AI Engineer

Everforth ECS is hiring an AI Engineer (AI Interoperability Integration Engineer) to integrate mission-ready AI automation capabilities into NGA mission workflows at the Springfield, VA (onsite) site.

Responsibilities

• Support modernization work aligned with the Department of War (DoW) AI strategy to close GEOINT workflow gaps
• Architect and implement end-to-end automated workflows across analytic capabilities, building pipelines and connecting COTS and GOTS tools into coherent, mission-specific capabilities
• Use existing APIs, develop new APIs, and implement data interface services to enable interoperability between disparate NGA systems
• Design modular, scalable, maintainable integrations to deliver enterprise capability instead of stovepipes
• Design, implement, and maintain data ingestion and egress pipelines that provide analysts access to underexploited multi-int data sources at BIG DATA scale
• Develop operational dashboards, data processing pipelines, and advanced geospatial data visualizations
• Integrate front-end applications with underlying data stores, and upgrade, enhance, and integrate third-party applications to keep them performant, secure, and mission-aligned
• Build, deploy, and sustain containerized, scalable architectures across cloud and on-premises environments
• Apply LLMs, VLMs, and generative/agentic AI using prompt engineering, model orchestration, and agentic AI pipeline design to accelerate tool development and analyst workflows
• Build natural language tasking interfaces and automated assessment generation from computer vision detections
• Enable machine-assisted object management by automatically creating and enriching observation records from model outputs, so analysts can review, refine, and disseminate instead of building from scratch
• Partner with requirements personnel to understand requirements and objectives, map end-to-end workflows, identify manual handoffs that add latency, and architect pipelines/APIs/AI-enabled applications to remove them
• Prototype quickly, take feedback, and harden successful prototypes into enterprise-grade capabilities
• Work with Large Language Models, Visual Language Models, and agentic AI to deliver capabilities analysts can actually use

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI with polygraph, and ability to obtain TS/SCI with lifestyle polygraph
• Minimum 7 years of demonstrated experience developing, integrating, and troubleshooting software solutions within GEOINT environments
• Proficiency in multiple programming languages, including Python, Java, and Bash
• Proven experience integrating front-end applications with underlying data stores, plus designing, implementing, and maintaining data ingestion and egress pipelines
• Experience building, deploying, and sustaining containerized, scalable architectures using tools such as Docker and Kubernetes across cloud and on-premises
• Hands-on experience applying AI/ML technologies, including LLMs and generative AI, to real-world problems with skills in prompt engineering, model orchestration, and agentic AI pipeline design
• Demonstrated ability to integrate disparate systems using existing APIs, developing new APIs, and implementing data interface services
• Experience designing and deploying operational dashboards, data processing pipelines, and data visualizations
• Working knowledge of cybersecurity requirements and accreditation processes for applications deployed on classified networks
• Fluency with DoW and IC information environments and the multi-source data ecosystem NGA depends on
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including translating analyst needs into technical requirements and explaining solutions to non-technical audiences
• Self-starter mindset with a customer-focused approach to delivering technology in operational environments

Salary

• USD 150,000 - 250,000 per year

Benefits

• Everforth ECS benefits

Technologies

• Python
• Java
• Bash
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• LLMs
• VLMs
• Generative AI
• Prompt engineering
• Model orchestration
• Agentic AI

NGA AI Stack / Tools

• JEMA
• FADE
• MAVEN
• Maven Smart System (MSS)
• PHOEBE
• Esri