Senior AI/ML Ops Engineer — Production ML for CBP (Hybrid VA)

MANTECH; Ashburn (VA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

MANTECH seeks a motivated Senior AI ML Engineer for a hybrid role in Ashburn, VA, delivering AI/ML solutions for CBP. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deploy models into production across cloud and edge environments.

The ideal candidate has deep experience with predictive modeling lifecycles, LLMs, LangChain, and MLOps, and can optimize for latency, throughput, and cost while ensuring reliability and security. Strong communication and customer-centric approach are required.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with AI/ML project lifecycles and cross-functional collaboration.
• Hands-on with LLMs, model deployment, and MLOps practices.
• Experience deploying ML/LLM services in cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Strong understanding of vector databases, RESTful APIs, and data pipelines.
• Ability to optimize latency, throughput, and inference costs while maintaining reliability.

Responsibilities

• Lead the integration and deployment of trained AI/ML models into production environments (cloud and edge).
• Develop and optimize model training and inference pipelines for real-time execution and large-scale data.
• Collaborate with data science to implement automated model health monitoring and refresh.
• Implement CI/CD/CT workflows with ML platforms and services.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to build scalable feature stores for training/execution.
• Research and evaluate new MLOps tools suitable for CBP environment.

Job description

MANTECH seeks a motivated Senior AI ML Engineer for a hybrid role in Ashburn, VA, delivering AI/ML solutions for CBP. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deploy models into production across cloud and edge environments.

The ideal candidate has deep experience with predictive modeling lifecycles, LLMs, LangChain, and MLOps, and can optimize for latency, throughput, and cost while ensuring reliability and security. Strong communication and customer-centric approach are required.