AI Engineer
M9 Solutions7 hours ago
Washington, DC, USASenior
Base Salary
$60k - $180k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and develop AI-enabled applications supporting FISMA audit readiness, GAO audit responses, NFR and POA&M management, Corrective Action Plans, audit evidence analysis, and control testing.
- Build custom GPT and RAG-based solutions, secure AI copilots, agentic workflows, vector databases, semantic search, and knowledge retrieval architectures.
- Develop AI capabilities for compliance mapping, NIST CSF and FISMA assessments, policy review, audit narrative generation, executive reporting, and cybersecurity directive review.
- Create data pipelines integrating audit data, findings repositories, POA&M systems, and compliance datasets.
- Develop dashboards and predictive analytics for audit readiness, findings trends, control deficiencies, program risks, and emerging compliance risks.
- Implement model evaluation, prompt security, audit logging, explainability, and AI governance controls aligned with federal requirements.
- Develop proof-of-concepts and production-ready capabilities that reduce manual audit work and improve cybersecurity oversight.
Requirements
- Active Secret security clearance.
- 5+ years of software engineering experience.
- 3+ years developing AI/ML-enabled applications.
- Experience with Python, FastAPI or Flask, React or modern front-end frameworks, Azure OpenAI, LangChain, Semantic Kernel, LlamaIndex or equivalent, REST APIs, SQL and NoSQL databases, and Git-based DevSecOps pipelines.
- Experience developing RAG architectures, agentic workflows, vector databases, prompt engineering frameworks, and document intelligence solutions.
- Experience working with unstructured policies, audit reports, findings, and compliance documentation.
- Understanding of FISMA, the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, NIST SP 800-53, continuous monitoring, POA&M processes, the cyber audit lifecycle, risk assessments, and GRC.
- Ability to engage senior government stakeholders and translate complex cybersecurity requirements into technical solutions.
- Preferred qualifications include experience with federal civilian agencies and cybersecurity environments, audit finding management, NFRs, Corrective Action Plans, audit evidence analysis, and AI solutions for compliance, governance, or risk management.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Power Platform, Fabric, Purview, Copilot Studio, and Azure AI services is preferred.
Benefits
- Full-time employee position with a stated salary range of $60,000-$180,000 USD.
- Hybrid remote/on-site work arrangement in Washington, DC.
- Benefits are provided through M9 Solutions’ benefits program.
- Work supports a federal government contract and requires an active Secret clearance.
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About M9 Solutions
M9 Solutions provides IT services and staffing for U.S. federal agencies, including software development, cloud migration, cybersecurity, data delivery and analytics, and applications and infrastructure support. The privately held firm, founded in 2007 and headquartered in Vienna, Virginia, delivers cleared talent and project-based solutions and has supported more than 30 federal agencies, plus some commercial customers.