AI/ML Automation Engineer for Federal Cyber Defense

BCMC; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extremely competitive salary

Employer paid health, dental, vision

401k with company match

Job summary

BCMC is seeking an AI/ML Engineer to design and implement automated data pipelines and ML workflows for a U.S. Government customer in Arlington, VA. Build automation around data collection, malware analysis, and AI/LLM integrations with Databricks and cloud services.

Collaborate with analysts to translate requirements into scalable solutions, ensuring data quality and compliance. The role emphasizes automation, code documentation, and production-grade deployment across pilot to production

Qualifications

• US Citizenship is required for this role.
• Active Security clearance (TS/SCI preferred); ability to obtain DoD EOD suitability.
• 5+ years in automation/data engineering/software development.
• Experience with data ingestion pipelines on AWS and ML/AI toolchains.
• Strong Python programming and data manipulation skills.
• Experience with AI/LLM configuration and enterprise integration.
• Familiarity with version control and CI/CD practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop automated data pipelines for ML 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 platform development and enhancement.
• Develop scripts 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

Data pipelines

AWS

AI/LLM integration

ML pipelines

Databricks

APIs

CI/CD

Git

Containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)

Data modeling

Spark/Hadoop

Education

BS in Computer Science / Data Science or related field

HS Diploma + 7+ years relevant experience

Tools

Databricks

Docker

Kubernetes

Airflow/Prefect

Kafka/Kinesis

Spark

Hadoop

Job description

BCMC is seeking an AI/ML Engineer to design and implement automated data pipelines and ML workflows for a U.S. Government customer in Arlington, VA. Build automation around data collection, malware analysis, and AI/LLM integrations with Databricks and cloud services.

Collaborate with analysts to translate requirements into scalable solutions, ensuring data quality and compliance. The role emphasizes automation, code documentation, and production-grade deployment across pilot to production