Senior AI/ML Lead for Operational Analytics & Decision Support

Jobtailor; Colorado; On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced AI/ML leader to support Combatant Commands with data-driven operations. You will design, develop, and deploy AI/ML models for operational analysis, campaign assessment, and decision support, delivering actionable insights to planners and decision-makers.

You will build scalable pipelines, integrate multi-source data, and create dashboards and analytic platforms that provide real-time insights while ensuring transparency and ROI alignment with mission

Qualifications

• Active Top-Secret clearance and SCI eligibility.
• Bachelor’s degree in data science, CS, AI/ML, math, or related field with 8+ years of experience.
• Proven experience deploying AI/ML models in operational or mission-focused environments.
• Strong proficiency in Python and AI/ML libraries (TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn).
• Experience building data pipelines and cloud architectures (AWS, Azure, or equivalent).
• Experience integrating multi-source data into analytic models.
• Experience applying AI/ML to information environment, intelligence, cyber, or national security problem sets.
• Ability to translate complex AI/ML outputs into actionable insights for decision-makers.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the lead AI/ML technical expert supporting data-driven operations across planning, execution, and assessment activities for CCMDs.
• Design, develop, and deploy AI/ML models to support operational analysis, campaign assessment, and decision support.
• Develop and operationalize AI-enabled capabilities that automate data ingestion, processing, and analysis across structured and unstructured data sources.
• Build and maintain scalable model pipelines and architectures supporting cross-domain and enterprise-level data integration.
• Apply AI/ML techniques such as predictive modeling, clustering, natural language processing, and network analysis to identify patterns, trends, narratives, and adversary behaviors in the information environment.
• Integrate AI/ML outputs into operational workflows, enabling support to planning, integration, data operations, assessment, and operational execution.
• Collaborate with planners, Assessment Integrators, Data Scientists, and operational staff to translate analytic outputs into actionable insights for decision-makers.
• Develop and support AI-enabled dashboards, decision-support tools, and analytic platforms that provide real-time or near-real-time insights.
• Support the development of reusable models and frameworks that can scale across multiple CCMDs and mission sets.
• Ensure models are transparent, explainable, and aligned to mission requirements, including measurement of effectiveness and operational impact (ROI-informed outputs).

Skills

Active Top-Secret clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in data science, computer science, AI/ML, mathematics, or related field

Tools

Python

TensorFlow

PyTorch

scikit-learn

AWS/Azure

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced AI/ML leader to support Combatant Commands with data-driven operations. You will design, develop, and deploy AI/ML models for operational analysis, campaign assessment, and decision support, delivering actionable insights to planners and decision-makers.

You will build scalable pipelines, integrate multi-source data, and create dashboards and analytic platforms that provide real-time insights while ensuring transparency and ROI alignment with mission