

Role emphasizes automation scalability and data integrity. The position requires US citizenship and an active Secret clearance (TS/SCI preferred), with 5+ years in automation/data engineering or software development,

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Active Secret clearance; TS/SCI preferred.
• Ability to obtain Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Entry on Duty (EOD) Suitability.
• 5+ years of experience in automation engineering, data engineering, or software development.
• Experience with data ingestion pipeline design on AWS.
• Experience with AI/LLM configuration, tuning, and integration.
• Experience with Machine Learning (ML) pipelines.
• Strong programming skills in Python, with experience in data manipulation libraries.
• Experience with Amazon Bedrock (model access, endpoints, API Integration).
• Knowledge of automation frameworks and orchestration tools.
• Experience with APIs and integration technologies.
• Understanding of database systems and data modeling.
• Familiarity with version control (Git) and CI/CD practices.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to translate business requirements into automated solutions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent documentation and communication abilities.

Responsibilities

• Develop automated data pipelines for machine learning technology integration initiatives.
• Create automation workflows for malware sample collection, detonation, and taxonomy.
• Implement AI/LLM integrations with Databricks and other cloud services.
• Implement data integration automation between pilot and production systems.
• Support Automated Malware Analysis (AMA) platform development and enhancement.
• Develop scripts and tools to automate repetitive technical tasks.
• Create data transformation and normalization automation.
• Support AI/ML data preparation and feature engineering automation.
• Develop monitoring and alerting automation for integrated systems.
• Implement API integrations for data sharing and workflow automation.
• Document automation solutions and maintain code repositories.
• Support scaling automation from pilot to production environments.
• Optimize automation performance and efficiency.
• Collaborate with analysts to identify automation opportunities.
• Ensure automation solutions maintain data quality and integrity.
• Support continuous improvement of automated capabilities.

Skills

Python programming

AWS data ingestion

AI/LLM integration

ML pipelines

Git

CI/CD

data modeling

problem solving

documentation

communication

Education

BS in Computer Science / Data Science

DoD 8140 IAT Level III

CSSLP

Tools

Databricks

Airflow

Prefect

Docker

Kubernetes

Spark

Hadoop

Kafka

Kinesis

Git

Job description

Nightwing seeks an AI/ML Engineer to join a government-focused team supporting onsite incident response. You will develop automated data pipelines, create automation workflows for malware collection and taxonomy, and implement AI/LLM integrations with Databricks and cloud services.

Role emphasizes automation scalability and data integrity. The position requires US citizenship and an active Secret clearance (TS/SCI preferred), with 5+ years in automation/data engineering or software development,