AIML Engineer

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KBRs Advanced Analytics and Cloud Program is seeking a AI/ML Engineer - Data Scientist in Fort Belvoir VA to support the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) on initiatives advancing knowledge graph engineering retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) GraphRAG and AI/ML-driven data discovery. This role is ideal for someone passionate about building cutting-edge analytics capabilities for Department of War missions. As part of a multidisciplinary team of AI engineers developers and data scientists you will collaborate directly with government stakeholders to design prototype and implement solutions using modern graph technologies embeddings and machine learning methods. Your work will shape the next generation of intelligent information systems across DoW environments.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Develop optimize and maintain knowledge graphs ontologies and graph-based data pipelines.
• Build and deploy RAG and GraphRAG solutions enabling advanced semantic search and intelligent retrieval.
• Design and generate vector embeddings supporting entity linking document similarity and data enrichment.
• Conduct exploratory data analysis model development evaluation and tuning.
• Work with government stakeholders to capture requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Contribute to the development of advanced AI/ML prototypes leveraging DoD data.
• Collaborate with cloud engineers software developers and fellow data scientists in an Agile environment.
• Prepare clear technical documentation presentations and demonstrations of analytics capabilities.

Basic Qualifications

• Active SECRET clearance (U.S. citizenship required; no visa sponsorship available).
• Bachelors degree in a technical field (Computer Science Data Science Engineering Mathematics etc.).
• 3 years of experience
• Security Certification
• Experience with Bibliometric Analysis System & Research Organization Registrys (ROR)
• Experience with: Knowledge graphs (e.g. Neo4j RDF SPARQL Property Graphs) RAG frameworks (ex: GraphRAG workflows or LLM-augmented semantic retrieval) Embeddings (e.g. sentence transformers vector search FAISS Pinecone Milvus)
• Proficiency with Python and common ML/AI libraries (e.g. PyTorch TensorFlow scikit-learn).
• Experience developing APIs and integrating AI/ML solutions into operational systems.

Preferred Quals

• Experience supporting DoD DTIC or other government research/data missions
• Knowledge of cloud environments (AWS Azure or GovCloud)
• Familiarity with LLM-based architectures vector databases (FAISS Pinecone Milvus) or semantic search systems
• Experience with big data or distributed processing frameworks (Spark Ray Databricks)
• Background in NLP document intelligence information retrieval or knowledge engineering
• Experience working in Agile or cross-functional technical teams
• Masters degree or higher in a relevant technical field

KBR may offer bonuses commissions or other forms of compensation to certain job titles or levels per internal policy or contractual designation. Additional compensation may be in the form of sign on bonus relocation benefits short term incentives long term incentives or discretionary payments for exceptional performance.

Benefits:KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include a 401K plan with company match medical dental vision life insurance AD&D flexible spending account disability paid time off or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.

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