NLP Engineer - Clearance Required
BTI360 Website5 months ago
Herndon, VA, USAMid Level / Senior
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end knowledge graph and knowledgebase development efforts.
- Design and evaluate extraction and resolution workflows.
- Translate business requirements into quantitative problems.
- Drive technical decision-making for schema design and graph architecture.
- Stay current with advances in knowledge representation and information extraction.
- Apply analytical and statistical methods to validate insights.
- Develop reports and whitepapers evaluating solution alternatives.
- Collaborate across teams to align on strategy and contribute to proposals.
- Mentor junior data scientists by providing technical guidance.
Requirements
- Active Security Clearance (Secret or higher) or the ability to obtain one.
- 5+ years of experience in data science or machine learning roles.
- Deep expertise in natural language processing (NLP) techniques.
- Experience building Knowledge Graphs using RDF or LPG models.
- Experience with Knowledge Graph construction pipelines.
- Proven track record of model evaluation using appropriate metrics.
- Strong scripting skills with AI/ML frameworks and data manipulation libraries.
- Basic software engineering practices such as git and CI/CD.
- Comfortable working in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Excellent communication skills for translating technical metrics.
- Ability to work independently.
- Candidates must maintain a primary residence within a two-hour drive of Herndon, VA.
Benefits
- Fully paid healthcare premiums.
- Competitive salaries and performance bonuses.
- Career development and in-house training.
- Tuition Reimbursement.
- Up to 5 weeks PTO plus 2 weeks of federal holidays.
- 401K dollar for dollar matching up to 6% annually, vested immediately.
- Opportunities for community service and social events.
Tech Stack
Categories
Data Science
About BTI360 Website
BTI360 develops custom big data and cloud software for U.S. federal agencies, with strengths in distributed search, machine learning, and AWS-based systems. The company supports mission users in the intelligence community, including OSINT data access and analytics. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Herndon, VA, BTI360 is privately held and emphasizes software craftsmanship, DevOps, and lean agile delivery for government programs.