Artificial Intelligence (AI) Engineer
AGE Solutions · Fort Meade, MD
$155,000from the description
Jul 22, 2026
Fort Meade, MD
Jul 23, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role involves researching, testing, and integrating AI, machine learning, and generative AI technologies to support cybersecurity and enterprise modernization across the DoD Information Network. Day-to-day work includes running proof-of-concept evaluations, developing technical assessments and architecture documentation, and briefing government leadership on findings. It suits an experienced engineer with a Top Secret clearance and a background spanning AI/ML, cloud platforms, and systems engineering.
Senior level · 10+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Top Secret clearance · Full-time
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What the occupation pays Median $158,337 (middle half $126,441–$180,105). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
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The role is on-site hybrid at Fort Meade, MD (1 day/week minimum onsite); it is not fully remote.
The posting requires a current DoD Top Secret clearance as a hard gate. A separate preferred qualification calls out TS/SCI eligibility — that preference is captured in the clearance field at the TopSecret level (the hard gate), not TopSecretSci, since SCI eligibility is listed only as preferred.
The 10-year overall experience requirement and the 5+ year AI/ML/Systems Engineering/Cybersecurity/Cloud sub-requirement both appear in the Required section. The 5 years is mapped to the AI/ML skill; the 10 years is captured as the overall years minimum.
A Bachelor's degree is listed as required but explicitly allows 'equivalent experience,' so the degree requirement is set to None.
AI/ML, LLMs, Generative AI, NLP, and Computer Vision all appear under 'Highly Desired' in the posting, but they are also central to the role's core responsibilities described throughout the JD and are the primary subject matter of the engagement — they are treated as required based on the role's fundamental purpose and the 5+ year sub-requirement.
The compensation is stated as '$155,000+ annually' with no upper bound provided.
DoD 8140 baseline certification (e.g., Security+, CEH) is listed as a hard requirement; the specific cert examples are captured as alternatives since any qualifying baseline cert satisfies the requirement.
Azure and AWS cloud platform experience appears under Preferred Qualifications and is marked accordingly.
Ignored 3 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Systems engineering, Azure AI Engineer Associate, Zero Trust Architecture.
Requires a Top Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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