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General Dynamics Information Technology · 3 hours ago

AI/ML Delivery Engineer

Herndon, VA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$225K/yr - $305K/yr

10+ years exp

General Dynamics Information Technology is a global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology, and mission services to government agencies. The AI/ML Delivery Engineer will design, build, and optimize implementations of AI/ML solutions across various environments, bridging the gap between data science, software engineering, and systems architecture.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud ComputingConsultingCyber SecurityInformation Technology

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Architect end-to-end AI/ML systems, from data ingestion pipelines and feature stores to model training, evaluation, and deployment in production environments

Design distributed and scalable ML workflows leveraging cloud-native technologies (e.g., Kubernetes, Kubeflow, MLflow, SageMaker, Vertex AI, Azure ML, Nvidia ecosystem)

Integrate MLOps principles, including CI/CD for ML, model versioning, and automated retraining pipelines

Ensure model governance, data lineage, and compliance with US Federal and State requirements

Collaborate with data scientists to develop and optimize models for computer vision, NLP, predictive analytics, and generative AI

Implement advanced model deployment strategies (e.g., ensemble serving, A/B testing, online learning) to include agile AI/ML Model Deployment Operations (ModelOps)

Design APIs and microservices for AI model consumption across applications and external systems

Serve as the AI/ML technical authority, guiding cross-functional engineering, data, and infrastructure teams

Conduct architecture reviews, performance benchmarking, and infrastructure optimizations for GPU/TPU clusters

Mentor data scientists and software engineers on best practices in AI/ML system design, algorithm selection, and responsible AI

Partner with data engineering teams to architect robust ETL/ELT pipelines and data lakehouse architectures

Define and implement strategies for real-time and batch data processing, data quality monitoring, and feature store management

Optimize AI and data workloads for cost efficiency and performance across compute clusters and cloud resources

Qualification

Cloud PlatformMachine Learning OperationsData ScienceComputer ProgrammingData SystemsPythonTensorFlowMLOps ToolsCloud PlatformsCommunication

Required

Top Secret/SCI clearance

Top Secret SCI + Polygraph clearance must be able to obtain

10+ years of related experience

US Citizenship required

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Information Technology, similar discipline or equivalent experience

Experience with contributing to Federal solicitation responses

Experience working with large data sets including data integration, data migration, analysis and visualization

Experience with cloud-native data analytic solution architectures

Expert-level Python proficiency

Strong familiarity with C++, Go, or Java for integration and performance-critical workloads

Experience with frameworks: TensorFlow, PyTorch, JAX, ONNX, Hugging Face Transformers, scikit-learn

Experience with data science tools: NumPy, pandas, SciPy, scikit-learn, LangChain, R, SQL

Experience with MLOps tools: MLflow, Airflow, Kubeflow, DVC, BentoML, Weights & Biases

Experience with data systems: Spark, Databricks, Kafka, Delta Lake, Snowflake, or BigQuery

Experience with cloud platforms: AWS (SageMaker, Bedrock), Azure (Machine Learning, Synapse), or GCP (Vertex AI, Dataflow)

Experience with infrastructure: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm, GPU/TPU orchestration

Knowledge of security/compliance: IAM, key management, audit logging, AI model explainability, and responsible AI design

Clear written and verbal communication with executives, technology peers, and support teams

Preferred

Active Top Secret/SCI Clearance with a Poly clearance strongly preferred

Benefits

A variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts

Dental plan options

A vision plan

A 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match

Full flex work weeks where possible

A variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave

Short and long-term disability benefits

Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance

Company

General Dynamics Information Technology

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General Dynamics Information Technology is an IT consulting company that specializes in cyber security, AI, and quantum computing. It is a sub-organization of General Dynamics.

Founded in 1999

Falls Church, Virginia, USA

10001+ employees