AI/ML Integration Tech Lead - Top Secret Clearance

Metric5
Any Location, VA
Category Engineering
Job Description
Role Overview

The AI/ML Integration Tech Lead bridges long-term strategy, technical execution, and cross-organizational governance to scale AI capabilities across petabyte-scale cyber defense data pipelines. The role drives the evolution of the Defensive Cyberspace Operations (DCO) platform, establishing robust agentic frameworks, rigorous harness evaluations, and secure lifecycle governance across operational mission systems.

What You Will Do

Key responsibilities include defining the multi-year AI/ML technical roadmap, architecting scalable machine learning pipelines, prototyping novel AI/ML concepts, and assessing commercial and open-source agentic solutions.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will have 8+ years of experience designing and building data-intensive solutions, demonstrated ability to design, build, and deliver production ML models, and strong consulting skills to advise Government leadership on AI/ML architectures.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of relevant experience designing and building data-intensive solutions using distributed computing
  • Demonstrated ability to design, build, and deliver production ML models and components at scale
  • Strong engineering and problem-solving skills with demonstrated capability to retrain, maintain, and monitor models in production environments
  • Strong consulting skills, with the ability to advise Government leadership on whether 3rd-party vendor platforms and delivered code are 'fit for purpose'
  • Demonstrated technical understanding of AI/ML architectures, agentic frameworks, execution harnesses, LLMOps, AI security vectors, and integration standards for secure enterprise environments
  • Track record of ensuring code is well-managed to reduce vulnerabilities and models are governed from a risk perspective; proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Scala, or Java

Benefits

  • Health & Dental Insurance with 100% of individual coverage paid for by the company
  • Vision Insurance
  • Life & Short Term Disability Insurance
  • 401k with company match (employees are immediately vested)
  • Paid Vacation
  • 9 Paid Holidays per year (plus 2 paid floating holidays)
  • Parental Leave
  • Employee Bonuses
  • Professional Development Reimbursement Program
  • Tuition Assistance Program
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