Senior AI Engineer (TS/SCI Eligible) - Cloud & MLOps

Navitas Business Consulting; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Navitas Business Consulting seeks an AI Engineer for our DC Metro team. The role focuses on designing, developing, and governing AI/ML architectures to modernize enterprise platforms while aligning with governance standards.

You will build data pipelines, establish model governance, and design agentic AI solutions, collaborating with enterprise architects. A TS clearance with SCI eligibility is required, plus relevant degrees and cloud experience.

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or related field; Master preferred.
• 3+ years of AI/ML engineering or solution development experience.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Experience with Python, machine learning frameworks, and API development.
• Understanding of AI governance, model lifecycle management, and data architecture concepts.
• Must be DOW 8140 certified
• Ability to obtain and maintain required Top Secret government security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Support the design and implementation of AI/ML architectures and cloud-based data pipelines.
• Develop AI model governance frameworks, monitoring processes, and lifecycle management capabilities.
• Design and implement agentic AI architectures, including multi-agent orchestration frameworks and autonomous workflow solutions.
• Develop retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) architectures and vector database integrations.
• Support explainability, bias detection, model performance monitoring, and drift management activities.
• Collaborate with enterprise architects and engineering teams to integrate AI technologies into enterprise platforms.
• Support architecture governance reviews and technical assessments.
• Document AI architecture designs, standards, and implementation guidance.

Skills

AI/ML engineering

Python

Cloud platforms

Model governance

Data architecture concepts

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

API development

Vector databases

Job description

Navitas Business Consulting seeks an AI Engineer for our DC Metro team. The role focuses on designing, developing, and governing AI/ML architectures to modernize enterprise platforms while aligning with governance standards.

You will build data pipelines, establish model governance, and design agentic AI solutions, collaborating with enterprise architects. A TS clearance with SCI eligibility is required, plus relevant degrees and cloud experience.