AI Machine Learning Engineer

Ashburn, IL - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 2 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About Niyam IT (Niyam)

Niyam was founded in 2007 by a group of consultants who shared a unique vision: a technology company steeped in orderly process yet driven by passion and innovation. Over the following decade we fine-tuned our craft and built an impressive track record of successful outcomes securing our reputation as the go-to provider of smart innovative solutions.

Today Niyam is at the forefront of the industry leading the way in crafting mission-critical technologies for Emergency Preparedness & Response Natural Resource Management Law Enforcement & Justice Health IT and Global Citizen Services.

What We Offer:

Flexible Work Hours: Life doesnt always fit into a 9-to-5 schedule. We offer flexibility to help you manage your work-life balance effectively.
Remote Work: Niyam understands the value of flexibility. We offer remote work.
Career Growth: Niyam is not just a job; its a career journey. We provide a supportive environment for your professional development and offer fully paid opportunities for training and advancement within the company.
Great People: Our people are the blueprint of who Niyam is to the industry and community.
Great Environment: Niyam fosters a great environment where innovation collaboration and personal growth thrive.
Diversity & Inclusion: We believe in the strength of diverse perspectives. Your unique ideas are welcomed and celebrated every day at Niyam.

Join us in creating a workplace where innovation diversity and well-being thrive. Your journey at Niyam awaits. Apply today!

Niyam is seeking an AI/ML Engineer to join our team in support of our work with a federal client. This role will focus on designing developing and deploying advanced AI/ML solutions that enhance operational efficiency enable data-driven decision-making and support evolving mission ideal candidate brings a strong foundation in machine learning data engineering and MLOps along with experience working in secure regulated environments. This position requires collaboration across cross-functional teams and a commitment to delivering scalable ethical and compliant AI offer competitive compensation and benefits. This full-time position will be hybrid to Ashburn VA. This position is contingent upon award of contract.

Roles and Responsibilities

Design develop train and validate advanced AI and machine learning models to support mission-critical use cases for a federal client ensuring alignment with operational objectives and data governance standards.
Evaluate and select appropriate machine learning techniques algorithms and neural network architectures (e.g. supervised unsupervised deep learning) leveraging frameworks such as TensorFlow and PyTorch to build scalable and efficient solutions.
Perform end-to-end data lifecycle activities including data collection ingestion cleansing preprocessing and feature engineering ensuring data quality integrity and compliance with federal data management policies.
Deploy AI/ML models into production environments integrating with existing enterprise systems cloud platforms and APIs while ensuring high availability scalability and security.
Establish and maintain MLOps pipelines to support continuous integration continuous delivery (CI/CD) automated testing model versioning and performance monitoring across the model lifecycle.
Monitor model performance over time implement retraining strategies and optimize models to ensure sustained accuracy reliability and operational effectiveness in dynamic environments.
Identify assess and mitigate bias in datasets and model outputs ensuring fairness transparency and adherence to ethical AI principles and applicable federal guidelines.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams including data engineers software developers cybersecurity personnel and program stakeholders to translate mission and business requirements into technical AI/ML solutions.
Document model development processes methodologies and results to support auditability reproducibility and compliance with federal standards and accreditation requirements.
Support security and compliance initiatives by aligning AI/ML solutions with frameworks such as NIST and FedRAMP ensuring proper handling of sensitive data and adherence to system authorization processes (e.g. ATO).

Qualifications and Education Requirements:

US Citizenship with ability to obtain a Public Trust.
Bachelors degree or higher in Computer Science Engineering Data Science Artificial Intelligence or a related technical discipline from an accredited institution.
8 years of progressive experience designing developing and deploying machine learning or artificial intelligence solutions within enterprise or mission-driven environments.
Demonstrated experience with machine learning frameworks and tools such as TensorFlow PyTorch Scikit-learn or similar technologies.
Hands-on experience with data preprocessing feature engineering and working with large complex datasets in both structured and unstructured formats.
Proven experience deploying and operationalizing AI/ML models in production environments including integration with cloud platforms (e.g. AWS Azure or GCP).
Experience implementing MLOps practices including CI/CD pipelines model monitoring versioning and lifecycle management.
Strong understanding of responsible AI practices including bias detection model explainability and ethical AI considerations.
Familiarity with federal security and compliance frameworks (e.g. NIST FedRAMP) and experience working within regulated environments is preferred.
Strong analytical problem-solving and communication skills with the ability to effectively collaborate across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Local to Ashburn VA and available to work onsite as needed.

Preferred Skills:

Experience supporting federal agencies or working within government contracting environments.
Knowledge of containerization and orchestration tools (e.g. Docker Kubernetes).
Experience with big data technologies such as Hadoop Spark or distributed data processing frameworks.
Familiarity with API development and microservices architecture.
Experience implementing AI/ML solutions in cloud-native environments.

Application Deadline:This position will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

Niyam is an Equal Opportunity (EEO) Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race color creed religion sex sexual orientation gender identity pregnancy marital status partnership status age citizenship status veteran or military status medical condition genetic information national origin disability unemployment status or any other characteristic prohibited by federal state and/or local laws.If you require a reasonable accommodation due to a disability to complete your application or if you face challenges using our online application system and need an alternative way to apply please reach out to us at 1 703.429.2450 or email

Required Experience:

Senior IC

About Niyam IT (Niyam)Niyam was founded in 2007 by a group of consultants who shared a unique vision: a technology company steeped in orderly process yet driven by passion and innovation. Over the following decade we fine-tuned our craft and built an impressive track record of successful outcomes se...