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Junior AI/ML Engineer

MANTECH
Arlington, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 6/4/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/2/2026
MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Junior AI/ML Engineer to join our team. On site at the Pentagon.

Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To

  • Design, build, and maintain AI/ML lifecycle core services and products
  • Create utilities and ensure seamless function of orchestration capabilities to support the AI/ML environment
  • Develop and implement infrastructure for training, validating, and deploying machine learning models
  • Create reusable components and libraries to accelerate AI/ML development and use of Generative AI capabilities
  • Build model serving platforms for efficient inference
  • Implement automated machine learning pipelines and MLOps practices for continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) of models
  • Implement version control for models and datasets, and develop robust testing frameworks for AI/ML components

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering or other related discipline
  • 2 years of experience
  • 3 years of software engineering experience with deep proficiency in Python
  • Proven experience operationalizing Machine Learning models in production environments
  • Familiarity with MLOps frameworks such as AWS SageMake, MLflow, Kubeflow, or Airflow.
  • Expertise in scalable model serving platforms such as TensorFlow Serving, TorchServe, or ONNX runtime.
  • Advanced knowledge of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, or GCP) and DevOps practices including Terraform or Helm.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and deploying containerized ML services
  • Experience working with feature stores
  • Experience utilizing Databricks or similar cloud-native ML tooling
  • Experience working with feature stores and distributed data frameworks (e.g., Spark).
  • Proficiency in model interpretation tools like SHAP or LIME.
  • Foundational understanding of linear algebra, calculus, and numerical computation to support algorithm optimization.

Clearance Requirements

  • US Citizenship with a DoD Secret clearance.

Physical Requirements

  • Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50%
  • Frequently communicates with co-workers, management, and customers, which may involve delivering presentations

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