Senior AI Systems Architect - Secure Government ML

MANTECH; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

MANTECH seeks a motivated AI Systems Architect / Senior AI Developer to join our Chantilly, VA team. You will bridge high-level system design with hands-on AI/ML development, delivering scalable, secure AI systems for air-gapped environments.

You will architect end-to-end pipelines, build REST APIs and microservices, and guide government stakeholders while mentoring junior engineers in secure software design and model optimization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/CE/SE; 6 years of software engineering experience may substitute.
• 5+ years software engineering, with 2+ years building/maintaining AI/ML in production.
• Proficiency in Python and AI/ML toolkits such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face transformers, Scikit-Learn, or OpenCV.
• Experience implementing GenAI solutions, prompt engineering, fine-tuning (LoRA/QLoRA), or RAG pipelines.
• Experience deploying models using Docker, Kubernetes, MLOps frameworks, or vector databases.
• Knowledge of RMF standards and ICD 503 in air-gapped environments.
• Active Security+ CE or higher (or ability to obtain within 60 days).

Responsibilities

• Architect end-to-end AI/ML pipelines and data integration for high-security environments.
• Design modular software architectures for LLMs, CV, NLP, and analytics.
• Build scalable REST APIs, microservices, and ETL pipelines for real-time/batch inferencing.
• Implement Retrieval-Augmented Generation architectures and vectorDBs.
• Establish secure CI/CD and automated testing for model validation and drift detection.
• Serve as Technical SME for government stakeholders and leadership.
• Mentor mid-level developers and data scientists in secure design and optimization.

Skills

Python

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Transformers

Scikit-Learn

OpenCV

Prompt engineering

LoRA/QLoRA

RAG

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/SE

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

MLOps frameworks

Vector databases

Job description

MANTECH seeks a motivated AI Systems Architect / Senior AI Developer to join our Chantilly, VA team. You will bridge high-level system design with hands-on AI/ML development, delivering scalable, secure AI systems for air-gapped environments.

You will architect end-to-end pipelines, build REST APIs and microservices, and guide government stakeholders while mentoring junior engineers in secure software design and model optimization.