Mission-Driven AI/ML Engineer (TS Clearance Eligible)

Colvin Run; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Colvin Run Networks seeks a Senior AI/ML Engineer to join a federal civilian modernization program. This full-time role, based in Northern Virginia with a hybrid work model, requires U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain a Top Secret clearance.

The position offers a salary range of $160,000 to $210,000 per year, dependent on experience, within a mission-driven environment. You will design and deploy ML and generative AI capabilities, bring prototypes to production in secure environments,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/engineering/math/data science or related field.
• 8+ years of relevant experience, including at least 3 years working with AI technologies.
• Hands-on production experience designing, training, and deploying machine learning models.
• Strong Python programming, plus working knowledge of Java or R.
• Experience with ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or Keras, and libraries such as scikit-learn.
• Working knowledge of statistics, data modeling, and software architecture as they apply to ML systems.
• Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, containers (Docker or Kubernetes), and SQL.
• Must be a U.S. citizen with the capability of obtaining a Top Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Build models people use: Design, train, and retrain ML and generative AI capabilities, including retrieval-augmented generation and agent-based workflows, to solve real operational problems.
• Take prototypes to production: Move models into secure production environments using Git, CI/CD, and containers, and support the security authorization the agency requires before anything goes live.
• Measure and monitor: Build evaluation, drift detection, and explainability checks that catch a bad output before an end user does.
• Integrate with the program's systems: Connect models to applications, dashboards, and repositories through APIs and services.
• Work with the people who will use it: Sit with analysts and operators to define the question, the data, and what a model is allowed to decide versus what needs human review.
• Document the system: Record assumptions, limitations, evaluation results, and operating procedures clearly enough that someone other than you could run the system.

Skills

Python

Java

R

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Keras

scikit-learn

Git

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

SQL

Statistics

ML deployment

ML systems architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, data science, or a related field

Tools

Databricks

AWS

Azure

Power BI

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD tools

Job description

Colvin Run Networks seeks a Senior AI/ML Engineer to join a federal civilian modernization program. This full-time role, based in Northern Virginia with a hybrid work model, requires U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain a Top Secret clearance.

The position offers a salary range of $160,000 to $210,000 per year, dependent on experience, within a mission-driven environment. You will design and deploy ML and generative AI capabilities, bring prototypes to production in secure environments,