AI/ML Engineer Principal in Aldie, Virginia at General Dynamics Information Technology

USA VA Home Office (VAHOME)
Full time
RQ216496
Type of Requisition:
Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
Confidential

Public Trust/Other Required:
MBI (T2)

Job Family:
Data Science and Data Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Science, Machine Learning (ML), Machine Learning Algorithms, Statistical Analysis
Certifications:
None
Experience:
8 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
No

Job Description:

This candidate will also be expected to interpret and decompose business requirements into data design patterns for building and maturing large language models (LLMs) to support an artificial intelligence (AI) solution. This candidate will work closely with Business Analysts to investigate, implement, and calibrate our AI solutions to achieve the desired VBA outcomes. This candidate will support the establishment of AI performance baselines for generating clinical summaries to improve accuracy and will require continuous reviews with VBA stakeholders.

As an AI/ML Engineer Principal, the work you'll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of Department of Veterans' Affairs.

Responsibilities:

• Interprets business goals by implementing AI and Agentic AI to achieve desired business outcomes
• Utilizes machine learning based tools to monitor and analyze model performance
• Evaluates the effectiveness and accuracy of new data sources and gathering techniques
• Performs scientific work associated with the analytical, statistical, and programming skills to collect, analyze, and interpret large data sets
• Develops data-driven solutions for difficult business challenges
• Collaborating with all Scrum Teams to integrate AI and Agentic AI into the workflow functionality for UCAP
• Reviews test results for compliance against desired VBA outcomes
• Utilizing professional judgement, critical thinking skills and research to improve processes and resolve issues affecting program performance

Required Skills:

• Bachelor's Degree in business related field, engineering, or a related scientific or technical discipline
• 8+ years of related experience in AI/ML
• 5+ years of experience performing statistical analysis to include any combination of predictive analytics and broader data science tools to include AI
• 3+ years of data modeling support.
• Programming skills: e.g. R, Python, Java, Scala
• Strong knowledge of AI and Agentic AI
• Ability to obtain a Public Trust

The likely salary range for this position is $129,813 - $174,280. 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:
Remote

Work Location:
Any Location / Remote

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 company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee's date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

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