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AI/ML SW Engineer L2 with Security Clearance

Jovian Concepts, LLCAnnapolis Junction, MD🇺🇸United StatesPosted 10 Aug 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This role offers a unique opportunity to leverage cutting-edge AI/ML technologies, including LLMs, to directly impact national security operations and develop innovative solutions. You'll thrive here if you possess strong software engineering skills, experience in AI/ML within classified environments, and a proactive approach to translating user needs into impactful capabilities. Embrace this chance to grow your expertise and contribute to critical missions.

Quick Overview

Work Type
Hybrid
Schedule
Employee
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

Jovian Concepts, LLC is looking to hire an AI/ML Software Engineer Level 2 for a great opportunity in the Annapolis Junction, MD area. A current and active TS/SCI clearance with a MD Polygraph is required. No CCA's will be accepted at this time.

Job Description: This is a full-time position requiring candidates to be prepared to start immediately. As an AI/ML Software Engineer L2, you will work directly with mission users to capture workflows, document operational decision points, and translate them into effective AI enabled capabilities. You will design and implement solutions that may include LLM powered workflows, agent-based automation, or hybrid approaches depending on mission needs. Your work will streamline analytical tasks, improve data accessibility and support rapid, informed decision making in high tempo environments.

You’ll collaborate with operators, analysts, developers, and mission leadership to ensure solutions integrate cleanly with existing systems, perform reliably in production, and adhere to the security and governance expectations of classified environments.

Requirements Individual Capabilities/Experience Required:

  • Position requires TS/SCI clearance with a MD polygraph
  • Fourteen (14) years experience as a SWE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required. Four (4) years of additional SWE experience on projects with similar software processes may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.
  • 3+ years of experience in AI/ML engineering, data science, or software engineering within cyber, intelligence, or national security environments

Required Skills:

  • Experience capturing user workflows and translating them into structured process maps, automation requirements, or executable logic
  • Experience designing or implementing LLM based or agentic workflows, including multi-step reasoning, tool integrations, and orchestration
  • Experience integrating AI systems with APIs, enterprise data stores, or mission platforms
  • Experience with programming languages such as Python Desired Skills:
  • Experience engineering AI capabilities in on-premise or multi classification environments
  • Experience with AWS or Azure, including work in restricted or classified environments
  • Experience with AI/LLM development frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, PydanticAI, or CrewAI
  • Experience with ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, vLLM, or llama.cpp
  • Experience with cyber or intelligence workflows, operational data types, or mission oriented analytical processes
  • Master’s degree in AI, ML, Data Science or Cybersecurity, or Engineering In a recent employee survey, Jovian Concepts earned a 92% Overall Workplace Experience Score and 100% of employees agreed that they would highly recommend working at Jovian Concepts to others.

Skills

AWS
Azure
LLM
PyTorch
Python
TensorFlow

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