AI/ML Engineer, Automation & Data Pipelines

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

401k plan

PTO

Holidays

Job summary

Nightwing Group seeks an AI/ML Engineer to design and implement automation for machine learning integrations, scaling workflows from pilot to production in a security-focused environment. The role emphasizes agentic workflows, automated analysis, and cloud-based data pipelines.

You will build pipelines, automate data preparation and feature engineering, and collaborate with analysts to identify automation opportunities while ensuring data quality and system reliability.

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science, Data Science, or related field; or HS Diploma with 7+ years of directly relevant experience.
• 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.
• 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

Data engineering

ML pipelines

API integration

CI/CD

Git

AWS

Databricks

Education

BS in Computer Science / Data Science or related

HS Diploma + 7+ years relevant experience

Tools

Databricks

Airflow

Docker

Kubernetes

Spark

Kafka

Kinesis

Git

Job description

Nightwing Group seeks an AI/ML Engineer to design and implement automation for machine learning integrations, scaling workflows from pilot to production in a security-focused environment. The role emphasizes agentic workflows, automated analysis, and cloud-based data pipelines.

You will build pipelines, automate data preparation and feature engineering, and collaborate with analysts to identify automation opportunities while ensuring data quality and system reliability.