Generative AI Specialist AI & ML Developer

Peraton is hiring: Generative AI Specialist / AI & ML Developer.

Location: On-site Annapolis Junction / Jessup MD

Required: U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI with Poly security clearance.

Additional Requirement: Current valid U.S. passport (potential OCONUS travel)

About the Role:

Peraton is seeking an experienced Generative AI Specialist to support high-impact Internal Research and Development (IRAD) initiatives focused on AI/ML-driven platforms for Operations in the Information Environment (OIE).

• This role is central to delivering advanced generative AI capabilities supporting COCOM information operations across CENTCOM NORTHCOM INDOPACOM AFRICOM and EUCOM.
• You will drive innovation in LLMs agentic AI workflows and generative AI application developmentdirectly influencing Peratons competitive position in the defense AI landscape.

In this role you will:

• Design and optimize generative AI solutions using GPT 4/5 Claude Gemini and Azure OpenAI including prompt engineering fine-tuning and retrieval augmented generation (RAG).
• Implement agentic LLM architectures with structured outputs (JSON/GeoJSON) chain-of-thought/chain-of-debate methods and multi-agent orchestration.
• Build and maintain prompt libraries evaluation frameworks and QA pipelines for defense-grade AI content.
• Integrate generative AI into existing platforms via documented APIs ensuring interoperability with DoD systems (Maven C2IE IRIS).
• Research emerging generative AI techniques (multimodal models synthetic data generation AI-assisted analysis for information operations).
• Translate COCOM operational requirements into deployable AI solutions; support TTX events and platform demonstrations.
• Implement Responsible AI practices including bias detection validation hallucination mitigation and HITL workflows.
• Support MVP-aligned milestone delivery contributing to TRL progression and ROI measurement.
• Document novel prompting techniques model configurations and workflows that may constitute IP or trade secrets.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in a related technical field and minimum of 5 years relevant experience. An additional 4 years of experience may substitute for the bachelors degree.
• Minimum of 3 years in software development or data science including 2 years focused on generative AI LLMs or NLP.
• Hands-on experience with foundation models (GPT 4 Claude Gemini Llama Mistral) including prompt engineering few-shot learning fine-tuning and API integration.
• Strong Python skills; experience with LangChain LlamaIndex Hugging Face OpenAI/Anthropic APIs.
• Experience building RAG systems using vector databases (Pinecone Weaviate ChromaDB pgvector).
• Cloud experience (AWS Azure) and deploying AI/ML models in production.
• Understanding of AI safety hallucination mitigation bias reduction and prompt injection protection.
• Experience with Git CI/CD and DevSecOps practices.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• Ability to obtain a final TS/SCI with Poly security clearance.
• Current valid U.S. passport for potential OCONUS travel.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters degree.
• Experience with agentic AI architecture multi-agent workflows and LLM tool-use.
• Hands-on experience with fine-tuning RLHF DPO LoRA/QLoRA.
• Familiarity with multimodal models and defense/intelligence applications.
• Experience with IRIS OMEGA or similar operational platforms.
• Background supporting IO PSYOP influence analysis or COCOM operations.
• Knowledge of MLOps A/B testing and LLM evaluation frameworks (RAGAS DeepEval).
• Experience with synthetic data generation simulation or Monte Carlo methods.
• Understanding of geospatial data formats (GeoJSON KML) and visualization tools (Plotly ).
• Strong communication skills for technical-to-nontechnical translation and customer demos.
• Relevant cloud/AI certifications (AWS Azure Google ).

Key Technologies & Platforms:

GPT 5 Claude Gemini Azure OpenAI Service LangChain LlamaIndex Hugging Face Transformers Python Pinecone ChromaDB Weaviate pgvector AWS Azure Docker Kubernetes REST APIs JSON/GeoJSON Plotly IRIS Maven C2IE OMEGA FedRAMP IL24.

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the worlds leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider we deliver trusted highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land sea space air and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day our employees do the cant be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit to learn how were keeping people around the world safe and secure.