AI​/ML Modeling, Simulation and Analysis Engineer - Senior Security Clearance

Position: AI/ML Modeling, Simulation and Analysis Engineer - Senior with Security Clearance
Job Status:
Position is funded and contingent upon customer acceptance

Location:

Springfield, VA or Chantilly, VA (onsite)

Clearance Required:

Must be a U.S. Citizen and possess a current and active TS/SCI clearance granted by the Department of Defense or an Intelligence Community agency. Candidate must be able to pass/obtain a a Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph Background:
Assured Consulting Solutions provides strategic and innovative solutions for customer needs across the business, technology, and organizational spectrum. As a member of our team, you will have the chance to work with customers that are both Government and industry leaders and technology innovators. We are seeking a highly motivated Senior AI/ML Modeling, Simulation and Analysis Engineer to join our team.

Senior Level Modeling, Simulation and Analysis (MS&A) Engineers guide and conduct modeling, simulation and analysis activities in support of business stakeholders, analysts, and warfighters to define and analyze system and data requirements to support NGA business and mission processes to ensure timely and accurate GEOINT. This position is focused on providing technical advisory support to identify capability gaps and needs, tools, technologies, and new agile methods and techniques ready to adapt to current innovations within AI R&D particularly verification of AI models.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
* Perform Gap analysis and methodologies to identify the implications of artificial intelligence and machine learning for the future of warfare, and the specific defense and security applications (e.g., intelligence analysis, command and control, targeting, autonomous systems, information operations, training and simulation) where AI will be most impactful.
* Assists in creating and leading Analysis of Alternatives (AoAs), Design of Experiments (DoE), Course of Actions (CoAs), Trade Studies, and Engineering Assessments.
* Assists the Government in strategic technical planning, project management, performance engineering, risk management and interface design.
* Assists with the planning, analysis/traceability of user requirements, architectures traceability, procedures, and problems to automate or improve existing systems and review cloud service capabilities, workflow, and scheduling limitations
* Experience in both quantitative and qualitative analysis to support sound metrics to uphold the confidence of the AI model assurance.
* Assists Government in the creation of foundation of AI Assurance capabilities, including thorough formal methods for trusted and trustworthy eXplainable AI (XAI) and /or Independent Verification & Validation methodologies (IV&V) for AI (beyond T&E), T&E/V&V-As-a-Service
* Work with leaders, scientists, and engineers across NGA, NSG, the (IC, ASG and US Government contractors for advancing, coordinating, and executing corporate AI strategies and goals-particularly centered around Verified-AI (IV&V) and XAI.

Required Qualifications:

* Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or related STEM degree program, or equivalent Senior level experience as a MS&A Engineer.
* Demonstrated experience in of AI Assurance, T&E or V&V-As-a-Service, and XAI.
* Demonstrated experience providing engineering solutions using Automation, Augmentation and Artificial Intelligence technologies.
* Demonstrated experience using Test Driven Development leveraging computer programming languages to include but not limited to;
Python, C++, Matlab, R, Java
* Demonstrated experience of IV&V and the T&E status quo for AI models. Desired

Qualifications:

* Demonstrated experience working with NGA Enterprise solutions to include CI/CD pipeline and Dev Sec Ops  
* Demonstrated experience in SAFe framework and Model Based Systems Engineering
* Demonstrated experience in Atlassian products such as Confluence and JIRA
* Demonstrated experience with engineering solutions using Cloud-based technologies.
* Demonstrated experience with engineering solutions using structured and unstructured Big Data.

Essential Job Functions:

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* Ability to sit and work in a cubicle on a workstation in a SCIF for approximately eight (8) hours each workday
* Frequently communicates with co-workers, management, and customers. Must be able to easily exchange accurate information in these situations. Education

Qualifications:

* Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or related…