Artificial Intelligence Practitioner

KBR•Beavercreek, OH

15h•$163,600 - $225,000•Remote

About The Position

KBR is seeking an experienced artificial intelligence practitioner to design and develop AI courses for Department of War (DoW) customers. The role calls for hands-on experience training, fine-tuning, diagnosing, and comparing neural-network models, as well as expertise in model development, representation learning, and experimental training workflows. The successful candidate will bring practical experience using AI to change organizational work and translate that experience into curriculum for a non-technical federal audience. Experience advising leadership, briefing stakeholders, or mentoring staff through technical change is also relevant. The course content covers AI foundations; federal AI governance and oversight; ethical and responsible use; critical thinking and human oversight; AI change management and leadership; acquisition and vendor risk; data security and information handling; and hands-on tools such as Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, and other approved assistants. The role is remote, with no travel required and standard hours of 40 hours per week. The listed basic compensation range is $163,600–$225,000, with the offered rate based on the candidate’s qualifications and internal parity. Additional compensation may be available under company policy.

Requirements

At least 8 years of professional experience in uniformed service, a federal agency, or direct, sustained support of federal clients.
At least 3 years of hands-on applied AI experience, such as deploying, governing, evaluating, procuring, auditing, or systematically using AI, machine learning, or generative AI tools professionally.
Ability to explain how AI works and where it fails to a non-technical federal audience.
Bachelor’s degree or higher.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office 365 and comfort with Microsoft Teams and digital communication tools.
Current, active DoD SECRET clearance.

Nice To Haves

Experience designing courses and/or instructing, including leading, training, briefing, advising, or mentoring professionals.
Direct experience applying current federal AI guidance, including OMB M-25-21 and M-25-22, the NIST AI Risk Management Framework, the DoW AI accountability framework, agency AI use case inventories, and high-impact AI determinations.
Current knowledge of evolving federal AI policy.
A relevant credential, such as IAPP Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional (AIGP), a NIST AI RMF-aligned certificate, CIPP/G, CISSP, CDMP, PMP, or an AI certification from Microsoft, AWS, or Google.
Formal instruction experience with adult professional learners in classroom or live virtual settings.

Responsibilities

Design and develop AI courses in support of DoW customers.
Develop instruction covering AI foundations, including machine learning, deep learning, large language models, prompting, verification, and model limitations.
Develop instruction on federal AI policy, governance, oversight, and governance maturity.
Develop instruction on AI ethics, responsible use, fairness, transparency, accountability, and safeguards for automated decisions.
Teach critical evaluation of AI output, appropriate task delegation, and accountable human oversight.
Develop instruction on responsible AI adoption, workforce concerns, AI literacy, and organizational change.
Teach AI acquisition and vendor-risk practices, including governance requirements, intellectual property and licensing, vendor-claim evaluation, and performance and monitoring requirements.
Teach data security and information-handling practices, including controlled unclassified information, data classification, records implications, and security review.
Provide practical instruction on Microsoft Copilot across Microsoft 365, ChatGPT, and other approved assistants.