AI Software Engineer Security Clearance
Job in
Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia, 22350, USA
Listed on 2026-09-04
Listing for:
Gridiron IT Solutions
Full Time, Part Time
position Listed on 2026-09-04
Job specializations:
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IT/Tech
Cloud Computing: Infrastructure & Operations, AWS, AI Engineer (Applied/Software)
Job Description & How to Apply Below
AI Software Engineer
Location:
DC Metro Area
Work Type:
On site – Hybrid
Clearance:
Top Secret (SCI CI Poly Eligible)
Job Description:
The Grid Iron IT team has an opening for an experienced AI Engineer to lead AI solutions, work on development, and collaborate with pipeline development and deployment teams. This team is involved in the deployment and maintenance of multiple operational cloud deployed software technologies and solutions. We are looking for a motivated AI engineer to solve challenging problems in a variety of Sea based systems to get results that surpass the outcomes achieved with new AI technologies, capabilities and features.
Responsibilities:
Strong collaboration with team’s in the design and implementation of AI architectures to include operational status, coding improvements, dashboard tooling including security. Collaborates with Leidos AI initiatives, providing insight into technologies, tooling and practices. Designs, secures and automates AWS cloud initiatives while optimizing agent and customer experiences to full AI potential.
Optomize and enhance customer experiences, enhancing software development flows, quality metrics, KPIs, and Dashboards with AI. Provides broad-based experience in the systems engineering lifecycle and applies experience/knowledge to cloud initiatives relating to architectural design and development.
Leads team’s to deploy and configure services with AI tools Core
Qualifications:
Requires BS degree (Computer Science, Engineering or related field) and 10+ year’s of prior relevant experience OR, MS with 7+ year’s of prior relevant experience; OR 7 years of additional experience in lieu of degree
7+ year’s experience leading, designing and implementing distributed solutions and 5+ year’s experience with cloud-based solutions (Cloud, SOA, Web-Services) including virtualization environment, network and operating system experience
Experience in Cloud and PaaS environments
Subject Matter Expertise understanding across various AI technologies,
Familiar with the following:
Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, Python, Gitlab, Cloud Formation, Zabbix, ACAS, PostgreSQL, Scrum, Kanban, Terraform
Knowledge of SDLC and AGILE best practices
Windows Domain Administrator of user accounts and group policy objects and Linux administration
Proactive leader demonstrating a positive, willing attitude and excellent oral and written communication skills.
Demonstrates ability to adapt to new AI technologies and learn quickly
Organizational
Skills:
Exceptional planning and prioritizing work, follow tasks to their logical conclusion and ensure everything has been correctly satisfied to standard. Great attention to detail.
Communications:
Excellent communication with team members, clients, customers or other stakeholders verbally and in writing. Able to present ideas in a variety of ways depending upon audience and context.
Must possess and maintain a TS Security Clearance with the ability to obtain SCI with a CI Poly
DoD 8570 Certification Compliance (IAT Level 2/3)
Familiar with team collaboration tools (Jira, Confluence, Rocket Chat)
Preferred Qualifications:
Understanding of SFH organization;
Sea data and mission
Experience with NGA cloud-based architecture
AWS Solutions Architect, AWS Developer, Machine Learning
Experience with IC Cloud Architecture implementation methodologies
Native cloud templating services like AWS Cloud Formation
Experience with CI/CD Pipelines and projects
Clearance:
Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
Compensation and Benefits:
Salary Range: $ - $ (Compensation is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, work experience, skills, education, certifications, seniority, and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.)
Benefits:
Gridiron offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), disability & ADD insurance, life and pet insurance to eligible employees. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 30 hours per week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Gridiron’s…
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