AI Governance Analyst

Koniag Data Solutions LLC a Koniag Government Services company is seeking an AI Governance Analyst to support KDS and our government customer in Washington position requires the candidate to be able to obtain a Public offer competitive compensation and an extraordinary benefits package including health dental and vision insurance 401K with company matching flexible spending accounts paid holidays three weeks paid time off and Data Government a Koniag Government Services company is seeking an experienced AI Governance Analyst to support the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). The ideal candidate is a knowledgeable and forward-thinking professional with expertise in artificial intelligence governance policy development and risk management within federal government environments. This individual will play a critical role in supporting SBAs responsible adoption and use of artificial intelligence technologies ensuring that AI systems and initiatives align with federal AI policies ethical principles and applicable laws and regulations. The AI Governance Analyst will serve as a key contributor to SBAs AI governance program supporting the development implementation and management of AI governance frameworks policies and processes that ensure the responsible ethical and compliant use of AI technologies across the responsibilities will include but are not limited to:Support the development implementation and maintenance of SBAs AI governance framework policies standards and procedures ensuring alignment with federal AI policies executive orders OMB guidance and applicable laws and regulations governing the use of AI in federal AI risk assessments and impact analyses for AI systems and initiatives across SBA identifying potential risks related to bias fairness transparency explainability privacy security and civil liberties and developing mitigation strategies and SBAs compliance with applicable federal AI requirements including Executive Order 13960 (Promoting the Use of Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence in the Federal Government) Executive Order 14110 (Safe Secure and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence) OMB Memorandum M-24-10 and other relevant federal AI directives and in the development and maintenance of SBAs AI inventory ensuring all AI systems and use cases are accurately identified documented and reported in compliance with federal AI inventory requirements established by OMB with SBA program offices IT teams data scientists legal counsel and privacy officers to embed AI governance requirements into the design procurement development and deployment of AI systems and solutions throughout the AI and maintain AI governance documentation including AI use case assessments AI impact assessments AI risk registers governance checklists and AI system documentation aligned with NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF) the application of the NIST AI Risk Management Framework (NIST AI RMF 1.0) to SBAs AI initiatives assisting in the GOVERN MAP MEASURE and MANAGE functions to identify assess and mitigate AI-related risks across the and analyze developments in federal AI policy legislation executive orders OMB guidance and industry best practices assessing their impact on SBAs AI governance program and supporting the implementation of required program and deliver AI governance awareness and training materials for SBA personnel contractors and leadership promoting a strong understanding of responsible AI principles federal AI requirements and SBAs AI governance policies and the integration of AI governance and security requirements into SBAs NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF) and Authorization to Operate (ATO) processes ensuring AI-specific risks and controls are appropriately documented and with SBAs privacy cybersecurity and legal teams to address the intersection of AI governance with privacy data protection cybersecurity and civil rights and civil liberties vendor and procurement assessments for AI tools and solutions evaluating proposed AI systems against SBAs AI governance requirements federal standards and ethical AI the development and implementation of AI monitoring and auditing processes to ensure deployed AI systems continue to perform as intended remain free from significant bias or drift and comply with applicable governance requirements over their operational and deliver reports briefings and presentations on AI governance program status AI risk findings and policy compliance updates to SBA leadership and in interagency AI governance working groups communities of practice and knowledge sharing forums representing SBAs interests and staying current with emerging federal AI governance trends and and Experience:Required:Bachelors degree in Information Technology Computer Science Public Policy Law Data Science Cybersecurity or a related field from an accredited college or university.5 years of progressive experience in AI governance technology policy risk management information assurance or a closely related field with demonstrated experience supporting AI governance or responsible AI knowledge of federal AI policies executive orders and guidance including OMB Memorandum M-24-10 Executive Order 14110 and NIST AI RMF working within or supporting federal government agencies on technology governance risk management or compliance or more of the following certifications or equivalent:Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)Certified Information Privacy Professional/Government (CIPP/G)NIST AI RMF credentials