Operational Technology AI Engineer
Booz Allen Hamilton6 hours ago
Chantilly, VA, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$87k - $198k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and prototype AI and machine learning capabilities for OT, ICS, and cyber-physical environments.
- Analyze network telemetry, asset inventories, logs, sensor data, process data, threat intelligence, and security alerts for AI-enabled automation and analytics opportunities.
- Develop and evaluate ML models, AI agents, RAG capabilities, and other AI-enabled tools for OT security and operations.
- Build capabilities supporting OT asset visibility, threat detection, vulnerability analysis, anomaly detection, incident response, and operator decision-making.
- Evaluate emerging AI technologies for secure use in on-premises, air-gapped, disconnected, intermittent, and bandwidth-limited environments.
- Partner with OT engineers, cybersecurity specialists, data scientists, and mission stakeholders to transition prototypes into deployable operational capabilities.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of experience in AI and ML engineering, software engineering, data science, or cybersecurity engineering.
- Experience developing applications with Python, React, or TypeScript.
- Experience with ML, large language models, AI agents, or generative AI technologies.
- Knowledge of cybersecurity concepts, network security, and threat detection.
- Ability to develop prototypes and translate technical concepts into operational capabilities.
- Ability to obtain a Secret clearance.
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Preferred experience includes OT, ICS, SCADA, cyber-physical systems, embedded systems, OT network traffic, industrial protocols, telemetry, sensor data, or process data.
- Preferred experience includes AI-enabled cybersecurity, anomaly detection, threat hunting, vulnerability prioritization, automated response, RAG, agentic AI, vector databases, knowledge graphs, AI orchestration frameworks, and deployment to edge, on-premises, air-gapped, or resource-constrained environments.
- Preferred knowledge includes Kubernetes, Docker, Purdue Model architectures, Modbus, DNP3, OPC UA, BACnet, EtherNet/IP, AI security, model security, and secure AI development; a Top Secret clearance is also preferred.
Benefits
- Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits.
- Paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care.
- Recognition awards for exceptional performance and demonstration of company values.
- Hybrid work arrangement with expected work at a Booz Allen or customer facility according to leadership expectations and role needs.
- Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours per week on a regular basis are eligible for the applicable benefit programs.
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About Booz Allen Hamilton
Booz Allen Hamilton builds and integrates software, analytics, AI, cloud, and cybersecurity solutions while providing engineering and consulting services, primarily for U.S. defense, intelligence, and civil government clients, with select commercial partnerships. Its business is largely government contracting and professional services delivering mission systems and cyber defense. Founded in 1914 and headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Booz Allen is a public company traded on the NYSE (ticker: BAH).