Machine Learning Engineer, AI Model Developer – Mid to Senior, Top Secret Clearance Required

Jobtailor; Quantico (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced AI/ML Engineer to design, develop, train, evaluate, and deploy models supporting mission objectives at a DoD program in Virginia. You will collaborate with Government stakeholders to define problems, success metrics, and evaluation criteria, and prepare model briefs documenting performance and trade studies.

The role requires hands-on data engineering collaboration, backend service development, and cloud-native deployment within secure environments.

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret Security Clearance.
• Ability to obtain and maintain access required for the program.
• Experience supporting Department of Defense or Federal Government AI/ML programs.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, train, evaluate, and deploy machine learning models supporting mission objectives.
• Collaborate with Government stakeholders to define AI/ML problems, success metrics, and evaluation criteria.
• Develop Model Selection Briefs documenting model performance, trade studies, reproducibility artifacts, and technical recommendations.
• Integrate Government-provided human baseline results into model evaluation and performance analysis.
• Design and coordinate Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) baseline experiments when baseline data does not exist.
• Support implementation and operational integration of production-ready machine learning models.
• Collaborate with data engineers to prepare, validate, and optimize datasets for AI/ML workloads.
• Develop backend services and APIs supporting AI-enabled applications.
• Support cloud-native model development, deployment, and lifecycle management within secure environments.
• Participate in architecture discussions, code reviews, testing, documentation, and quality assurance activities.
• Work closely with Government customers and Agile development teams to deliver innovative AI solutions that meet mission requirements.

Skills

Machine Learning

Model Evaluation

Dataset Optimization

Backend Service Development

API Development

Tools

Agile Development

Cloud Computing

Job description

• Design, develop, train, evaluate, and deploy machine learning models supporting mission objectives.
• Collaborate with Government stakeholders to define AI/ML problems, success metrics, and evaluation criteria.
• Develop Model Selection Briefs documenting model performance, trade studies, reproducibility artifacts, and technical recommendations.
• Integrate Government-provided human baseline results into model evaluation and performance analysis.
• Design and coordinate Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) baseline experiments when baseline data does not exist.
• Support implementation and operational integration of production-ready machine learning models.
• Collaborate with data engineers to prepare, validate, and optimize datasets for AI/ML workloads.
• Develop backend services and APIs supporting AI-enabled applications.
• Support cloud-native model development, deployment, and lifecycle management within secure environments.
• Participate in architecture discussions, code reviews, testing, documentation, and quality assurance activities.
• Work closely with Government customers and Agile development teams to deliver innovative AI solutions that meet mission requirements.

Requirements

• Active Top Secret Security Clearance
• Ability to obtain and maintain access required for the program.
• Experience supporting Department of Defense or Federal Government AI/ML programs.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in designing, developing, and deploying machine learning models within secure environments, while collaborating effectively with Government stakeholders and Agile teams to meet mission objectives. Proficient in model evaluation, dataset optimization, and backend service development for AI-enabled applications.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Machine Learning Model Development
• AI/ML Problem Definition
• Human-in-the-Loop Experiment Design
• Cloud-Native Model Deployment
• Active Top Secret Security Clearance

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Machine Learning
• Model Evaluation
• Dataset Optimization
• Backend Service Development
• API Development

Soft Skills

• Collaboration
• Communication

Certifications & Qualifications

• Top Secret Security Clearance

Industry Keywords

• Department of Defense
• Federal Government
• AI Programs
• Model Selection Briefs

Tools & Technologies

• Agile Development
• Cloud Computing