NLP & LLM Expert for DoD Programs (TS/SCI)

US101 Guidehouse Inc.; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 113,000 - 188,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Mobility Stipend

Learning Opportunities

Job summary

Guidehouse in Bethesda, MD is seeking a Technical SETA with deep NLP expertise to support a government research program from development through transition. You will serve as SME on NLP, LLMs, and text analytics in high‑assurance environments.

The role requires active TS/SCI with polygraph, a PhD or Masters preferred, and 8+ years in physics, CS, or related fields. Salary range is $113k–$188k, with comprehensive benefits and opportunities to advance in national security projects.

Qualifications

• ACTIVE TS/SCI with polygraph is required.
• Bachelor’s degree in physics, mathematics, CS, or engineering.
• 8+ years of work experience in physics, mathematics, CS, or engineering.
• Experience with NLP pipelines and transformer architectures.
• Knowledge of AI/ML in data-intensive environments.
• Ability to develop and evaluate NLP pipelines and governance.

Responsibilities

• Provide SME in NLP, LLMs, and text analytics.
• Attend meetings, workshops, conferences, and testing events.
• Support lifecycle of a research program from development to transition.

Skills

NLP expertise

LLMs knowledge

AI governance

Text analytics

Data pipelines

Education

Bachelor’s degree in physics, mathematics, CS

Master’s or PhD (nice to have)

Tools

Hugging Face

PyTorch

TensorFlow

spaCy

Model fine-tuning

Job description

Guidehouse in Bethesda, MD is seeking a Technical SETA with deep NLP expertise to support a government research program from development through transition. You will serve as SME on NLP, LLMs, and text analytics in high‑assurance environments.

The role requires active TS/SCI with polygraph, a PhD or Masters preferred, and 8+ years in physics, CS, or related fields. Salary range is $113k–$188k, with comprehensive benefits and opportunities to advance in national security projects.