Senior Data Scientist — Production AI for Cyber Defense

Able Too Work; Odenton (MD); On-site; USD 154,000 - 278,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos Intelligence Sector seeks a data science expert to architect AI frameworks and push capabilities into production for U.S. Cyber Command. You will mentor senior engineers and directly solve the most challenging technical roadblocks in a mission-critical environment.

Ideal candidates have 12–15+ years in technical roles, 5+ years in AI/ML, and 3–5 years in IC/DoD ecosystem with Maven or TACMS. Must hold TS/SCI with CI Poly; strong Python, PyTorch, and LangChain skills required.

Qualifications

• Security clearance TS/SCI with CI Poly required.

Responsibilities

• Architect frameworks to achieve analytic superiority and push AI into production.
• Mentor senior technologists and resolve complex technical roadblocks.
• Drive engineering of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) stacks and integrate with LangChain and vector databases.

Skills

LangGraph/CrewAI/AutoGPT

Python

Go

Bash

PyTorch

TensorFlow

LangChain

Milvus

Pinecone

RAG stacks

Mission systems integration

Education

Master’s Degree in Data Science/AI/CS/Math

PhD in Data Science/AI/CS/Math

Bachelor’s with 5+ years substitution

Tools

Llama 3

Mistral

Job description

Leidos Intelligence Sector seeks a data science expert to architect AI frameworks and push capabilities into production for U.S. Cyber Command. You will mentor senior engineers and directly solve the most challenging technical roadblocks in a mission-critical environment.

Ideal candidates have 12–15+ years in technical roles, 5+ years in AI/ML, and 3–5 years in IC/DoD ecosystem with Maven or TACMS. Must hold TS/SCI with CI Poly; strong Python, PyTorch, and LangChain skills required.