
Federal AI Engineer
m9solutions • Ft. Belvoir, VA - Secret clearance required
No Relocation
Posted: September 1, 2026
Job Description
M9 Solutions is seeking a Federal AI Engineer to work hybrid remote/onsite in support of a government contract for a client located in Ft. Belvoir, VA. An active Secret clearance is required.
Responsibilities
- Plan, lead, and execute delivery of data / AI engagements (including definition of objectives, key deliverables, mitigating risk in data, modeling, validation, delivery).
- Lead workshops and innovation sessions with clients, multi-disciplinary, and cross-functional teams to identify business opportunities, define problem statements, and design high-level analytical solutions.
- Work with client to discover data sources and create data requests; lead data discovery, ETL/ELT processes to ingest structured data/annotation processes to enrich unstructured data, leveraging a variety of data sources (social media, news, internal/external documents, images, video, voice, emails, financial data, and operational data).
- Oversee the creation of analytics and machine learning models through all phases of development, from design through training, evaluation, validation, implementation, to delivery.
- Lead in a fast-paced/dynamic environment utilizing virtual and face-to-face interactions; manage complex work streams, expectations, budgets, and deliverables.
- Define, monitor, and report key business metrics to management; design, implement, and manage various reporting processes/dashboards.
Required Skills and Qualifications
- Active Secret security clearance.
- A minimum of five years of Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, and/or Data Science experience.
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university.
- Experience utilizing analytics/software development processes for natural language processing, machine learning on unstructured data, and/or information retrieval.
- Deep technical understanding of data preparation approaches and machine learning algorithms.
- Knowledge/experience in data science, from data discovery and cleaning to model selection, validation, and deployment.
- Experience coding artificial intelligence methods using object-oriented programming in software development processes (ability to restructure, refactor, and optimize code for efficiency).
- Hands-on experience and knowledge in distributed computing architecture, massive-parallel processing big data platforms (Hadoop, MapReduce, HDFS, Spark, PySpark, Hive/Impala, H-Base / MongoDB / Casandra, and Teradata / Netezza / Redshift), mainstream cloud infrastructure (AWS, MS Azure, GCP, and their D&A-related microservices).
- Experience with Web/RESTful service development, HTML5, JavaScript / Angular / React / Redux.
- Experience with command-line scripting, data structures, and algorithms; ability to work in Linux and/or cloud environments; ability to write production-level code.
- Ability to travel as required to support client engagements.
GH 1031
Additional Content
M9 Solutions is seeking a Federal AI Engineer to work hybrid remote/onsite in support of a government contract for a client located in Ft. Belvoir, VA. An active Secret clearance is required.
Responsibilities
- Plan, lead, and execute delivery of data / AI engagements (including definition of objectives, key deliverables, mitigating risk in data, modeling, validation, delivery).
- Lead workshops and innovation sessions with clients, multi-disciplinary, and cross-functional teams to identify business opportunities, define problem statements, and design high-level analytical solutions.
- Work with client to discover data sources and create data requests; lead data discovery, ETL/ELT processes to ingest structured data/annotation processes to enrich unstructured data, leveraging a variety of data sources (social media, news, internal/external documents, images, video, voice, emails, financial data, and operational data).
- Oversee the creation of analytics and machine learning models through all phases of development, from design through training, evaluation, validation, implementation, to delivery.
- Lead in a fast-paced/dynamic environment utilizing virtual and face-to-face interactions; manage complex work streams, expectations, budgets, and deliverables.
- Define, monitor, and report key business metrics to management; design, implement, and manage various reporting processes/dashboards.
Required Skills and Qualifications
- Active Secret security clearance.
- A minimum of five years of Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, and/or Data Science experience.
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university.
- Experience utilizing analytics/software development processes for natural language processing, machine learning on unstructured data, and/or information retrieval.
- Deep technical understanding of data preparation approaches and machine learning algorithms.
- Knowledge/experience in data science, from data discovery and cleaning to model selection, validation, and deployment.
- Experience coding artificial intelligence methods using object-oriented programming in software development processes (ability to restructure, refactor, and optimize code for efficiency).
- Hands-on experience and knowledge in distributed computing architecture, massive-parallel processing big data platforms (Hadoop, MapReduce, HDFS, Spark, PySpark, Hive/Impala, H-Base / MongoDB / Casandra, and Teradata / Netezza / Redshift), mainstream cloud infrastructure (AWS, MS Azure, GCP, and their D&A-related microservices).
- Experience with Web/RESTful service development, HTML5, JavaScript / Angular / React / Redux.
- Experience with command-line scripting, data structures, and algorithms; ability to work in Linux and/or cloud environments; ability to write production-level code.
- Ability to travel as required to support client engagements.
GH 1031