AI/ML and Agentic Framework Integrator in Manassas, Virginia at SEA CORP

SEACORP is seeking a well-qualified AI/ML and Agentic Framework Integrator.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

Job Summary: SEACORP is seeking an engineer tointegrate AI/ML inference services and agentic frameworks into the SWFTS CommonInfrastructure Services (CIS) environment. The focus is deploying andconnecting working capabilities on an existing Kubernetes platform, with securedata access and performance appropriate for mission-critical systems.

Job Responsibilities Include:

• Deploy and integrate LLM inference endpoints using vLLM and comparable serving technologies, including model APIs, streaming responses, and GPU-backed execution.
• Develop and maintain Kubernetes manifests and Helm charts for AI/ML and agent services; configure GPU access, resource limits, networking, secrets, and monitoring.
• Integrate agent frameworks, planning tools, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) services with application interfaces such as REST, Kafka, and AMQP.
• Connect AI/ML applications to secure data pipelines and query services.
• Deploy open-weight and multimodal models; manage model artifacts, dependencies, and integration across frameworks and model formats.
• Develop tests and benchmarks for model quality, endpoint performance, cybersecurity controls, and CPU/GPU/RAM resource constraints.
• Support technical exchange/working group meetings with government and industry partners.

Qualifications:

Education: Bachelor’sdegree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.

Experience: 7+ years of software engineering, systems integration, or AI/ML engineering experience, including hands-on deployment of AI/ML services.

Required Experience:

• Experience with vLLM or similar inference endpoint software; understanding of model serving APIs, GPU utilization, latency, and throughput.
  
• Hands-on Kubernetes and Helm chart development for containerized AI/ML applications, including workload configuration and deployment troubleshooting.
  
• Working knowledge of Linux, Python, Git, YAML, REST APIs, and inference frameworks such as PyTorch or Hugging Face Transformers.
  
• Experience integrating agent frameworks and tool interfaces (e.g., MCP, LangChain/LangGraph) with messaging or data services such as Kafka or AMQP.
  
• Understanding of secure service integration, access controls, automated testing, and operational troubleshooting.

Desired Experience:

• Deploying multimodal or reasoning-capable open-weight models such as GLM, Llama, and Gemma; handling .pt, .pth, .h5, or GGUF model formats.
  
• AI/ML pipelines for streaming, ETL, storage, query, and playback including validation sets and benchmark datasets.
  
• GPU sharing and scheduling, NUMA affinity, time synchronization, and resource-bounded workloads in constrained or disconnected environments.
  
• Exposure to PINNs (PhysicsNeMo, DeepXDE), predictive coding (PredNet), world models (NVIDIA Cosmos), or agentic coding tools (Codex CLI, Claude Code).
  
• Experience with Team Submarine, SWFTS, tactical systems, or other defense integration programs.

Exceptional Qualifications:

• Delivered integrated Kubernetes-hosted model serving and agentic systems using Helm, MCP-enabled tools, and protected data services in production.
  
• Demonstrated AI/ML integration for air-gapped, shipboard, or other resource-constrained mission systems.

As a requirement of employment, all SEACORP employees must hold U.S. Citizenship

Location: Manassas, VA

Travel: Infrequently (

Clearance: Secret

Work Environment & Physical Demands: Office & Computer Laboratories - Sitting, standing, extended periods of time using a mouse and keyboard and viewing computer screens. Infrequent lifting of <40lbs. Movement between points within the same office or between buildings. Work is performed in generally consistent environmental conditions with some seasonality for temperature differences and lighting.

Successful candidates will enjoy competitive wages and a very rich benefit program, including:

• Medical Benefits: Choice of two medical insurance programs through Blue Cross & Blue Shield.
• Dental Benefits: A best in class Dental Insurance Plan through Delta Dental.
• Vision Benefits: An excellent Vision Benefit providing discounts and allowances for prescription glasses and contact lenses.
• Retirement Benefits: A qualified 401(k) Retirement Savings Account with a generous employer matching contribution up to 8% of your eligible compensation.
• Life Insurance Benefits: Employer paid Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance equal to your annual salary. Supplemental coverage is available for you and qualified family members as well as Supplemental Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance.
• Additional Benefits: Ten (10) Paid Holidays per year (including 2 floating Holidays), a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) program; Tuition Reimbursement, and Referral Bonuses.

SEACORP is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state and local fair employment practices laws. SEACORP strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex, gender (including gender nonconformity and status as a transgender or transsexual individual), age, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law.