What are the responsibilities and job description for the Subject Matter Expert (SME) AI/ML Engineer position at MANTECH?
MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Subject Matter Expert (SME) AI/ML Engineer to join our team. On-site at the Pentagon.
Summary
Join a dynamic and diverse team at an industry-leading organization where our employees are our top priority. At ManTech, you'll contribute to protecting national security while working on cutting-edge AI/ML projects. You'll have the opportunity to push the boundaries of AI/ML innovation in support of our government clients. ManTech also provides excellent opportunities for career growth and advancement. We are currently seeking a motivated, career-oriented, and customer-focused Senior AI/ML Engineer to join our team full-time.
Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To
Summary
Join a dynamic and diverse team at an industry-leading organization where our employees are our top priority. At ManTech, you'll contribute to protecting national security while working on cutting-edge AI/ML projects. You'll have the opportunity to push the boundaries of AI/ML innovation in support of our government clients. ManTech also provides excellent opportunities for career growth and advancement. We are currently seeking a motivated, career-oriented, and customer-focused Senior AI/ML Engineer to join our team full-time.
Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To
- Provides technical/management leadership on major tasks or technology assignments. Establishes goals and plans that meet project objectives.
- Directs and controls activities for a client, having overall responsibility for financial management, methods, and staffing to ensure that technical requirements are met.
- Interactions involve client negotiations and interfacing with senior management.
- Decision making and domain knowledge may have a critical impact on overall project implementation.
- 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
- Design systems for model monitoring and performance tracking
- Develop tools for model explainability and interpretability
- Optimize AI/ML algorithms for performance and scalability
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering or other related discipline
- 12 years of experience
- 3 years of software engineering experience with deep proficiency in Python
- Proven experience operationalizing Machine Learning models in production environments
- Hands-on experience with model evaluation, versioning, and CI/CD integration
- Strong API development skills
- 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.
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering or other related discipline
- 14 years of experience
- 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.
- US Citizenship with a DoD Secret clearance.
- Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50%
- Frequently communicates with co-workers, management, and customers, which may involve delivering presentations