AI/ML Engineer, TS/SCI — DoD Production ML Ops

Parsons; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 104,000 - 181,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons is seeking an experienced ML/AI Engineer to join the Joint Staff CDAO team. You will design, develop, and operationalize AI/ML capabilities within MSS Foundry, building production-grade APIs and MLOps to enable secure DoD deployments.

You will work with software and data engineers, mission stakeholders, and security teams to deliver scalable AI solutions, monitor performance, and ensure governance across production systems in secure environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, AI, Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in ML/AI engineering, software engineering, or related technical field.
• Hands-on experience deploying ML/AI solutions in production.
• Experience developing AI/ML APIs, services, or integrations.
• Proficiency in Python and modern AI/ML frameworks/libraries.
• Experience with MLOps and ML lifecycle management.
• Experience with Databricks (MLflow/Workflows).
• Experience with production AI/ML workflows and model monitoring.
• Active TS/SCI security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement AI agentic workflows to automate classification, summarization, enrichment, and routing of lessons-learned data.
• Develop and integrate AI/ML capabilities within MSS Foundry applications and mission systems.
• Create robust APIs and services for AI capabilities interacting with data platforms and external systems.
• Leverage Databricks MLOps for model lifecycle management, orchestration, experimentation, and deployment.
• Build automated processes for model validation, evaluation, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure AI/ML solutions scale and operate reliably in production environments.
• Integrate structured and unstructured data to support AI-enabled workflows.
• Collaborate with engineers and stakeholders to turn requirements into AI/ML solutions.
• Monitor production AI/ML systems and troubleshoot performance and security issues.

Skills

Python

MLOps

Databricks MLflow

REST APIs

Production ML

AI frameworks

Security clearance TS/SCI

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Data Science/AI/Engineering

Tools

Databricks

MLflow

Unity Catalog

Palantir Foundry / MSS Foundry

Job description

Parsons is seeking an experienced ML/AI Engineer to join the Joint Staff CDAO team. You will design, develop, and operationalize AI/ML capabilities within MSS Foundry, building production-grade APIs and MLOps to enable secure DoD deployments.

You will work with software and data engineers, mission stakeholders, and security teams to deliver scalable AI solutions, monitor performance, and ensure governance across production systems in secure environments.