Senior AI/ML Systems Engineer — TS/SCI

Cornerstone Defense LLC; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Cornerstone Defense LLC in Herndon, VA seeks an AI/ML Engineer to join a team delivering AI/ML enabled enterprise services. The role focuses on building high-performance, distributed systems for petabyte-scale data with scalable and secure architectures.

You will work with software developers, ETL, and data scientists to enhance existing apps and build new web services with production cadence for mission analytics.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated 4-6 years in backend development – proficient in Python and Java.
• Demonstrated 4-6 years in frontend development like Angular.
• Demonstrated 6-8 years of AWS Architecture design proficiency.
• Significant proficiency 6-8 years in Linux – shell scripting and system checks.
• Demonstrated 2-3 years working with AI/ML development and data science understanding.
• Agile software development experience (Scrum/Kanban).
• Experience with Jira, Confluence, and GitHub for docs and collaboration.
• Minimum 6-8 years SQL/NoSQL databases experience.
• Minimum 6-8 years Cloud services (C2S or AWS).
• Minimum 6-8 years search/analytic tools (Elasticsearch/Solr/OpenSearch).
• Minimum 2-4 years ETL with large structured/unstructured data.
• Ability to decompose concepts into tasks and manage to deadlines.
• 6-8 years microservices with Docker/Podman/containerization.

Responsibilities

• Integrating AI/ML technology into a production web application.
• Participation with iterative software development teams with reporting.
• Design, develop and unit test code for production system and demos.
• Develop rapid prototypes to refine requirements and design.
• Provide demos and walkthroughs of features to diverse audiences.
• Meet with stakeholders, translate requirements into user stories and tasks.
• Create technical docs and briefing materials for program reviews.
• Write and maintain docs for workflows, integrations, and compliance.
• Optimize performance, ensuring scalability and security.

Skills

Python/Java

Angular

AWS Architecture

Linux/Shell

AI/ML basics

Agile methodologies

ETL/data processing

Microservices

OO programming (Python)

Tools

Jira Confluence GitHub

Docker

ElasticSearch OpenSearch

SQL/NoSQL

AWS (C2S)

Job description

Cornerstone Defense LLC in Herndon, VA seeks an AI/ML Engineer to join a team delivering AI/ML enabled enterprise services. The role focuses on building high-performance, distributed systems for petabyte-scale data with scalable and secure architectures.

You will work with software developers, ETL, and data scientists to enhance existing apps and build new web services with production cadence for mission analytics.