AI Platform Lead with Security Clearance

Visionist Inc; Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 170,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee ownership (ESOP)

Competitive retirement contribution

Generous PTO & holidays

Parental leave benefits

Medical/dental/vision benefits

Salary range $170,000 - $240,000

Job summary

Visionist Inc. seeks an AI Platform Lead with Active Top Secret/SCI clearance and polygraph to drive an enterprise LLM-powered platform for analysts, engineers, and operators.

You will guide requirements, architect solutions, and mentor teams to deliver secure, scalable AI capabilities across mission domains. Strong leadership, stakeholder engagement, and hands-on delivery are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a technical discipline.
• 12 years of software development experience.
• Experience building, leading and mentoring engineering teams.
• Experience engaging with customers and end users to gather requirements and drive adoption.
• Hands-on experience building production applications serving hundreds to thousands of users.
• Experience designing and implementing agentic workflows or multi-agent orchestration systems.
• Experience leveraging AI coding assistants for code generation, refactoring, debugging, and automation (Codex, ClaudeCode).

Responsibilities

• Solicit requirements and architect an enterprise agentic platform to power intelligent workflows.
• Work with stakeholders, engineers, and analysts to map operational workflows and automation opportunities.
• Evaluate AI models, deployment architectures, and infrastructure options for balance of capability, performance, and cost.
• Advise customers on AI investment strategies and resource allocation for mission impact.
• Stay current on AI technologies and promote adoption of innovative capabilities.
• Lead and coordinate multiple engineering teams, define requirements, assign work, track execution.

Skills

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder collaboration

Architectural design

AI model evaluation

Team leadership

Production systems

Multi-agent orchestration

Codex

ClaudeCode

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Job description

Active Top Secret (TS/SCI) clearance with polygraph is required. Visionist has an exciting new, fully FUNDED opportunity for an AI Platform Lead on our largest PRIME contract. In this role, you will lead multiple engineering teams developing and deploying an enterprise LLM-powered platform that supports analysts, engineers, and operators across a variety of mission domains. As the primary technical voice for the platform, you will work directly with stakeholders and end users to define requirements, guide implementation strategies, and drive adoption of AI capabilities across the organization. We are seeking a technical leader who stays at the forefront of AI technologies, can balance mission needs with technical innovation, and is passionate about delivering secure, scalable, and impactful solutions in a rapidly evolving environment. For over 15 years, Visionist has been solving the Intelligence Community's toughest software and analysis challenges. As a 100% employee-owned company, we prioritize our people—your job security is assured. We embed small engineering teams with analysts to rapidly identify and solve mission capability gaps playing a critical role in defending our nation’s cyber infrastructure & providing expertise in malware analysis, attribution, mapping adversarial infrastructure, pen testing, and operational planning. Our open-door leadership team fosters a supportive culture, where internal growth and promotion opportunities are the norm. Don’t just take our word for it—check out our 4.8-star review on Glassdoor. Join a company that feels like a family with regular happy hours, baseball games, activity clubs and more. Check us out at www.visionistinc.com.

Your contributions are…

• Solicit requirements and architect an enterprise agentic platform designed to power intelligent, autonomous workflows
• Work directly with stakeholders, engineers, and cyber analysts to understand operational workflows and identify high-impact automation opportunities
• Evaluate AI models, deployment architectures, and infrastructure options to determine the optimal balance of capability, performance, and cost
• Advise customers on AI investment strategies and resource allocation to maximize mission impact and operational effectiveness
• Stay current on emerging AI technologies, industry trends, and best practices, advocating for the adoption of innovative capabilities where appropriate
• Conduct outreach and training efforts to promote adoption of AI capabilities and best practices across the user community
• Lead and coordinate multiple engineering teams by defining requirements, developing technical solutions, assigning work, and tracking execution against objectives
• Bachelor\'s degree in a technical discipline. (Additional 4 years of experience may substitute degree)
• 12 years of experience in software development
• Experience building, leading, and mentoring engineering teams with diverse technical backgrounds
• Demonstrated experience engaging with customers and end users to gather requirements, advocate for change, and drive adoption of technical solutions
• Hands on experience building and maintaining production applications servicing hundreds to thousands of users
• Experience designing and implementing agentic workflows, AI-powered applications, or multi-agent orchestration systems
• Experience leveraging AI coding assistants for code generation, refactoring, debugging, and automation (Codex, ClaudeCode)

Benefits of becoming a Visionist: Your New Career

• We are a 100% employee-owned company, so our employees see the benefit of their contributions and have a stake in our overall success!
• Competitive 15% retirement contribution! (5% 401K match & 10% ESOP)
• 4 weeks paid time off that is never “use or lose”, 12 paid holidays, comp time, overtime, AND flexible work hours
• 80 hours of paid parental leave with an additional $8,000 supplemental payment upon returning from maternity
• Medical, dental, & vision benefits for both individuals and families (those who waive medical benefits will receive an additional $4,160/year)
• Annual lifestyle bonus of $600 – use it towards gyms/fitness, new tech, or your HSA!
• Annual merit increases & performance-based bonuses
• Term life insurance, short-term disability, & long-term disability
• Salary range: $170,000 - $240,000

Disclaimer: Salary for this position, along with additional compensation options, will be determined on an individual basis following the interview process, considering various factors such as years of experience, skills, education/certifications, contract specifications, market conditions, etc.

U.S citizenship required (green card holders and permanent residents are not eligible). Applicants selected will be required to obtain / maintain a government security clearance. Visionist, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities employer.