Software Data Engineer (AI/ML, LLMs, RAG), Intelligence Community Mission Program, Fort Meade, MD

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Software Data Engineer (AI/ML, LLMs, RAG), Intelligence Community Mission Program, Fort Meade, MD

Howard, United States | Posted on 09/16/2026

SoftwareData Engineer (AI/ML, LLMs, RAG), Intelligence Community Mission Program, FortMeade, MD

Summary:

Job Title: Software Data Engineer, Level 3 (AI/ML,LLMs, RAG)

Openings: 1

Security Clearance: Active TS/SCI with Full ScopePolygraph (FSP) required.

Work Type: Onsite at Fort George G. Meade, MD, in asecure government facility

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits: Our client provides full benefits.

Program Name: Enterprise engineering program for SIGINTmission systems, covering cloud infrastructure, AI/ML software, and datadissemination process modernization

Agency name: Intelligence Community (IC) customer, FortGeorge G. Meade, MD

Start Date: Immediate, upon offer acceptance andclearance transfer

BizFirst is assisting our client with recruiting a skilled and experienced Software Data Engineer. This positionsupports the following program: an enterprise engineering program that supportssignals intelligence (SIGINT) mission systems through cloud infrastructure,AI/ML-driven software, and modernization of data dissemination processes for anIntelligence Community customer. The position is onsite at Fort Meade, MD, andthe role is open now for an immediate start.

Our client is a Service-DisabledVeteran-Owned Small Business that has supported U.S. defense and intelligencemissions since 2012. Its systems, software, and data science engineers workside by side with government teams to model, design, integrate, and deploycomplex mission systems, and the company also builds rugged RF hardware forspecialized SIGINT applications. Led by a U.S. Navy veteran with more than 30years of DoD mission experience, the company supports programs alongside manyof the largest national security integrators and has a long-establishedpresence in Maryland near Fort Meade.

What will you do

Build AI-driven software thatmakes mission teams faster and more effective. You will design, develop, anddeploy scalable AI/ML models and tools tailored to the customer's operationalneeds, including retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) solutions and largelanguage models (LLMs) that you design, fine-tune, and deploy. You will developand enhance software systems based on AI-related requirements, analyze datastructures and data objects, and apply prompt engineering to get reliableresults. This role suits a software engineer who has delivered real LLM and RAGwork and wants to apply it to mission problems.

Responsibilities:

Develop, maintain, and enhance complex software systemsbased on AI-related requirements.

Build software solutions that use AI to automate workand improve efficiency for mission users.

Design, develop, and deploy scalable AI/ML models andtools tailored to the customer's operational needs.

Build retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) solutions.

Design, fine-tune, and deploy large language models(LLMs).

Apply prompt engineering techniques to improve thequality and consistency of model output.

Analyze data structures and data objects to supportmodel and application design.

Script and automate workflows on Linux using Bash,shell, or Python.

Requirements:

Active TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, ComputerScience, or Prompt Engineering and five (5) years of software engineeringexperience. Nine (9) years of software engineering experience may substitutefor the degree.

Experience developing software for AI-driven automationand efficiency gains.

Experience designing, developing, and deployingscalable AI/ML models and tools.

Experience with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).

Experience designing, fine-tuning, and deploying largelanguage models (LLMs).

Experience with open-source AI/ML frameworks andplatforms, such as PyTorch or Hugging Face.

Ability to analyze data structures and data objects.

Proficiency with the Linux/Unix command line andscripting (Bash, shell, and/or Python).

Ability to work onsite at Fort Meade, MD.

Desired Skills

Experience with vector databases and embeddingpipelines.

Experience deploying models in on-premises orair-gapped environments.

Experience working with Intelligence Community or DoDmission data.

Benefits (provided by our client):

Medical, dental, and vision coverage for the employeeand family, 100% employer-paid (HMO HSA Silver plan), plus a Health SavingsAccount

Five weeks (200 hours) of paid leave per year

Eleven (11) paid federal holidays per year

401k with an employer contribution equal to 10% ofsalary

Reimbursement for approved training, up to three days(24 hours) per year, including books and related conference or class travel

Reimbursement of professional fees, such as IEEEmembership and licenses

Short-term and long-term disability insurance

Term life insurance equal to annual salary, up to $100K

Referral matching bonus program

BizFirst LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race or ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran disability or genetic information or any other reason prohibited by law in employment.

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