Everforth ECS is seeking an AI Requirements Engineer to work in our Arlington, VA office (Hybrid).
Everforth ECS is seeking an AI Requirements Engineer to lead the end-to-end design, development, and operational support of AI-enabled platforms and enterprise applications. This role combines strategic visioning, business process analysis, and leadership of technical teams, ensuring delivery of secure, scalable, and user-centric solutions. This position is ideal for a candidate with experience modernizing complex IT systems, engaging with executive stakeholders, and leading cross-functional teams through full agile lifecycles from concept to production to ongoing O&M cycles.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the strategic planning, requirements definition, and delivery of AI solutions.
- Define program vision and roadmap while balancing priorities of multiple stakeholders.
- Serve as primary liaison between technical teams, leadership, and the customer, translating needs into actionable requirements and managing expectations.
- Elicit, document, and validate functional and technical requirements, including AI model integration, data flows, and security requirements.
- Define and maintain a prioritized product backlog, user stories, and acceptance criteria to ensure timely delivery of features.
- Collaborate with vendors and internal teams to integrate commercial off-the-shelf solutions, APIs, and automation tools.
- Lead cross-functional teams through sprint planning, execution, testing, and production deployment.
- Oversee the design and development of workflows, UI/UX improvements, data integrations, and back-end processes.
- Ensure quality through UAT coordination, performance monitoring, and iterative improvement cycles.
- Manage ongoing operations, maintenance, and annual release cycles, ensuring high system availability, security compliance, and scalability.
- Track and report key performance indicators (KPIs), including user satisfaction, system performance, and adoption rates, leveraging metrics to drive iterative improvements.
- Streamline business processes through automation, analytics, and AI capabilities to improve efficiency and reduce administrative overhead.
- Develop SOPs for retraining, rollback, and root cause analysis.
- Document incident response procedures for model failures and anomalies when detected.
- US Citizen with ability to obtain/maintain DHS Entry on Duty (EOD) Public Trust
- Bachelor’s Degree + 3 years of relevant experience (or 7 years of experience in lieu of a degree)
- Demonstrated success managing stakeholder relationships at multiple levels, including executive leadership.
- Expertise in defining and documenting requirements, backlog management, and agile product development.
- Experience overseeing development teams across all phases of the SDLC, including testing, deployment, and O&M.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or equivalent) and other COTS integrations, and security/compliance frameworks.
- Proven ability to deliver measurable improvements in user experience, adoption rates, and process efficiency.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, self-motivated, and proactive.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Salary Range: $120,000 - $145,000
General Description of Benefits
Skills Required
- US Citizen with ability to obtain/maintain DHS Entry on Duty (EOD) Public Trust
- Bachelor's Degree + 3 years of relevant experience (or 7 years of experience in lieu of a degree)
- Demonstrated success managing stakeholder relationships at multiple levels, including executive leadership
- Expertise in defining and documenting requirements, backlog management, and agile product development
- Experience overseeing development teams across all phases of the SDLC, including testing, deployment, and O&M
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or equivalent), COTS integrations, and security/compliance frameworks
- Experience with AI model integration, data flows, and documenting incident response for model failures
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; excellent verbal and written communication skills
ECS Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about ECS and has not been reviewed or approved by ECS.
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Healthcare Strength — ECS advertises multiple national-network medical plan options with HSA eligibility alongside dental and vision coverage. Coverage generally begins quickly and is paired with company-paid short- and long-term disability, adding stability to the health package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with Safe Harbor and immediate vesting on employer contributions is emphasized, with an employer match available. Access to an employee stock purchase plan via the parent company provides an additional savings avenue.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave up to 30 days, adoption assistance, and other family-oriented leaves are highlighted. Feedback suggests these offerings add meaningful value beyond base pay for many roles.
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What We Do
ECS, a segment of ASGN (NYSE: ASGN), delivers advanced solutions and services in cloud, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), application and IT modernization, and science and engineering. The company solves critical, complex challenges for customers across the U.S. public sector, defense, intelligence and commercial industries. ECS maintains partnerships with leading cloud, cybersecurity, and AI/ML providers and holds specialized certifications in their technologies. Headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, ECS has more than 3,400 employees throughout the U.S. and has been recognized as a Top Workplace by The Washington Post for the last five years.
