Functional Lead/Functional Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Job Title: Functional Lead/Functional Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Location with zip code:  Fort Belvoir, VA 22060 / Hybrid Remote

Duration: Full Time

Clearance Required: Top Secret

Position Summary:

• Defines opportunities for new and improved business process solutions. Provides expert analysis and advice on business matters and IT solutions, to program officials and managers.
• Duties include but not limited to communicates complex technical requirements to non-technical personnel, carries out feasibility studies and/or gap analysis, conducts business process reengineering, and forecasting based on industry best practices. This is a lead or management position.

Minimum Requirements:

• Five (5) years relevant experience.
• Must have an active DoD Top Secret Clearance at time of proposal submission and be eligible for IT-1 Critical Sensitive security clearance.

Preferred Requirements:

• At least three (3) years in a role focused on AI, machine learning, or data science.
• Proven experience in developing and deploying AI/ML models in a production environment, preferably for cybersecurity applications.
• Strong knowledge of AI/ML frameworks and libraries (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn) and experience with programming languages such as Python.
• Demonstrated experience with AI-driven security technologies, including but not limited to, User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA), Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response
• (SOAR), and AI-powered threat intelligence platforms.
• Familiarity with the ethical considerations and governance of AI in a DoD environment.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex AI concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Additional Requirements:

To support Engineering, Technical, and AI/Agentic Support, the Contractor shall:

• Support review, evaluation, and alignment efforts for information technology (IT) risk management, incorporating AI-driven predictive modeling and automated risk assessment frameworks.
• Support COOP Cyber SWAT to ServiceNow assessment efforts, leveraging agentic workflows to automate incident response templates and technical decision trees.
• Provide IT, IS, artificial intelligence/agentic orchestration, knowledge management, and change management expertise.
• Projects will require access to SIPR information supporting mission decomposition, operational scheduling, continuity of operations, operational technology, and IT risk management, ensuring all deployed AI models and agentic configurations comply with secure environment protocols.
• Support J6 efforts to coordinate, develop, and sustain DLA and cloud service provider memorandum of agreements. Specific support could include development of requirements for.
• safeguarding the cloud environment and maintaining CSSP metrics as they relate to the cloud; integrating AI-powered threat detection and automated policy-enforcement agents within the cloud architecture; development of cloud documentation outlining roles and responsibilities in accordance with DoD policy and cybersecurity requirements; developing policy that addresses roles for platform as a service, software as a service, infrastructure as a service, and hybrid offerings; and documenting actions required for applications designated to move into an AI-enabled cloud environment.
  
  

About our Company: -

22nd Century Technologies, Inc., is one of the fastest growing IT Service Integrator and Workforce Solution companies in the United States. Founded in 1997, 22nd Century Technologies is a Certified National Minority Business Enterprise with 6,000 people including 600 Cyber SMEs nationwide supporting our customers in all 50 states, Canada, and Mexico. With HQs in Somerset, NJ and Mclean, VA, 22nd Century has 14 offices throughout the United States. As part of our unrelenting focus on quality and compliance, 22nd Century Technologies delivery is based on Certified Matured Processes including CMMI L3 Dev & SVC, ISO 20000, ISO 27001, and ISO 9001 quality processes. With a strong focus on the public sector, 22nd Century currently holds government contracts with 14 out of 15 Federal Executive agencies including DoD, 37 other Federal agencies, 50 States, 115 Local agencies, and 37 School Districts. In the last three years, we have expanded our services to Fortune 500 and other commercial clients and currently support 80 commercial clients.

Recognized among Best Company to Work For by Forbes, 22nd Century Technologies, Inc., consistently exceeds our clients expectations by focusing on their absolute satisfaction with jobs while keeping our employees motivated. 22nd Century Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer" and s & all other parties authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply."

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.