or equivalent AI governance training and certificationProject Management Professional (PMP) or equivalentCertified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC)Desired:Masters degree in Artificial Intelligence Data Science Public Policy Law Cybersecurity Information Management or a related field.7 years of experience in AI governance technology policy or risk management with a strong background supporting federal civilian agency AI with AI/ML model development data science methodologies or AI system engineering providing technical grounding for governance and risk assessment Skills and Competencies:Exceptional communication skills in English both written and oral with the ability to clearly explain complex AI governance concepts risk findings and policy requirements to diverse audiences including technical staff program managers legal counsel and senior agency knowledge of federal AI governance requirements and frameworks including Executive Order 14110 OMB Memorandum M-24-10 the NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0) and NIST AI standards and understanding of AI and machine learning concepts including supervised and unsupervised learning natural language processing computer vision large language models (LLMs) and generative AI sufficient to effectively assess AI governance and risk conducting AI risk assessments and impact analyses identifying risks related to algorithmic bias fairness transparency explainability privacy security and civil liberties and developing practical risk mitigation strategiesKnowledge of responsible AI principles including fairness accountability transparency explainability safety and reliability and their application within federal agency AI governance with federal privacy laws and regulations including the Privacy Act of 1974 OMB Circular A-130 and NIST SP 800-122 and their intersection with AI data collection processing and useExperience developing and maintaining governance documentation including policy documents risk registers assessment reports and compliance of the federal procurement and acquisition process and experience evaluating AI tools and solutions against governance security and ethical AI requirementsKnowledge of cybersecurity frameworks and their relationship to AI system security including NIST SP 800-53 controls applicable to AI systems and the integration of AI governance into the RMF and ATO processesStrong analytical and critical thinking skills with the ability to assess complex AI governance challenges interpret evolving federal policy requirements and develop practical actionable to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams including IT data science legal privacy and program office stakeholders to integrate AI governance requirements into agency organizational and program management skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities and deliver high-quality work products under tight to obtain and maintain a Public Trust Skills and Competencies:Prior experience supporting SBA or other federal civilian agency AI governance or responsible AI -on experience with AI/ML model development training and evaluation including familiarity with common AI/ML frameworks and platforms such as TensorFlow PyTorch Scikit-learn or with AI bias detection and mitigation tools and methodologies including fairness metrics bias auditing frameworks and algorithmic impact assessment with generative AI and large language model (LLM) governance considerations including prompt engineering risks hallucination data poisoning model inversion and related security and trustworthiness of AI explainability and interpretability techniques including SHAP LIME and other model explanation methodologies and their application in federal AI governance and accountability with AI system monitoring and auditing tools and techniques including model performance monitoring drift detection and automated compliance with international AI governance frameworks and standards including the EU AI Act ISO/IEC 42001 and IEEE standards for AI ethics and governance and their potential implications for federal agency AI supporting federal agency responses to congressional inquiries inspector general (IG) reviews or GAO assessments related to AI or emerging technology of data governance principles and their intersection with AI governance including data quality management data lineage and metadata management as they relate to AI system inputs and with cloud-based AI and machine learning platforms including AWS SageMaker Azure Machine Learning and Google Vertex AI and the governance considerations associated with cloud-hosted AI with algorithmic auditing third-party AI system assessments and the development of AI procurement evaluation criteria and contractual AI governance Ethical Emerging Technologist (CEET) or equivalent AI ethics and governance Equal Employment Opportunity PolicyThe company is an equal opportunity employer. The company shall not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race color religion creed ethnicity sex sexual orientation gender or gender identity (except where gender is a bona fide occupational qualification) national origin or ancestry age disability citizenship military/veteran status marital status genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal state or local law. We are committed to equal employment opportunity in all decisions related to employment promotion wages benefits and all other privileges terms and conditions of company is dedicated to seeking all qualified applicants. 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