Cognitive AI Engineer

Visionist, Inc. • Columbia, MD

10d • $187,000 - $264,000

About The Position

Visionist is hiring a Cognitive AI Engineer for a fully funded opportunity on its largest prime contract. The role supports mission-critical infrastructure analysis within a program covering systems design and engineering, database administration, data science and knowledge management, enterprise risk management, integration and test, and operations and systems support. The work involves close collaboration with analysts, engineers, users, policymakers, and mission leadership in a service-oriented environment.

The engineer will build and maintain full-stack applications and data capabilities, use AI tools and techniques to accelerate analysis and engineering workflows, and develop ETL workflows for reconciling requested and deployed infrastructure. The position requires an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph and U.S. citizenship. A bachelor's degree in a technical discipline is required, with four additional years of experience allowed as a substitute for the degree.

Requirements

• Active Top Secret (TS/SCI) clearance with polygraph.
• U.S. citizenship; green card holders and permanent residents are not eligible.
• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline, or four additional years of experience in lieu of the degree.
• 12 years of experience in system engineering.
• Strong proficiency in Python.
• Experience leveraging AI/ML tools to accelerate data analysis and engineering solution development.
• Experience with Kafka and streaming analytics.
• Working knowledge of relational databases.

Nice To Haves

• Exposure to dataflow, data science, or mission analytics.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain full-stack applications, including frontend and backend components, to support mission-critical infrastructure analysis.
• Use AI tools and techniques to accelerate data analysis, prototype solutions, and improve engineering workflows.
• Develop ETL workflows to reconcile requested and deployed infrastructure, identify discrepancies, and support proactive alerting.
• Build scalable, reliable data ingestion and processing capabilities to support infrastructure analysis.
• Collaborate with full-stack engineers to integrate data sources and visualize actionable results.

Benefits

• Annual merit increases and performance-based bonuses.
• Four weeks of paid time off that is not use-or-lose, 12 paid holidays, comp time, overtime, and flexible work hours.
• 80 hours of paid parental leave, with an additional $8,000 supplemental payment upon returning from maternity leave.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits for individuals and families; employees who waive medical benefits receive an additional $4,160 per year.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions.
• Annual lifestyle bonus of $600 for expenses such as gyms/fitness, new technology, or an HSA.
• Term life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior