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Job Description:
Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented SETA AI Platform Engineer to join our team! In this role you will get to advise and support the design, integration, and maturation of AI-enabling infrastructure across mission-focused environments. This role is ideal for a technically strong engineer who understands how to stand up, assess, and guide modern AI platforms in secure government settings, with particular familiarity in cloud and enterprise ecosystems such as Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS).
The ideal candidate is not just technically capable, but deeply curious, self-motivated, and passionate about AI. We are looking for someone who continuously learns, experiments, and stays current with emerging tools, architectures, and best practices—even outside formal work requirements. This person should bring both engineering judgment and an enthusiasm for helping government teams adopt AI platforms in a practical, secure, and mission-aligned way.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Provide SETA support to government leadership and technical teams on AI platform architecture, integration, and sustainment.
- Advise on the design and evaluation of AI/ML platform environments across cloud, hybrid, and enterprise deployments.
- Support platform decisions involving Azure, AWS, Microsoft enterprise services, containerized environments, data pipelines, model hosting, and secure access patterns.
- Assess platform readiness for AI workloads, including compute, storage, networking, identity, security, observability, and scalability considerations.
- Help evaluate vendor offerings, reference architectures, technical tradeoffs, and implementation approaches.
- Support the development of technical documentation, architecture artifacts, white papers, decision briefings, and executive summaries.
- Coordinate with program managers, engineers, mission stakeholders, cybersecurity teams, and external partners to keep platform efforts aligned with mission outcomes.
- Identify integration risks, technical gaps, and dependencies, and recommend practical mitigation strategies.
- Assist with transition planning from prototype or pilot efforts into sustainable operational capability.
- Educate stakeholders on AI platform concepts, emerging patterns, and implementation best practices in government environments.
What Required Skills You'll Bring:
- Min 12 years with Bachelors, 10 years with Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
- Active TS SCI w/Polygraph security clearance
- Experience supporting AI/ML, data, cloud, or platform engineering efforts in government, defense, or enterprise environments.
- Demonstrated familiarity with Microsoft and/or AWS platform ecosystems.
- Working knowledge of cloud architecture, containers, APIs, data services, identity/access management, and secure system integration.
- Ability to understand how AI applications depend on underlying platform components such as model hosting, pipelines, storage, orchestration, and monitoring.
- Ability to understand how AI applications depend on underlying platform components such as model hosting, pipelines, storage, orchestration, and monitoring.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Naturally curious and energized by learning new technologies.
- Builds, tests, and explores tools independently.
- Passionate about AI and platform modernization.
- Comfortable operating in ambiguous environments and helping teams find a path forward.
- Able to translate complex technical issues into actionable guidance for mixed technical and non-technical audiences.
- Mission-oriented, collaborative, and proactive.
What Desired Skills You'll Bring:
- Experience with Azure AI services, AWS AI/ML services, Kubernetes, Docker, MLOps, DevSecOps, Infrastructure as Code, or platform observability tools.
- Familiarity with secure government cloud environments and cross-domain or restricted operational architectures.
- Understanding of AI governance, responsible AI, model lifecycle support, and platform security considerations.
- Experience supporting DoD, IC, or cyber mission organizations.
- Relevant certifications in cloud, systems engineering, cybersecurity, or platform operations.
Security Clearance Requirement:
An active Top Secret SCI w/Polygraph security clearance is required for this position.This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.The Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what’s next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.Salary Range: $134,100.00 - $241,400.00We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!Parsons is aware of fraudulent recruitment practices. To learn more about recruitment fraud and how to report it, please refer to https://www.parsons.com/fraudulent-recruitment/.
Skills Required
- Minimum 12 years with Bachelor's degree, or 10 years with Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
- Active Top Secret SCI with Polygraph security clearance.
- Experience supporting AI/ML, data, cloud, or platform engineering efforts in government, defense, or enterprise environments.
- Demonstrated familiarity with Microsoft and/or AWS platform ecosystems.
- Working knowledge of cloud architecture, containers, APIs, data services, identity/access management, and secure system integration.
- Ability to understand AI application dependencies such as model hosting, pipelines, storage, orchestration, and monitoring.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Curiosity and self-motivated learning; builds, tests, and explores tools independently.
- Passion for AI and platform modernization; comfortable operating in ambiguous environments and translating technical issues for mixed audiences.
- Experience with Azure AI services, AWS AI/ML services, Kubernetes, Docker, MLOps, DevSecOps, Infrastructure as Code, or platform observability tools.
- Familiarity with secure government cloud environments and cross-domain or restricted operational architectures.
- Understanding of AI governance, responsible AI, model lifecycle support, and platform security considerations.
- Experience supporting DoD, IC, or cyber mission organizations.
- Relevant certifications in cloud, systems engineering, cybersecurity, or platform operations.
Parsons Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs are framed as a major value driver, with an ESOP alongside a 401(k) match and additional stock-purchase options contributing meaningfully to total rewards. This structure is positioned as especially attractive for employees who value long-term wealth-building over immediate cash.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as broad and choice-rich, with multiple plan types (PPO, HDHP, and some HMO networks) plus dental, vision, EAP, and wellness resources. The availability of different plan designs and national-carrier coverage supports varied employee needs.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are portrayed as competitive, including PTO, holidays, flexible schedules such as a 9/80 option for eligible roles, and floating holidays in the U.S. Paid parental leave of 160 hours is also highlighted as a meaningful component of the overall package.
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What We Do
Parsons is a digitally enabled solutions provider with a focus on making the world safer, smarter, healthier, more sustainable, and more connected. Founded in 1944, Parsons primarily serves the defense, security, and infrastructure markets. Uniquely qualified to deliver cyber/converged security, technology-based intellectual property, and other innovative services, the corporation delivers state-of-the-art solutions to federal, regional, and local government agencies as well as to private industrial customers worldwide. Parsons has a reputation for inclusion and diversity and has been named to the Ethisphere Institute’s list of World’s Most Ethical Companies for 10 consecutive years. Parsons facilitates a culture of innovation by encouraging collaboration among its employees and providing opportunities for career growth. With offices around the globe, people of varied talents and backgrounds, and a wide range of exciting projects, the possibilities at Parsons are endless. For more about Parsons, visit www.parsons.com. Mission: Delivering innovative infrastructure, defense, and security solutions to enable a more sustainable, safer, smarter, and more connected world.
