AI​/ML Engineer

AI/ML Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Advance how our customers operate while you advance your career. Join GDIT as an AI/ML Subject Matter Expert (SME) and build an impactful career in enterprise IT, collaborating with people who are driven and resourceful like you. Our federal customer relies on this program to operate and modernize a nationwide case‑management and intelligence‑analysis platform supporting complex investigative and operational workflows. The team sustains a mission‑critical system that integrates data, analytics, and organizational processes across multiple regions to ensure a secure, scalable, and efficient platform for case management, trend analysis, and coordinated activities.

This position requires U.S. Citizenship and an active U.S. government Secret level security clearance or higher to be considered for this role.

Meaningful Work and Personal Impact

• Lead the Analytic team in modernization efforts

• Provide technical and management leadership on major tasks or technology assignments

• Establish goals and plans that meet project objectives

• Apply domain and expert technical knowledge with critical impact on overall project implementation

• Supervise others as needed to achieve mission goals

• Develop and deliver high‑quality data systems, reports, analytical products, and features

• Provide O&M support for existing data systems including multi‑source integrations and established extracts within the Enterprise Data Warehouse

• Support, update, and deliver enterprise reporting via PowerBI dashboards

• Design, develop, support, maintain, and enhance the Enterprise Search application integrating multi‑source search results, APIs, BI functions, and Open Search features

• Contribute to AI/ML module development, maintenance, enhancement, research, and deployment for entity extraction and relationship analysis using rich unstructured datasets

• Support modernization of the agency's broader data ecosystem using evolving Cloud and non‑Cloud technology stacks

• Follow Agile Scrum, Kanban, or other methodologies as directed by the customer

Hybrid Work Schedule /

Location:

Must be willing and able to work onsite in Fairfax County, VA 3 days a week and 2 days from home.

What You'll Need to Succeed

REQUIRED SKILLS

• BA/BS degree or 4 additional years of equivalent work experience

• 5+ years of in‑depth knowledge of at least one analytical or statistical language (Python, R, SQL)

• 2+ years of custom Machine Learning and AI model training experience, including supervised and unsupervised learning, and NLP expertise focused on unstructured data

• Educational background in Data Science is a plus

• 3+ years of SQL database or coding experience

• 2+ years of experience with data visualization tools

• 2+ years of experience manipulating unstructured data

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:
At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.

• Growth: AI‑powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities

• Support:
An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals

• Rewards:
Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off

• Community:
Award‑winning culture of innovation and a military‑friendly workplace

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY Explore an enterprise IT career at GDIT and you'll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your desire to drive operations forward.

The likely salary range for this position is $164,382 - $189,750. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly

Hours:

40

Travel Required:

Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:
Hybrid

Work Location:

USA VA Fairfax

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a…