AI/ML Delivery Engineer

AI/ML Delivery Engineer

Join GDIT's Intelligence and Homeland Security (IHS) CTO organization and help drive the technical solutions needed to win our most complex and strategic deals. This role combines deep expertise in artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science, and modern software delivery with the strategic acumen of a solutions architect. The candidate will design, build, and optimize various implementations of AI/ML learning solutions across cloud, hybrid, and edge environments. The ideal candidate bridges the gap between data science, software engineering, and systems architecture to enable the delivery of robust, scalable, and fit-for-mission AI solutions.

Solution Design and Architecture

Architect end-to-end AI/ML systems, from data ingestion pipelines and feature stores to model training, evaluation, and deployment in production environments. Design distributed and scalable ML workflows leveraging cloud-native technologies (e.g., Kubernetes, Kubeflow, MLflow, SageMaker, Vertex AI, Azure ML, Nvidia ecosystem). Integrate MLOps principles, including CI/CD for ML, model versioning, and automated retraining pipelines. Ensure model governance, data lineage, and compliance with US Federal and State requirements. Collaborate with data scientists to develop and optimize models for computer vision, NLP, predictive analytics, and generative AI. Implement advanced model deployment strategies (e.g., ensemble serving, A/B testing, online learning) to include agile AI/ML Model Deployment Operations (ModelOps). Design APIs and microservices for AI model consumption across applications and external systems.

Technical Leadership

Serve as the AI/ML technical authority, guiding cross-functional engineering, data, and infrastructure teams. Conduct architecture reviews, performance benchmarking, and infrastructure optimizations for GPU/TPU clusters. Mentor data scientists and software engineers on best practices in AI/ML system design, algorithm selection, and responsible AI. Partner with data engineering teams to architect robust ETL/ELT pipelines and data lakehouse architectures. Define and implement strategies for real-time and batch data processing, data quality monitoring, and feature store management. Optimize AI and data workloads for cost efficiency and performance across compute clusters and cloud resources.

What You'll Need To Succeed

The candidate must possess the following skills:

• 10+ years of professional experience in data science and AI/ML engineering and/or Data Science.
• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Information Technology, similar discipline or equivalent experience.
• Experience with contributing to Federal solicitation responses.
• Experience working with large data sets including data integration, data migration, analysis and visualization.
• Experience with cloud-native data analytic solution architectures.
• Programming: Expert-level Python proficiency; strong familiarity with C++, Go, or Java for integration and performance-critical workloads.
• Frameworks: TensorFlow, PyTorch, JAX, ONNX, Hugging Face Transformers, scikit-learn.
• Data Science: NumPy, pandas, SciPy, scikit-learn, LangChain, R, SQL.
• MLOps Tools: MLflow, Airflow, Kubeflow, DVC, BentoML, Weights & Biases.
• Data Systems: Spark, Databricks, Kafka, Delta Lake, Snowflake, or BigQuery.
• Cloud Platforms: AWS (SageMaker, Bedrock), Azure (Machine Learning, Synapse), or GCP (Vertex AI, Dataflow).
• Infrastructure: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm, GPU/TPU orchestration.
• Security/Compliance: IAM, key management, audit logging, AI model explainability, and responsible AI design to include the design of Agentic guardrails.
• Communication: Clear written and verbal communication with executives, technology peers, and support teams. Ability to conceptualize and communicate or develop visuals that help to strengthen the solution story and clearly and effectively communicate concepts and approaches.
• US Citizenship
• Clearance: Must have an active TS/SCI with POLY

The likely salary range for this position is $225,250 - $304,750. 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. 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. 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.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.