Analytica is seeking aSenior AI-ML Engineer(Azure)with deepMicrosoft Azure ecosystemexperience combining ablend of high-level architectural design skills deep proficiency in Azures specialized AI toolset and a mastery of the end-to-end Machine Learning Lifecycle (MLOps). This lead role will besupportinglong term federal clientengagements inin the DC Metro area.
Analytica has been recognized by 3 consecutive years as one of the 250 fastest growing business. We offer competitive compensation with opportunities for bonuses employer paid health care training and development funds and 401k match.
This will be hybrid with 2 days in the office per week.
Responsibilities include:
Leada smallcross-functionalAI-ML and Data Engineering teamfordelivery and participate in Agile ceremonies including planning reviews and retrospectives.
Translate mission objectives into actionable technical plans aligned with federal standards and modernization goals
Feature Engineering and Attribute Evaluation - Candidate must demonstrate experience with identifying the key determinants for modeling that exist in the business process and within existing data sets as well as selecting evaluation protocols (model techniques).
Pre-processing - Demonstrate the skills and experience to collect clean and prepare data sets for input into a computational model using Pythonand SQL. Strong candidates will explain various methods you have applied using common pre-processing functions.
Modeling - Candidates will have practiced skills and experience selecting modeling techniques to fit the business problem. Examples will include techniques such as machine learning (ML) supervised and unsupervised learning regression neural networks and deep learning natural language processing etc.
Validation - Strong candidates will describe their experience with investigating reporting and justifying model results.
Visualization- Experience in presenting the results of their modeling activities depicting the insights realized and explaining the relevance of their results to the organizations business challenges.
Implement Azurecloud-native engineering AI/ML workflows analytics platform reliability and governance compliance.
Qualifications:
Bachelors degree in engineering Mathematics Computer Science Physics or similar strong pluspreferred in Statistics Mathematics Computer Science or familiar
8 years of experiencedeveloping scalable production-ready AI/MLsolutions
Must be Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate and/orMicrosoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect
Strong problem-solving skills leverage domain knowledge information technology andAi-MLtechniques
Programming & Frameworks: Advanced proficiency in Python (specifically forPyTorch TensorFlow and Scikit-learn). Experience with orchestration frameworks likeLangChain Semantic Kernel orAutoGen
Deepdemonstrated enterprisehands-on experience with:
Azure AI Foundry (formerly Azure AI Studio): Managing the unified platform for building testing and deploying AI models.
Azure OpenAI Service: Implementing LLMs (GPT-4o etc.) with custom fine-tuning or prompt engineering.
Azure AI Search: Designing vector databases and hybrid search for RAG-based systems.
Azure AI Speech Vision and Language: Integrating pre-built cognitive services into enterprise applications.
Azure Machine Learning (Azure ML): Designing and managing automated ML pipelines environment configurations and compute clusters.
Demonstratedexpertisein data analytics or AI/ML workflows in regulated or mission-driven environments.
Strong communication stakeholder engagement and cross-team collaboration capabilities.
Must be a US citizenandable to obtain andmaintaina PublicTrust security clearance
Analytica LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals regardless of race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal state or local law. As a federal contractor we comply with the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified protected veterans.
We ensure that all employment decisions are based on merit qualifications and business needs. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind. Analytica LLC also provides reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities in accordance with applicable laws
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Analytica is an award-winning federal consulting & IT solutions firm supporting federal health, civilian, & national security missions.