AI - Advanced Technology Lead
Edgewater Federal Solutions, Inc.2 years ago
Albuquerque, NM, USAStaff+
Responsibilities
- Lead identification and prioritization of AI and advanced-technology use cases for cybersecurity operations, monitoring, reporting, and workflow efficiency.
- Define and implement AI governance practices covering intake, approval, model and data controls, documentation, performance, and risk monitoring.
- Design and oversee AI/ML integration into security operations, documentation management, metrics automation, and other agency workflows.
- Coordinate secure architecture, cybersecurity controls, privacy protections, risk assessments, and compliance activities for AI solutions.
- Develop AI policies, procedures, technical guidance, testing practices, and data usage rules.
- Produce architecture, data-flow, testing, approval, change-control, operational runbook, and audit-readiness documentation.
- Assess AI-related threats such as prompt injection, data leakage, and model misuse, and define mitigations, monitoring, and response playbooks.
- Collaborate with systems engineering and enterprise architecture teams on modernization, interoperability, scalability, and compliance.
- Establish success metrics for AI pilots and deployments and provide recurring updates to the CIO/PMO and stakeholders.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, AI, or a related field.
- At least 5 years of experience in AI/ML integration and governance.
- Experience with Azure AI, OpenAI, and/or TensorFlow.
- Knowledge of AI risk frameworks such as the NIST AI RMF.
- Ability to translate business and mission needs into AI requirements, pilot plans, and operational handoffs.
- Strong communication skills for explaining AI concepts, risks, and tradeoffs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Preferred experience implementing responsible AI controls in regulated environments, including data minimization, access control, human-in-the-loop review, and monitoring.
- Preferred familiarity with NIST cybersecurity concepts, federal compliance environments, authorization documentation, audit evidence, and change control.
- Preferred experience building RAG solutions and knowledge-management workflows using approved enterprise repositories.
- Preferred experience integrating AI with security operations tools, ticketing and workflow platforms, or reporting pipelines.
- Ability to prototype quickly while producing documentation and controls required for operational deployment.
- Must be able to perform office activities, keyboarding, remain seated for periods of time, occasionally lift or move up to 15 pounds, and work more than 40 hours when required.
- Frequent local travel and occasional statewide or out-of-state travel may be required.
Benefits
- Office-based work environment in Frederick, Maryland, with frequent local travel and occasional statewide or out-of-state travel.
- May require prolonged or irregular hours and more than 40 hours per week to perform essential duties.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities.
- Employer is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Tech Stack
TensorFlow
Categories
About Edgewater Federal Solutions, Inc.
Edgewater Federal Solutions delivers IT consulting and managed services to U.S. federal agencies, spanning enterprise systems engineering, cybersecurity, program/project management, records management, and application development. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Frederick, Maryland, it operates as a privately held government contractor and supports cabinet-level departments such as the Department of Energy with a largely cleared workforce. The company works as a prime and subcontractor on multi-year federal programs.