Senior AI/ML Software Engineer — Secure Cloud & Mission

redalpha; Maryland; On-site; USD 200,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k with up to 10% match

Paid time off (25 days) and floating H

Health, dental, and vision insurance (

Job summary

Red Alpha is seeking a Senior AI/ML Software Engineer to design and implement AI-driven capabilities within secure, cloud-based mission systems. You will build full-stack applications and services using LLMs, RAG, and agentic workflows to support cyber data analysis and decision-making.

You will prototype, evaluate, and deploy AI/ML solutions in government environments, collaborating with Cyber Analysts and stakeholders to meet mission requirements and evolving data needs.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering and/or AI/ML experience.
• Strong Python development skills with APIs and backend services.
• Experience with LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG, embeddings, and model evaluation.
• Experience with cloud platforms and secure system integration for DoD/government environments.
• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop full-stack applications, services, and tools incorporating LLMs, RAG, agentic workflows, and other AI/ML capabilities.
• Develop and deploy AI/ML models and solutions for data mining, predictive modeling, knowledge discovery, and cyber data analysis.
• Integrate AI/ML capabilities into secure cloud-based architectures using standardized APIs and existing system components.
• Evaluate and monitor model performance using appropriate metrics and representative datasets, including monitoring for data and concept drift and supporting model retraining and fine-tuning.
• Work with Cyber Analysts to respond to vulnerability-related requests and continually improve LLM-enabled capabilities.
• Analyze data patterns related to system and network misconfigurations.
• Collaborate with data engineers, software developers, and stakeholders to define requirements, validate results, and support mission deliverables.
• Evaluate internally developed solutions against commercial, open-source, and industry-standard approaches through analyses of alternatives (AoAs).
• Ensure AI/ML workflows align with DoW cybersecurity, data privacy, and access control requirements, including within isolated cloud environments.
• Support knowledge sharing and training by developing tutorials, best practices, and guidance on AI/ML platforms, technologies, and implementation approaches.

Skills

Python development

LLMs / AI/ML concepts

Cloud platforms (AWS / Azure)

APIs & backend services

Data security & DoD compliance

ML model evaluation

Communication & collaboration

TS/SCI with Polygraph

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, or a related field

Tools

APIs

Containers

Cloud platforms (AWS / Microsoft)

Job description

Red Alpha is seeking a Senior AI/ML Software Engineer to design and implement AI-driven capabilities within secure, cloud-based mission systems. You will build full-stack applications and services using LLMs, RAG, and agentic workflows to support cyber data analysis and decision-making.

You will prototype, evaluate, and deploy AI/ML solutions in government environments, collaborating with Cyber Analysts and stakeholders to meet mission requirements and evolving data needs.