AI/ML Engineer IV

Job description

Description Markon’s partner company is seeking a motivated and experienced AI/ML Engineer to support the Fort Meade Customer. This role serves as a critical bridge between data science and software engineering—capturing stakeholder requirements and delivering scalable, production-ready AI/ML solutions. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience building, operationalizing, and deploying advanced machine learning and generative AI systems in secure, mission-driven environments. Responsibilities: Mission-Focused Engineering: - Implement Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) practices to automate and standardize the ML lifecycle—from model development and training to deployment and monitoring - Apply DevOps principles to ensure reliable, efficient, and scalable ML systems in production Design and develop AI/ML pipelines supporting: - Machine Learning models - Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) - Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures - Agentic AI workflows - Translate stakeholder requirements into functional prototypes and deployable enterprise solutions - Support model performance monitoring, optimization, and continuous improvement Technical Development: - Dev...