Senior AI/ML Engineer for Mission Systems

Booz Allen Hamilton; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 99,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking an experienced Senior AI/ML Engineer to design, build, and deploy advanced AI/ML solutions for mission systems. You will contribute end-to-end work from data processing to MLOps and integration into operational environments.

You will work on NLP/LLM pipelines, computer vision, and scalable AI services in a production environment, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver production-grade systems aligned with Booz Allen’s AI modernization approaches.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience developing ML models (NLP/LLM, CV, deep learning, or RL)
• Experience deploying AI/ML capabilities in a microservice stack
• Experience building or maintaining production-grade APIs and distributed systems
• Experience designing, configuring, or deploying software systems in operational environments
• Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam
• Bachelor's degree required

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement AI/ML models (NLP/LLM pipelines, CV) aligned to mission requirements
• Build scalable data pipelines for training, evaluation, and improvement of models
• Develop end-to-end production systems (microservices, APIs, automation, cloud-native/edge)
• Integrate AI/ML into operational environments with security, reliability, observability, performance
• Conduct model optimization, tuning, versioning, AB testing
• Apply software engineering patterns (Python, Java, Scala, Rust) with microservices and distributed systems
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams and support design reviews

Skills

ML/NLP/LLM development

Production APIs & microservices

Programming: Python/Java/Scala/Rust

MLOps & CI/CD

TS/SCI clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree in CS/AI/Engineering

Tools

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

NumPy

Pandas

PyTorch

TensorFlow

scikit-learn

Job description

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking an experienced Senior AI/ML Engineer to design, build, and deploy advanced AI/ML solutions for mission systems. You will contribute end-to-end work from data processing to MLOps and integration into operational environments.

You will work on NLP/LLM pipelines, computer vision, and scalable AI services in a production environment, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver production-grade systems aligned with Booz Allen’s AI modernization approaches.