Artificial Intelligence Engineer

• Designs, develops, configures, tests, integrates, and sustains artificial intelligence system architectures and AI-enabled technical solutions supporting DLA mission, analytics, automation, and decision-support requirements
• Performs the engineering work necessary to build operational AI capabilities rather than conceptual prototypes, including development of service layers, processing...
• ... components, orchestration logic, integration modules, interfaces, and supporting technical controls required to enable AI functionality in enterprise environments.
• Designs and implements AI solution architectures that define how AI services, supporting application components, enterprise data sources, service endpoints, orchestration routines,...
• ... logging components, user interaction paths, and cloud-hosted resources work together to deliver operational capabilities
• Engineers AI-enabled service components used to perform functions such as text analysis, semantic retrieval, summarization, recommendation support, classification,...
• ... question-answering support, automated content handling, decision-support augmentation, and workflow assistance
• Builds and maintains the technical components required for AI capability operation, including service configurations, API connections, prompt or request handling logic, data preprocessing components,...
• ...post-processing logic, response formatting controls, exception handling, fallback behaviors, and interaction rules governing how AI services are used in operational contexts., * Develops and configures integration mechanisms that allow applications or services to request AI processing, pass relevant inputs, receive outputs, apply post-processing rules, and present results to users or downstream systems
• Engineers the integration of AI capabilities into operational use cases such as intelligent search, information retrieval, summarization of content, question-answer support, document analysis, automated classification, recommendation support, and agent-assisted workflow functions
• Works with data, analytics, application, and cybersecurity personnel to ensure AI capabilities are connected properly to the required data sources, access controls, service dependencies, and operational applications.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience., As required by 5 C.F.R. § 302.106, DLA will provide Section 508 conformant ICT to employees with disabilities. All ICT interfaces with the public related to vacancy announcements and career transition opportunities must conform to the applicable requirements in the current ICT Standards and Guidelines (36 C.F.R. § 1194).

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Reemployed Annuitants: This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found at: https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/140025_vol300.PDF

Drug-Free Workplace Policy

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is committed to maintaining a safe, drug-free workplace. All DLA employees are required to refrain from illegal drug use on and off duty. DLA conducts pre-employment, reasonable suspicion, post-accident, and random drug testing.

Applicants tentatively selected for employment in testing designated positions will undergo a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Refusal to undergo testing or testing positive for illegal drugs will result in withdrawal of the tentative job offer and a six-month denial of employment with DLA from the date of the drug test. Employees in drug testing designated positions are subject to random drug testing. A negative drug test result must be received by HR within 30 calendar days after the EOD (i.e., start date). The selectee's inability successfully pass; or refusal to conduct the test may result in: 1) the tentative or FJO being withdrawn during the recruitment process; or 2) subsequently being removed from Federal service for failure to meet a condition of employment. You may be required to sign a "Drug Test Statement of Understanding" if you are selected for this position.

The DLA drug testing panel tests for the following substances: marijuana, cocaine, opiates, heroin, phencyclidine, amphetamines, methamphetamines, fentanyl, norfentanyl, methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), and opioids.

ADVISORY: Use of cannabidiol (CBD) products may result in a positive drug test for marijuana. DLA employees are subject to Federal law and under Federal law, Marijuana is illegal.

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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution., * Your Resume: IMPORTANT UPDATE: Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you will be removed from consideration for this announcement. The resume and required supporting documentation should provide the minimum qualifications and relevant experience for the announced position. Must include the work schedule, hours worked per week, dates of employment, and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted will be reviewed for qualifications and referred for selection consideration, if eligible. The resume must not be more than 5MB and should be saved and uploaded as a PDF to maintain formatting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. Page margins should be 0.5 inches, and font styles must be legible. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text. We recommend using a font like Lato, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans.

• Applicable documents to support the eligibility(s) for which you are applying. Please review the following link for a listing of the additional documents you will need to provide: Supporting Documents.

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Do you have experience in Technical engineering?, A. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position. To qualify at the GS-14 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience includes, Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level., * Accountability

• Conflict Management
• Customer Service
• Developing Others
• Flexibility
• Influencing/Negotiating
• Interpersonal Skills
• Problem Solving
• Resilience
• Strategic Thinking, To apply for this position you must provide a complete Application Package. Each Application Package MUST include, Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Position will be filled at any of the locations listed below. Site specific salary information as follows:

• Battle Creek, MI: $124,531- $161,889
• Columbus, OH: $129,946- $168,929
• Dayton, OH: $129,169 - $167,919
• Fort Belvoir, VA: $142,488- $ 187,093
• New Cumberland, PA: $142,488- $ 187,093
• Ogden, UT: $124,531- $161,889
• Philadelphia, PA: $137,222- $178,388
• Richmond, VA: $130,084- $169,108, * Must be a U.S. citizen
• Tour of Duty: Set Schedule
• Security Requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive (NCS), Secret Access
• Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
• Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
• Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
• Bargaining Unit Status: No
• Pre-Employment Physical: Not Required
• Selectees are required to have a REAL ID or other acceptable identification documents to access certain federal facilities. See https://www.tsa.gov/real-id for more information.
• This position and any future selections from this announcement may be used to fill various shifts located within DLA Information Operations (J6) locations., A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.

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