AI Engineer

Acuity INC•, DC

About The Position

Join Acuity’s team of experts to have an impact on our government’s critical missions. Acuity, Inc. is a consulting firm that supports federal agencies in the areas of IT Modernization, Data Enablement, and Hyperautomation. We are hiring for an AI Engineer!

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related technical field.
5+ years of experience in software engineering or data engineering.
3+ years of experience developing AI/ML solutions in highly regulated or federal environments.
Proficiency in Python, Java, or similar languages within Agile and DevSecOps workflows.
Active security clearance (Secret or Top Secret) or eligibility to obtain one.

Nice To Haves

CompTIA Security+ (required for DoD 8570 compliance).
Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate or AWS Certified Machine Learning – Specialty.
AWS/Azure Developer Associate certifications.
Demonstrated expertise in applying FedRAMP Moderate/High baselines.
Technical implementation of NIST 800-53 and FISMA security controls.
Understanding of the Authority to Operate (ATO) process for AI-driven systems.

Responsibilities

Implement and deploy AI/ML models using frameworks such as TensorFlow or PyTorch within secure federal environments.
Build and maintain secure data pipelines to support model training and inference in AWS GovCloud or Azure Government.
Collaborate with AI Architects to translate high-level strategy into technical code and operational functional artifacts.
Technical implementation of MLOps pipelines to ensure auditability, traceability, and model versioning for compliance.
Perform data cleaning, feature engineering, and hyperparameter tuning to optimize model performance for mission-specific datasets.
Ensure all code and model artifacts meet technical implementation requirements for NIST 800-53 controls.
Integrate Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) into existing secure architectures and zero-trust frameworks.