AL/ML Engineer
Markon Solutions1 month ago
Annapolis Junction, MD, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$120k - $200k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and integrate LLM and agent orchestration workflows using LangGraph, Agno, and NVIDIA NeMo Agent Toolkit.
- Tune model gateway routing across frontier and open-weight models for cost, performance, and mission fit.
- Develop RAG pipelines, vector database integrations, and memory services for agent knowledge and context.
- Implement MCP-based tool-broker integrations for secure access to enterprise tools and data.
- Evaluate, benchmark, and tune models and agent behaviors through automated evaluation pipelines.
- Partner with data scientists and mission analysts to productionize AI research and prototypes.
- Implement AI governance guardrails including safety filters, policy enforcement, and approval gates.
- Research emerging LLM, agent, and AI tooling and document model and agent architectures.
Requirements
- Active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph is required.
- A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related discipline is required, with four additional years of experience substitutable for the degree.
- 10+ years of experience in an engineering-related discipline is required.
- Advanced proficiency in Python for AI/ML application development is required.
- Production experience building or integrating LLM- and agent-based systems is required.
- Experience with RAG, vector databases, and prompt/context engineering is required.
- Experience with LangGraph, Agno, NVIDIA NeMo Agent Toolkit, NVIDIA NIM, vLLM, Ollama, LiteLLM, MCP, AI evaluation, model benchmarking, and AI workload observability is desired.
- Experience supporting DoD cyber operations or related AI/cyber mission environments is desired.
- A master’s degree and 8+ years of relevant experience is desired.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and identify or escalate operational risks early is required.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability coverage.
- 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, and employee assistance program.
- Training and tuition assistance.
- Paid time off and holidays.
- Work supports a program in the Annapolis Junction, Maryland area; the posting does not specify a remote or hybrid arrangement.
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About Markon Solutions
Markon Solutions provides cyber, digital transformation, and critical intelligence consulting services to U.S. federal agencies, including the Intelligence Community. The privately held firm delivers technology-enabled services such as red teaming, software engineering, and secure infrastructure support across classified programs. Headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, it operates as a government contractor focused on national security missions and enterprise IT modernization.