AI​/ML Engineer - DC Metro - Secret

AI/ML Engineer

Job #: 26-6064
Clearance: Secret
Location: DC Metro

Navitas is seeking an experienced AI/ML Engineer to design, develop, and optimize advanced Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning solutions that enhance operational, analytical, and decision‑support capabilities across mission‑critical environments. This role blends hands‑on engineering, applied data science, and enterprise integration, ensuring models, pipelines, and tools align with established architecture, performance, and security requirements. The ideal candidate thrives in complex environments, leverages both commercial and government technologies, and delivers scalable, production‑ready AI/ML solutions.

• Design, develop, and optimize AI/ML models to support predictive analytics, automation, and decision‑support functions.
• Build, maintain, and enhance data pipelines that support model training, tuning, validation, and deployment.
• Train, evaluate, and refine algorithms using modern ML frameworks, ensuring accuracy, reliability, and performance.
• Deploy AI/ML models into production environments, integrating with enterprise systems, APIs, and cloud platforms.
• Identify, evaluate, and integrate appropriate COTS, government, and custom AI/ML tools within established enterprise frameworks.
• Ensure all AI/ML solutions meet security, compliance, and performance requirements, including alignment with enterprise architecture standards.
• Collaborate with data engineers, cloud engineers, Dev Sec Ops  teams, and mission stakeholders to deliver scalable, maintainable AI/ML capabilities.
• Support model monitoring, drift detection, retraining workflows, and continuous improvement cycles.
• Document and communicate technical approaches, model behavior, and analytical insights to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Contribute to modernization initiatives by recommending new methodologies, tools, and best practices in AI/ML engineering.

• Experience with Python, Tensor Flow, PyTorch, Scikit‑learn, or similar ML frameworks.
• Hands‑on experience with cloud‑based AI/ML services (AWS Sagemaker, Azure ML, OCI Data Science).
• Strong understanding of data engineering concepts, including ETL/ELT, feature stores, and distributed processing.
• Familiarity with MLOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and automated model deployment workflows.
• Knowledge of security and compliance requirements for government or regulated environments.
• Ability to translate complex analytical concepts into clear, actionable insights.

Salary Range: $80,000 - $160,000

The pay range provided is a good‑faith estimate and represents the range the company reasonably expects to pay for this position at the time of posting. Individual compensation may vary based on skills, experience, education, certifications, geographic location, and business needs.

Equal Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Navitas Business Consulting is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact Navitas Human Resources.

Navitas is an equal opportunity employer. We provide employment and opportunities for advancement, compensation, training, and growth according to individual merit, without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, genetic information, disability, veteran‑status veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable Federal, state, or local law.

Our goal is for each staff member to have the opportunity to grow to the limits of their abilities and to achieve personal and organizational objectives. We will support positive programs for equal treatment of all staff and full utilization of all qualified employees at all levels within Navitas.