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# Cyber Intel AI Engineer

- **Company:** MITRE Corporation
- **Location:** McLean, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Starter
- **Salary:** $174,000.0 - $217,500.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Normalization, Python (Programming Language), Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), Large Language Models, Information Technology, Machine Learning Operations, Virtual Agents
- **Published:** May 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/8917111/cyber-intel-ai-engineer

## About the Role

* Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of experience in artificial intelligence with a bachelor's degree in a relevant field; or 6 years and a master's degree; or a PhD with 3 years' experience; or equivalent combination of AI-related education and work experience.
 * Hands-on experience fine-tuning, deploying, and evaluating large language models and Agentic AI
 * Demonstrated advanced skills with Python and the standard AI technical stack
 * Ability to work independently to learn new technologies, methods, processes, frameworks/platforms, and systems
 * Excellent written and verbal communication skills to articulate challenging technical concepts to both lay and expert audiences
 * Per the U.S. Government's eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S Citizen to be considered for a security clearance.
 * Active TS/SCI with Full Polygraph clearance
 * This position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on-site, * Advanced degree in computer science, engineering, or related disciplines
 * Track record of successful deployment of AI/ML systems or components that have been used by customers or stakeholders outside of a lab/experimental setting
 * Experience leading small and medium-sized teams to solve complex technical challenges
 * Understanding of TCP/IP networking and common application protocols.
 * Experience deploying robust, optimized solutions through MLOPs pipelines
 * Experience utilizing in an HPC environment for training large models

## Description

* Provide technical leadership by applying data analysis and AI techniques to solve and enhance the sponsor's mission.
 * Select and evaluate AI models to solve a wide variety of sponsor problems (forecasting, classification, triage). Tailor models for use in production and develop methods to evaluate their effectiveness.
 * Design and implement data normalization and ETL functions to prepare data for studies and further analysis.
 * Define and execute technical studies of data analysis including hypothesis formulation, experiment design and experiment execution with small teams.
 * Propose technical approaches and prototype solutions to validate study concepts and demonstrate mission value.
 * Document and discuss prototypes and study results and to formulate technical approach to transition into wider production use.


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