Production ML Engineer – Secure Gov, AWS & Kubernetes

Freedom Technology Solutions Group, LLC; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Matching 401k

Fully paid medical

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Freedom Technology Solutions Group is seeking a Machine Learning Engineer to develop, deploy, and optimize production AI/ML capabilities for geospatial and intelligence systems. You will work at the intersection of software engineering, cloud architecture, and data science to build scalable ML pipelines for secure government environments.

This is a hands-on role focused on moving models from research into reliable production systems, with responsibilities spanning design, training, deployment,

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance (eligible for CI Poly)
• Experience in software development, system integration, or technical support roles
• Experience working with customers or stakeholders in technical or mission environments
• Strong communication and coordination across technical and non-technical teams
• Experience gathering and documenting requirements
• Ability to manage multiple tasks in a dynamic environment
• Familiarity with Agile development practices
• Experience using GitLab or similar tools for collaboration and tracking

Responsibilities

• Design, train, validate, and deploy machine learning models
• Build production inference pipelines
• Develop feature engineering workflows
• Optimize model performance and resource utilization
• Implement MLOps pipelines for CI/CD
• Build scalable APIs exposing AI capabilities
• Monitor drift and operational performance
• Collaborate with Data Scientists and Software Engineers
• Deploy AI workloads into AWS cloud environments
• Support computer vision, NLP, and geospatial AI initiatives
• Gather and refine customer requirements including data mapping and integration needs
• Assist in implementing integration solutions with development team members
• Facilitate stakeholder communications for timely requirements execution
• Ensure activities align with processes, standards, and mission objectives
• Document processes, procedures, integration patterns, and lessons learned

Skills

Python

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Scikit-learn

Hugging Face

MLflow

Docker/Podman

Kubernetes/EKS

ECS

Lambda

SageMaker

GitLab CI/CD

Linux

PostgreSQL/PostGIS

Aurora

Oracle (w/Spatial)

Redis

Elasticache

GDAL

Rasterio

OGR

Job description

Freedom Technology Solutions Group is seeking a Machine Learning Engineer to develop, deploy, and optimize production AI/ML capabilities for geospatial and intelligence systems. You will work at the intersection of software engineering, cloud architecture, and data science to build scalable ML pipelines for secure government environments.

This is a hands-on role focused on moving models from research into reliable production systems, with responsibilities spanning design, training, deployment,