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Description

SAIC is seeking a mission-focused **Senior Cloud AI/ML Integration Engineer** to support the Air Operations Center Weapons System (AOC WS) Falconer program in modernizing, securing, scaling, and integrating cloud-based infrastructure and AI/ML workloads. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise in AWS, Kubernetes, and containerization with strong software development and AI/ML integration skills, and the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including subject matter experts (SMEs), USAF personnel, and various partners.

SAIC is seeking a mission-focused AWS Cloud Engineer to support the Air Operations Center Weapons System (AOC WS) Falconer program in modernizing, securing, scaling, and integrating cloud-based infrastructure and AI/ML workloads. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise in AWS, Kubernetes, and containerization with strong software development and AI/ML integration skills, and the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including subject matter experts (SMEs), USAF personnel, and various partners.

As part of a multidisciplinary team supporting the Department of Defense (DoD), you will design, implement, and maintain secure, compliant, and automated cloud environments that enable AI-driven capabilities for Air Force missions.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Lead the implementation and integration of AI/ML technologies to support the AOC WS Falconer Program.

• Conduct data analysis and dataset management of C2 or non-C2 AOC-related data elements to support AI application development and integration.

• Integrate a wide variety of C2 and non-C2 data sources including legacy applications to support use cases for AI/ML applications.

• Develop, test, and validate models and applications to ensure accuracy and reliability.

• Design and deploy secure AWS resources that comply with DoD Cloud Computing SRG (Impact Level 6) and Zero Trust principles.

• Implement and manage containerized workloads using Kubernetes (Amazon EKS) and container registries (such as ECR, Harbor, or Nexus).

• Integrate and optimize AI/ML workloads and LLM-based applications, including model training, inference, and data pipelines.

• Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK for repeatable, compliant deployments.

• Build and automate CI/CD pipelines for software and ML model delivery using tools such as GitLab.

• Collaborate closely with domain experts, stakeholders, cybersecurity personnel, and developers to translate mission requirements into scalable, secure cloud architectures.

Qualifications

Required Education and Skills:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related technical/engineering field and (18)+ years of related experience

• Active DoD Secret Clearance with the ability to obtain a Top Secret / SCI clearance.

• Current IAT Level 2 Certification (such as CompTIA Security+)

• Relevant experience with cloud technologies/providers and understanding/designing scalable & secure cloud architectures for AI applications.

• Relevant experience with programming (e.g., Python), data science/dataset analysis, prompt engineering & lifecycles, and production AI/Ml technologies.

• Experience with data processing and integration using Python

• Experience with Apache tools and technologies such as Kafka, Accumulo, Zookeeper, Hadoop/HDFS, and Fluo

• Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, and Oracle

• Experience with map servers such as Tileserver, Geoserver, etc.

• Experience with metrics monitoring and alerting systems such as Prometheus

Target salary range: $200,001 - $240,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

REQNUMBER: 2511279

SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability