AI and ML Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton
Annapolis Junction, MD2026-03-27Full time

About the job

As an experienced engineer, you know that machine learning (ML) is critical to understanding and processing massive datasets. Your ability to conduct statistical analyses on business processes using ML techniques makes you an integral part of delivering a customer-focused solution. We need your technical knowledge and desire to problem-solve to develop AI/ML solutions for challenging customer problems. As an ML engineer on our national security team, you’ll train, test, deploy, and maintain models that learn from data.

Responsibilities

Own and define the direction of mission-critical solutions by applying best-fit ML algorithms and technologies.

Collaborate with data scientists, solutions architects, subject matter experts, product owners, and end users to deliver world class AI/ML solutions to a wide variety of national security problems.

Guide clients as they navigate the landscape of ML algorithms, tools, and frameworks.

Qualifications

Minimum

3+ years of experience in AL/ML-based solutions, including Python programming and deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or Keras

Experience developing Natural Language Processing (NLP), Large Language Models (LLM), and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)-enabled solutions

Knowledge of core AI/ML concepts, including clustering, regression, classification, algorithm selection, and model evaluation

Knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and commonly used tools such as Git

Ability to work independently with limited guidance and direction

TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph

Bachelor's degree in a CS, AI, Mathematics, or Statistics field

Preferred

Experience in rapid prototyping or developing proofs of concepts to demonstrate or validate AI/ML capabilities

Experience deploying AI/ML solutions into production environments using end-to-end model pipelines and tools such as Docker or Kubernetes

Experience with AI agent frameworks, including LangChain or LlamaIndex

Experience fine-tuning large-scale models for domain-specific tasks in secure or fully isolated, air-gapped environments

Experience leading small teams of AI/ML developers or researchers

Experience with high performance computing

Experience with major cloud platforms such as AWS, and their respective AI services such as SageMaker

Experience with data analysis and creation of data-driven visualizations

Master’s degree in CS, AI, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field