Army VANTAGE LLM Engineer

Noblis, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 116,000 - 181,000; Full time

Job summary

Noblis is seeking an LLM Engineer for the OptiSource program supporting AMC's Organic Industrial Base Modernization Office. You will integrate and fine-tune LLMs (GPT, LLaMA, Mistral) and design NL interfaces, using LangChain, LlamaIndex, and vector databases to deliver predictive analytics on the Army VANTAGE platform.

This role requires a Bachelor's degree and at least 5 years in ML/NLP/AI, plus 2 years focused on LLMs and production deployments, and an active Secret clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 5 years ML/NLP/AI engineering.
• Minimum of 2 years focused on LLM development, fine-tuning, prompt engineering, or LLM integration.
• Experience deploying LLM interfaces to production
• Enterprise data platform integration (Palantir Foundry, Databricks) required.
• Active Secret security clearance is required. US citizenship is required.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the OptiSource team to define and implement predictive analytics within the Army VANTAGE platform.
• Translate customer requirements into deployable AI/ML solutions using Palantir Foundry.
• Support migration and enhancement of analytics apps into the Army's VANTAGE platform.

Skills

ML/NLP/AI eng

LLM development

Prompt engineering

LLM integration

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Palantir Foundry

Databricks

LangChain

HuggingFace

Pinecone

Chroma

Job description

Responsibilities

As an LLM Engineer for the Noblis OptiSource program supporting AMC's Organic Industrial Base Modernization Office, your responsibilities will include: LLM integration/fine-tuning (GPT, LLaMA, Mistral); prompt engineering; RAG architecture; Python ML (LangChain, LlamaIndex, HuggingFace); NL interface design; vector databases (Pinecone, Chroma); Palantir ontology integration; DoD AI ethics; model evaluation

Duties and Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

• Collaborate with the existing OptiSource development team (lead developer, scrum master, product owner) to define and implement predictive analytics capabilities within the Army VANTAGE platform




• Translate broadly scoped customer requirements into concrete, deployable AI/ML solutions using the Palantir Foundry toolset




• Support the migration and enhancement of an existing, proven analytics application from a contractor environment into the Army's VANTAGE platform

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 5 years ML/NLP/AI engineering




• Minimum of 2 years focused on LLM development, fine-tuning, prompt engineering, or LLM integration




• Experience deploying LLM interfaces to production




• Enterprise data platform integration (Palantir Foundry, Databricks) required.




• Active Secret security clearance is required. US citizenship is required.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience on DoD/Federal AI/ML programs, specifically Army VANTAGE or GCSS-A preferred

Overview

Noblis and our wholly owned subsidiaries, Noblis ESI and Noblis MSD, take on some of the nation’s toughest challenges, delivering advanced solutions to our customers’ most critical missions. We bring together leading scientific, engineering, and management expertise in a culture grounded in objectivity and collaboration, ensuring our work creates lasting impact across federal missions.

We work with a broad range of government agencies in the defense, intelligence, and federal civilian sectors. Learn more and find opportunities at careers.noblis.org (https://careers.noblis.org/about-noblis/)

Why Work at Noblis

At Noblis, we share a passion for excellence and innovation, and we create an environment where people can do meaningful work while maintaining the balance that keeps them energized and fulfilled. We seek out individuals with a natural curiosity and desire to collaborate and learn. We believe our people are our greatest strength, and we consistently seek exceptionally skilled, mission‑driven professionals who care deeply about doing work that enriches lives and makes our nation safer.

Noblis has earned numerous workplace awards (https://noblis.org/who-we-are/awards/) for our culture, our commitment to employee well‑being, and our dedication to meaningful, impactful work. We also maintain a drug‑free workplace.

Remote/hybrid status is subject to change based on Noblis and/or government requirements.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, sex, age, national origin, religion, physical or mental disability, pregnancy/childbirth and related medical conditions, veteran or military status, or any other characteristics protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact us (https://noblis.org/contact) .

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Total Rewards

At Noblis we recognize and reward your contributions, provide you with growth opportunities, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, and work-life programs. Our award programs acknowledge employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our service standards. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in our benefit programs. Other offerings may be provided for employees not within this category. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Benefits (https://careers.noblis.org/benefits/) page on our Careers (https://careers.noblis.org/) site.

Compensation at Noblis is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the combination of education, certifications, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, internal and external equity, location, clearance level, as well as contract-specific affordability, organizational requirements and applicable employment laws. The projected compensation range for this position is based on full time status. For part time or on-call staff, compensation is proportionately adjusted based on hours worked. While monetary compensation is important, it's just one component of Noblis’ total compensation package.

Posted Salary Range

USD $115,500.00 - USD $180,525.00 /Yr.