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**Req ID:** RQ209304

**Type of Requisition:** Regular

**Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:** Secret

**Public Trust/Other Required:** None

**Job Family:** Data Science and Data Engineering

Skills:

Agile Software Development,Artificial Intelligence Markup Language,Machine Learning (ML),Programming Languages,Web Development Technologies

Certifications:

CompTIA Security+ CE | CompTIA - CompTIA

Experience:

1 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

The **Navy Directorate for Information Dominance** is consolidating all Tier-1 IT service desks and moving from a human-centered Subject Matter Expert (SME) based business model to a business model using a Knowledge-Based (KM) solution called **Navy Enterprise Service Desk (NESD).** We are seeking a **Conversational AI Engineer** to join our team.

The main goals of NESD are to consolidate IT Tier-1 service desks to include all the current people, processes, and technology while gaining efficiencies of consolidation. The capability shall employ artificial intelligence, machine learning, and natural language processing to create an adaptive Virtual Helpdesk Agent. This knowledge-learning process is essential to handle the many current systems supported by NESD that may have multiple deployed versions of each system operating in the Fleet.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT

As the **Associate AI/ML Engineer** , you will work with data engineers, machine learning engineers and data scientists to create AI functionality into existing applications. You will also maintain those systems to make sure that everything is running smoothly. Some of the duties that you will manage include:

+ Assist in the design, development, and testing of conversational ai/agentic functionalities, including conversation flows, knowledge base integration, and natural language understanding (NLU) components.

+ Write clean, efficient, and well documented code in accordance with coding standards and best practices.

+ Contribute to the development of custom integrations between conversational AI and other enterprise systems.

+ Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to other team members.

+ Work with large language models (LLMs) to fine-tune prompts and improve agent performance.

+ Work closely with senior developers, business analysts, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions.

+ Stay up to date on the latest trends and technologies in AI, agentic systems, and natural language processing.

+ Actively participate in team meetings and knowledge-sharing sessions.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED

Bring your expertise and drive for innovation to GDIT. The **Associate AI/ML Engineer** must have:

+ **Security Clearance Level:** DoD Secret eligible (Active Secret clearance preferred)

+ **Required Experience:** Up to 1 year of preferred experience with the following

+ Familiarity with at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Java, JavaScript).

+ Basic understanding of Agile software development methodology, software development principles, including object-oriented programming, data structures, and algorithms.

+ Familiarity with web development technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) is a plus.

+ Understanding of APIs and RESTful services.

+ Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git).

+ Exposure to cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).

+ Knowledge of database concepts and SQL.

+ **Required Certification:** Qualifying certification to meet DoD IAT level II access requirements

+ **Education:** Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science

+ **Work location:** Remote

+ **US Citizenship required**

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE

At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.

+ **Growth:** AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities

+ **Support:** An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals

+ **Rewards:** Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off

+ **Flexibility:** Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home

+ **Community:** Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY

Explore a career in data science and engineering at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your determination for solving complex data challenges.

The likely salary range for this position is $65,250 - $86,250. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

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