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AI/ML Engineering Lead

Creative Global Consulting
Linthicum Heights, MD Contractor
POSTED ON 10/28/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/26/2026

Job Details:

Role: AI/ML Engineering Lead

Location: Linthicum Heights, MD

Duration: Long Term Contract

Work Arrangement: On-site

Interview Mode: Telephonic followed by In-Person


Position Overview:

The AI/ML Engineering Lead will lead the architecture, development, implementation, and governance of a shared enterprise AI/ML platform supporting multiple state agencies. This role focuses on ML engineering, MLOps, cloud infrastructure, data engineering, and Generative AI to deliver secure, scalable, reliable, and responsible AI/ML solutions.


Key Requirements:

  • 16 years of software or data engineering experience, including 3 years focused on production ML systems, MLOps, or ML platform engineering.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, IT, or a related field; master's degree preferred.
  • Experience building or operating shared enterprise AI/ML platforms supporting multiple teams or agencies.
  • Strong proficiency in Python and experience with PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, and Hugging Face.
  • Hands-on experience with MLflow, Kubeflow, Apache Airflow, or equivalent MLOps tools.
  • Experience with AWS SageMaker or equivalent AI/ML services on Azure or GCP.
  • Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, model registries, experiment tracking, automated testing, deployment, and monitoring.
  • Strong understanding of LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG architecture, model evaluation, and fine-tuning.
  • Experience with data pipelines, feature stores, data quality, data lineage, and governance.
  • Experience with Terraform or Pulumi and GitOps practices.
  • Strong technical leadership, architecture, mentoring, security, and responsible AI experience.


Preferred Experience:

  • State government, public sector, or highly regulated environments.
  • FedRAMP, NIST AI Risk Management Framework, and applicable cybersecurity and privacy requirements.
  • Responsible AI, model explainability, fairness auditing, bias mitigation, and model risk management.
  • Platform observability, reliability engineering, incident management, disaster recovery, and cloud cost optimization.


Salary : $60 - $70

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