TS/SCI ML Engineer: Production AI for National Security

Astrion; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Astrion seeks a Machine Learning Engineer to join our analytics team in Huntsville, Alabama, delivering automation for national security missions with petabyte-scale data on supercomputing resources. You will work on AI/ML model development and deployment using Python, SQL databases, and CLI tools.

The role emphasizes transitioning prototypes to production, building robust data pipelines, and monitoring model performance in a fast-paced government-focused environment.

Qualifications

• TS/SCI with CI Polygraph.
• Degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics or another quantitative field.
• 1-3 years of experience working with ML frameworks.
• Programming proficiency in Python and extensive knowledge of ML frameworks, libraries data structures, and data modeling.
• Solid understanding of the full ML development lifecycle.
• Experience working with SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with both Linux and Windows operating systems.
• Knowledge of CI/CD and Agile methodologies.
• Understanding of software design and system integration.

Responsibilities

• Integrate ML systems with other software components, ensuring that machine learning pipelines work within the overall product architecture.
• Manage the transition from prototype to production, including setting up model deployment pipelines and monitoring solutions.
• Construct optimized data pipelines to feed ML models; run tests and experiments and document findings.
• Monitor model performance post-deployment including managing model drift, rollback, and failure scenarios.
• Write clean, testable, maintainable code in Python and other languages.

Skills

Python programming

ML frameworks

ML development lifecycle

SQL and NoSQL databases

Linux and Windows

CI/CD

Agile methodologies

software design and system integration

Education

Degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics or another quantitative field

Tools

Docker

Python

Jupyter Notebooks

PostgreSQL

GitLab

GitHub

Job description

Astrion seeks a Machine Learning Engineer to join our analytics team in Huntsville, Alabama, delivering automation for national security missions with petabyte-scale data on supercomputing resources. You will work on AI/ML model development and deployment using Python, SQL databases, and CLI tools.

The role emphasizes transitioning prototypes to production, building robust data pipelines, and monitoring model performance in a fast-paced government-focused environment.