Mission AI/ML Data Scientist (Part-Time, TS/SCI)

AIToolboard; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking an AI and ML Data Scientist to design, develop, and deploy advanced AI systems for military intelligence. You will work with analysts and engineers to build agentic AI capabilities that reason over diverse data sources, orchestrate workflows, and support human-in-the-loop decisions.

The role emphasizes retrieval-augmented generation, prompt strategies, and secure, explainable AI suitable for defense environments. A TS/SCI with polygraph is highly preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience developing AI/ML/NLP/LLM capabilities for mission, operational, or enterprise use cases.
• Experience building AI-enabled applications using Python and modern AI libraries.
• Experience with agentic AI, autonomous or semi-autonomous agents, tool-using agents, and multi-step reasoning workflows.
• Knowledge of information retrieval, embeddings, vector databases, semantic search, and data quality assessment.
• Ability to translate military/intelligence requirements into technical AI solutions and prototypes.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy AI systems that transform complex, fragmented data into actionable intelligence.
• Build agentic AI capabilities that reason over data, orchestrate workflows, and support human-in-the-loop decisions.
• Develop retrieval-augmented generation pipelines, evaluation frameworks, and prompt strategies.
• Collaborate with analysts, engineers, and mission stakeholders to deliver production-ready capabilities.

Skills

Python

PyTorch

LangChain

NLP

LLMs

Multi-agent systems

Data integration

Prompt engineering

Experimentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Data Science / CS / AI / ML / Engineering

Tools

LangChain

LlamaIndex

Hugging Face

CUDA

Job description

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking an AI and ML Data Scientist to design, develop, and deploy advanced AI systems for military intelligence. You will work with analysts and engineers to build agentic AI capabilities that reason over diverse data sources, orchestrate workflows, and support human-in-the-loop decisions.

The role emphasizes retrieval-augmented generation, prompt strategies, and secure, explainable AI suitable for defense environments. A TS/SCI with polygraph is highly preferred.