Contingent AI Engineer - Top Secret

Posted 9 Days Ago
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Rockville, MD, USA
Hybrid
Expert/Leader
Information Technology • Software • Cybersecurity • Automation
The Role
Develop and operationalize AI and agentic AI systems for mission environments. Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to build production-ready models, integrate MLOps/LLMOps, deploy Kubernetes-based AI, optimize GPU inference, and support explainable, graph, and operational analytics.
Summary Generated by Built In

Category: Data Scientist
Travel Required: No
Remote Type: Hybrid

**Position is contingent upon contract award**

Sunayu, LLC is looking for a AI Engineer who will support the development and operationalization of AI and agentic AI systems in production mission environments.


  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams of analysts, engineers, and developers to solve complex challenges and deliver innovative, production-ready algorithms and platforms.
  • Apply cutting-edge techniques in statistical analysis, predictive analytics, entity resolution, graph analytics, explainable AI, and operational analytics.
  • Contribute to the integration of AI, DevSecOps, data engineering, platform engineering, cybersecurity, and observability in a fast-paced, engineering-centric environment.

What You Bring:

  • Bachelor’s, Master’s, or equivalent graduate degree in a quantitative or analytical field (Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Physics, Computational Social Science, etc.). Additional/Relevant experience may be substituted for a degree.
  • 12+ years of experience in data science, analytics, or quantitative intelligence analysis, developing analytics and AI/ML solutions (4+ years with a Master’s).
  • Active Top Secret clearance and eligibility for TS/SCI with Polygraph
  • Demonstrated experience collaborating with hybrid teams to research, build, and deploy complex, user-friendly analytical platforms.
  • Track record of creative problem solving, active learning, and mission-focused outcomes.

Experience with the following:

  • AI/ML production engineering
  • LLMOps / MLOps
  • RAG architectures
  • AI orchestration frameworks
  • Kubernetes-based AI deployments
  • OpenAI-compatible APIs
  • Python development
  • GPU inference optimization

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience supporting military or intelligence community customers.
  • Familiarity with Azure/C2S, hardware platforms (CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs), and advanced analytical methodologies (social network analysis, supply chain analysis, NLP, classification algorithms, image processing).
  • Familiarity with the following technologies
    • LangGraph
    • Semantic Kernel
    • vLLM
    • Ollama
    • Ray
    • NVIDIA GPU ecosystems
    • Vector databases

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Who We Are 

Sunayu, LLC serves as a premier technology partner to the Defense and Intelligence communities, delivering mission-critical engineering solutions across the nation. Our operations are anchored in a commitment to trust, accountability, and ethical transparency, ensuring the high-performance outcomes necessary to protect our country's most vital interests. 

Culture

Our strength lies in our community: Our team prioritizes collaboration, professional growth, and encourages open communication. At Sunayu, we don't just secure the mission—we grow together.

Career Development

We support and encourage our team members to continue their professional growth by providing company-reimbursed training and continuing education of up to $5,000 per year. We also participate in many industry conferences and events where we share our expertise and experiences.

Pay Rate

Salary range considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills, as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.


Benefits

  • 3 Medical Plan Options
  • Dental and Vision 
  • FSA, DCFSA, HSA
  • Life/AD&D Insurance
  • Short-Term & Long-Term Disability 
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Training and Educational Assistance
  • Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • 11 Federal holidays 
  • 401k plan with up to a 6% match (100% immediate vesting) 

Equal Opportunity Employer

Sunayu, LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability status, marital status, genetic information, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's, Master's, or equivalent graduate degree in a quantitative or analytical field (or equivalent experience)
  • 12+ years of experience in data science, analytics, or quantitative intelligence analysis (4+ years with a Master's)
  • Active Top Secret clearance
  • Eligibility for TS/SCI with Polygraph
  • Experience collaborating with hybrid teams to research, build, and deploy complex analytical platforms
  • AI/ML production engineering experience
  • LLMOps / MLOps experience
  • Experience with RAG architectures
  • Experience with AI orchestration frameworks
  • Kubernetes-based AI deployments experience
  • Experience with OpenAI-compatible APIs
  • Python development experience
  • GPU inference optimization experience
  • Experience supporting military or intelligence community customers
  • Familiarity with Azure/C2S and hardware platforms (CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs)
  • Familiarity with advanced analytical methodologies (social network analysis, supply chain analysis, NLP, image processing)
  • Familiarity with LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, vLLM, Ollama, Ray, NVIDIA GPU ecosystems, and vector databases
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The Company
HQ: Gambrills, MD
13 Employees
Year Founded: 2014

What We Do

Sunayu is the catalytic agent of engineering change helping company’s, both large and small mature and evolve their technological footprint to resolve their most complex and enduring obstacles. We focus on a DevOps culture to implement and enhance infrastructure as code with specialties in cyber security and big data development. This methodology allows us to provide world class service to all of our customers. We foster a culture of innovation, hard teamwork, perseverance, balance and family. Sunayu delivers innovative creativity using bleeding edge technology. We will re-envision and remodel your infrastructure by focusing on automation, deployment, system engineering, analytics development, configuration management, and information security.

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