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Please do not apply if you currently do not possess this level of clearance.***\nAre you a Artificial Intelligence (AI) Engineer who is ready for a new challenge that will launch your career to the next level?\nTired of being treated like a company drone?\nTired of promised adventures during the hiring phase, then dropped off on a remote contract and never seen or heard from the mothership again?\nOur engineers were certainly tired of the same. \nAt GliaCell our slogan is “We make It happen”.\nWe will immerse you in the latest technologies.\nWe will develop and support your own personalized training program to continue your individual growth. \nWe will provide you with work that matters with our mission focused customers, and surround you with a family of brilliant engineers. \nCulture isn’t something you need to talk about…if it just exists.\nIf this sounds interesting to you, then we’d like to have a discussion regarding your next adventure! If you want to be a drone, this isn’t the place for you.\nWe Make It Happen!\nGliaCell Technologies focuses on Software & System Engineering in Enterprise and Cyber Security solution spaces. We excel at delivering stable and reliable software solutions using Agile Software Development principles. These provide us the capability to deliver a quick turn-around using interactive applications and the integration of industry standard software stacks.\nGliaCell’s Enterprise capabilities include Full-Stack Application Development, Big Data, Cloud Technologies, Analytics, Machine Learning, AI, and DevOps Containerization. We also provide customer solutions in the areas of CND, CNE, and CNO by providing our customers with assessments and solutions in Threat Mitigation, Vulnerability Exposure, Penetration Testing, Threat Hunting, and Preventing Advanced Persistent Threat.\nWe Offer:\nLong term job security\nCompetitive salaries & bonus opportunities\nChallenging work you are passionate about\nAbility to work with some amazingly talented people\nJob Description:\nGliaCell is seeking a AI Engineer on one of our subcontracts. This is a full-time position offering the opportunity to support a U.S. Government customer. The mission is to provide technical expertise that assists in sustaining critical mission-related software and systems to a large government contract.\nKey Requirements:\nTo be considered for this position you must have the following:\n Possess an active or rein-statable TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance. \nAn active Top Secret clearance with polygraph (CI within the last 7 years).\nProfessional/Education experience:\n Junior Level - 2+ years of related experience (A Bachelor's degree is desired)\n Mid Level - 8+ years of related experience (A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university may be substituted for four (4) years of DevOps experience; a Master’s degree can be substituted for two (2) years’ experience.)\n Senior Level - 12+ years of related experience (A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university may be substituted for four (4) years of DevOps experience; a Master’s degree can be substituted for two (2) years’ experience.)\n Principal Level - 16+ years of related experience (A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university may be substituted for four (4) years of DevOps experience; a Master’s degree can be substituted for two (2) years’ experience.)\nU.S. Citizenship.\nWorks well independently as well as on a team. \nStrong communication skills. \nDescription:\nYou will work on the Report Authoring and Dissemination (RAD) team.\nThe AI Engineer will work closely with system and software engineers to design, prototype, and integrate AI-enabled capabilities into the existing RAD architecture.\nThis role centers on applying existing large language models (LLMs) to real mission workflows rather than training new models.\nThe AI Engineer will build agentic solutions, systems of coordinated AI agents and prompts, that automate tasks currently performed manually, streamline authoring and reporting workflows, and enhance the overall effectiveness of intelligence operations.\nResponsibilities:\nAgentic Solution Design & Development: Lead the design and development of AI-driven solutions from conception to deployment, building multi-agent workflows in which coordinated agents and prompts work together to produce outputs supporting reporting and dissemination. This includes prototyping, writing production-quality code, and maintaining deployed AI capabilities.\nLLM Integration: Integrate existing foundation models into the RAD architecture via APIs and orchestration frameworks, selecting the right model and approach for each task rather than building models from scratch.\nPrompt Engineering & Workflow Automation: Design, test, and refine prompts and agent instructions to reliably automate manual tasks, and decompose complex mission workflows into discrete steps an agent pipeline can excute.\nEvaluation & Reliability: Develop robust testing, evaluation, and validation strategies for AI-generated outputs, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and appropriate handling of edge cases before outputs reach analysts and reports.\nCollaboration & Communication: Serve as a key technical liaison, collaborating with cross-functional teams including system engineers, software developers, and domain experts. Effectively present and articulate recommended AI approaches, discussing the tradeoffs and implications of different implementations with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.\nContinuous Improvement: Stay current with the rapidly evolving LLM and agentic AI landscape (new models, orchestration frameworks, and tooling), continuously identifying practical opportunities to apply emerging capabilities to the system.\nRequired Skills:\nStrong Python development skills, with experience writing production-quality, maintainable code\nHands-on experience building applications on top of existing LLMs (e.g., via APIs for commercial or self-hosted models)\nExperience designing multi-agent or multi-step AI workflows, including prompt chaining, tool use, and agent orchestration (e.g., LangChain, LlamaIndex, or custom frameworks)\nStrong prompt engineering skills and experience evaluating/validating LLM outputs\nExperience integrating AI capabilities into existing software architectures (RESTful APIs, microservices)\nExperience with the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing platform\nDesired Skills:\nExperience with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines and vector databases\nFamiliarity with LLM observability and evaluation tooling\nExperience conducting exploratory data analysis on structured and unstructured datasets to prepare inputs for AI workflows\nFamiliarity with MLOps/LLMOps practices for deploying and monitoring AI capabilities at scale\nFamiliarity with domain knowledge surrounding government agency reporting and dissemination policies\nLocation: Annapolis Junction, Maryland (Partial Telework up to 3 days per week)\nNote: Telework granted for this position does not become available until after the individual has been in the position for a period of time, has acclimated to tasking/duties, and has meaningful work that can be done remotely. Telework can also be removed at any time.\nSalary Range: The salary range for this full-time position is $120,000 to $260,000. Our salary ranges are determined by position, level, skills, professional experience, relevant education and certifications. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for this position across our projects. Within the range, your salary is determined by your individual benefits package selection. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred position during the hiring process. SIGN-ON BONUS ELIGIBLE.\nBenefits:\nCareFirst Medical Coverage for Employee and Dependents \nGuardian Dental and Vision Coverage for Employee and Dependents \nUp to 25 Days of Paid Time Off\nUp to 40 hours of PTO Carryover\n11 Federal Government Holidays\nWork From Home Opportunities\n401K Company Contribution, Fully Vested Day 1\nDiscretionary, Certification, and Sign-On Bonus Potential \nEmployee Referral Bonus Program \nAnnual Professional Development \n100% Premium Covered for Life & Disability Insurances\nAdditional Voluntary Life Insurance Coverage Available \nEmployee Assistance Program\nTravel Protection Program\nFinancial Planning Assistance \nBereavement and Jury Duty Leave\nMonthly Team and Family Events\nTechnology Budget\nGlobal Entry\nAnnual Swag Budget\nLearn more about GliaCell Technologies: https://gliacelltechnologies.applytojob.com/apply/\nTo apply for this position, respond to this job posting and attach an updated resume for us to review.\nGliaCell Technologies, LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. 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