AI Engineer

CNSS • National Security Systems is seeking an AI Engineer to work on mission-critical AI systems. The role involves designing, implementing, and maintaining AI workflows while collaborating with cross-functional teams to solve complex challenges in intelligence collection and processing. Responsibilities • Lead or contribute to cross-functional teams to develop and operationalize AI solutions that help solve our most challenging problems • Apply modern engineering techniques to design, develop, deploy, and maintain end-to-end AI workflows spanning model training, inference, and performance monitoring • Adapt and integrate diverse AI model architectures including computer vision systems, natural language processors, audio processors, large language models (LLMs), and multi-modal frameworks to address complex mission-critical challenges • Monitor and maintain AI products through systematic identification of performance degradation and computational inefficiency and address these challenges through regular retuning and fine-tuning to ensure continued alignment with evolving mission needs and organizational goals • Maintain knowledge of current AI research and adapt emerging techniques to intelligence applications • Test and evaluate AI solutions against mission requirements and produce actionable recommendations Skills • Applicants will be asked to complete the Data Science Examination (DSE) which evaluates their knowledge of statistics, mathematics, and computer science topics that pertain to data science work • Transcripts for each academic institution are required prior to being invited to interview with Agency data science professionals and should be submitted as part of the online application • For all of the Engineering degrees, if program is not ABET accredited, it must include specified coursework • Specified coursework includes courses in differential and integral calculus and 5 of the following 18 areas: (a) statics or dynamics, (b) strength of materials/stress-strain relationships, (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics, (d) thermodynamics, (e) electromagnetic fields, (f) nature and properties of materials/relating particle and aggregate structure to properties, (g) solid state electronics, (h) microprocessor applications, (i), computer systems, (j) signal processing, (k) digital design, (l) systems and control theory, (m) circuits or generalized circuits, (n) communication systems, (o) power systems, (p) computer networks, (q) software development, (r) Any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, or soil mechanics • For degrees in Computer Science or Engineering, entry is with an Associate's degree plus 2 years of relevant experience, or a Bachelor's degree and no experience, or a Master's degree and no experience • For degrees in Information Systems, Information Technology, Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Applied Statistics, Operations Research, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, or Physical or Biological Sciences, entry is with an Associate's degree plus 3 years of relevant experience, or a Bachelor's degree and 1 year of relevant experience • Relevant experience must be in one or more of the following: implementing production scale AI/ML (Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning) solutions, distributed model training, distributed AI/ML systems, AI/ML performance monitoring, platform engineering, cloud engineering, developing deep learning models, neural networks, sustaining/maintaining AI/ML models, implementing AI/ML algorithms, AI/ML model development and deployment, DevOps, MLOps, cloud infrastructure management, software engineering, automated testing, or containerization • For degrees in Computer Science or Engineering, entry is with an Associate's degree plus 5 years of relevant experience, or a Bachelor's degree plus 3 years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree plus 1 year of relevant experience, or a Doctoral degree and no experience • For degrees in Information Systems, Information Technology, Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Applied Statistics, Operations Research, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, or Physical or Biological Sciences, entry is with an Associate's degree plus 5 years of relevant experience, or a Bachelor's degree plus 3 years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree plus 1 year of relevant experience, or a Doctoral degree and 1 year of relevant experience • Relevant experience must be in one or more of the following: implementing production scale AI/ML solutions, distributed model training, distributed AI/ML systems, AI/ML performance monitoring, platform engineering, cloud engineering, developing deep learning models, sustaining/maintaining AI/ML models, implementing AI/ML algorithms, AI/ML model development and deployment, DevOps, MLOps, cloud infrastructure management, software engineering, automated testing, or containerization • For degrees in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology, Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Applied Statistics, Operations Research, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, or Physical or Biological Sciences, entry is with an Associate's degree plus 8 years of relevant experience, or a Bachelor's degree plus 6 years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree plus 4 years of relevant experience, or a Doctoral degree plus 2 years of relevant experience • Relevant experience must be in two or more of the following: implementing production scale AI/ML solutions, distributed model training, distributed AI/ML systems, AI/ML performance monitoring, platform engineering, cloud engineering, developing deep learning models, sustaining/maintaining AI/ML models, implementing AI/ML algorithms, AI/ML model development and deployment, DevOps, MLOps, cloud infrastructure management, software engineering, automated testing, or containerization • For degrees in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology, Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Applied Statistics, Operations Research, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, or Physical or Biological Sciences, entry is with an Associate's degree plus 11 years of relevant experience, or a Bachelor's degree plus 9 years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree plus 7 years of relevant experience, or a Doctoral degree plus 5 years of relevant experience • Relevant experience must be in three or more of the following: implementing production scale AI/ML solutions, distributed model training, distributed AI/ML systems, AI/ML performance monitoring, platform engineering, cloud engineering, developing deep learning models, sustaining/maintaining AI/ML models, implementing AI/ML algorithms, AI/ML model development and deployment, DevOps, MLOps, cloud infrastructure management, software engineering, automated testing, or containerization • Additionally, you must have experience in serving as an AI Project Team Leader/model owner • Deep learning frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, Jax) - Model training, fine-tuning, and optimization techniques - Computer vision, NLP, speech/audio processing, and/or multi-modal AI systems - Large language models (LLMs) and transformer architectures - Model evaluation, validation, and performance monitoring - Transfer learning and domain adaptation - Python programming and other relevant languages (C++, Java, Scala, TypeScript) - Version control (Git) and collaborative development - API design and microservices architecture - Software testing frameworks and CI/CD pipelines - Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) - Data processing frameworks (Spark, Dask, Ray) - Feature engineering and data preprocessing - Production model deployment and serving infrastructure - Monitoring, logging, and observability tools - Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and/or HPC systems - Distributed computing and parallel processing - GPU optimization and resource management - Database systems (SQL and NoSQL) - Cross-function collaboration and communication - Technical documentation and presentation - Ability to translate mission requirements into technical solutions Benefits • NSA offers a comprehensive benefits package. Company Overview • The CNSS provides a forum for the discussion of policy issues and is responsible for setting national-level Information Assurance policies, directives, instructions, operational procedures, guidance and advisories for U.S. It was founded in 1997, and is headquartered in , with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is http://www.cnss.gov.