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# Senior AI/ML Engineer - TS/SCI w/ Poly

- **Company:** Parsons View all jobs
- **Location:** Columbia, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $112,200.0 - $196,400.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Python (Programming Language), Rapid Prototyping Process, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Large Language Models, Generative AI, Information Technology, Nim (Programming Language), Cyber Warfare, Automation Anywhere
- **Published:** August 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/job/us82b205bb699631093089f176a951e1dc/eaa

## About the Role

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related discipline and 8+ years of experience
Active TS/SCI clearance w/Poly
Advanced proficiency in Python for AI/ML application development
Demonstrated experience building or integrating LLM/agent-based systems in production
Experience with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), vector databases, and prompt/context engineering
Ability to manage competing priorities in fast-paced mission environments and identify/escalate operational risks early
Preference to Candidates that Have:
Experience supporting USCYBERCOM, NSA, DoD cyber operations, or related mission environments
Experience with frameworks such as LangGraph, Agno, or the NVIDIA NeMo Agent Toolkit
Experience with model inference/serving platforms (NVIDIA NIM, vLLM, Ollama, LiteLLM)
Experience with MCP (Model Context Protocol) or similar tool-broker/integration standards
Experience with AI evaluation frameworks, model benchmarking, and observability (logs/metrics/traces) for AI workloads
Experience supporting USCYBERCOM, NSA, or DoD AI/cyber mission environments

## Description

In a world of possibilities, pursue one with endless opportunities. Imagine Next!
At Parsons, you can imagine a career where you thrive, work with exceptional people, and be yourself. Guided by our leadership vision of valuing people, embracing agility, and fostering growth, we cultivate an innovative culture that empowers you to achieve your full potential. Unleash your talent and redefine what's possible., Ready for a challenge that puts you at the center of AI innovation for cyber operations? Are you an experienced AI/ML engineer who thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys turning research and prototypes into real mission capability, and wants to help shape how AI is built and delivered across a national mission?
If so, then apply today and be part of a team that supports the United States Cyber Command (USCC). Our team is standing up USCYBERCOM's AI Enterprise capability - the central hub that mission teams turn to when they want to move an AI solution from prototype to a secure, governed, enterprise-scale service. As a Senior AI/ML Engineer on this team, you will design and integrate the models, agents, and AI workflows that run on that platform, with significant, visible impact on the mission of the USCC.
What You'll Be Doing:
Provide embedded operations support, capability integration, and rapid prototyping for AI/ML-enabled tools in support of our customer.
Design and integrate LLM/agent orchestration workflows using agentic frameworks such as LangGraph, Agno, and the NVIDIA NeMo Agent Toolkit.
Tune model gateway routing logic to select, evaluate, and optimize across multiple frontier and open-weight models for cost, performance, and mission fit.
Develop and integrate RAG pipelines, vector databases, and memory services to give agents access to mission knowledge and context.
Implement MCP (Model Context Protocol)-based tool-broker integrations so agents can safely and securely access enterprise tools and data.
Evaluate, benchmark, and tune models and agent behaviors; build automated evaluation pipelines to track quality, safety, and performance over time.
Partner with data scientists and mission analysts to translate research and prototypes into production-grade AI capabilities for the command.
Implement AI governance guardrails - content/safety filters, policy enforcement, and approval gates - for agentic workflows, and document model/agent architectures and evaluation results for reuse.
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