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Our Product Division rapidly transforms emerging technologies into operational capabilities supporting mission-critical customers. This isn't a research-only position. You'll take Generative AI concepts from proof of concept to production, designing, developing, deploying, and continuously improving AI-powered applications that solve real-world operational problems. If you enjoy building with the latest LLMs, experimenting with emerging AI technologies, and deploying secure cloud-native solutions in Azure, we'd like to meet you.\nWhat You'll Do\nDesign and build Generative AI applications using commercial and open-source Large Language Models (LLMs).\nDevelop proof-of-concepts that evolve into production-ready software.\nArchitect Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions using vector databases and enterprise data sources.\nBuild intelligent agents and AI workflows capable of reasoning, automation, and decision support.\nDevelop REST APIs and backend services supporting AI applications.\nDeploy scalable AI solutions within Microsoft Azure environments.\nDesign cloud-native architectures using Azure AI Services, Azure OpenAI, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Functions, and Azure Storage.\nBuild CI/CD pipelines supporting rapid AI deployment and model iteration.\nIntegrate AI capabilities into existing enterprise applications and mission systems.\nEvaluate emerging AI technologies and rapidly prototype new capabilities.\nCollaborate with software engineers, cloud architects, data scientists, and mission stakeholders to deliver innovative solutions.\nOptimize model performance, latency, scalability, security, and cost.\nImplement responsible AI practices, prompt engineering strategies, guardrails, and model evaluation techniques.\nRequirements\n Active Top Secret Clearance\n5+ years of software development experience.\n2+ years developing Generative AI or Machine Learning applications.\nStrong Python development experience.\nExperience working with Large Language Models including GPT, Llama, Claude, Mistral, or similar models.\nExperience with prompt engineering and AI workflow development.\nExperience building APIs using FastAPI, Flask, or similar frameworks.\nExperience deploying cloud-native applications in Microsoft Azure.\nFamiliarity with containerization technologies including Docker and Kubernetes.\nExperience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and DevSecOps practices.\nStrong understanding of software architecture and distributed systems.\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience with Azure OpenAI Service.\nExperience building Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems.\nKnowledge of LangChain, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, LlamaIndex, or similar orchestration frameworks.\nExperience with vector databases such as Pinecone, Milvus, pgvector, Azure AI Search, or Chroma.\nExperience developing AI agents and autonomous workflows.\nFamiliarity with MCP (Model Context Protocol) and agent interoperability concepts.\nExperience with model evaluation, observability, and prompt optimization.\nExperience deploying AI solutions in secure or classified environments.\nFamiliarity with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or Bicep.\nKnowledge of Azure Machine Learning, Azure AI Foundry, or Azure Cognitive Services.","description_format":"text","description_chars":3309,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":true,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Artificial Intelligence"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-07-09T00:00:00Z"}],"liveness":{"score":56,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.782,"p_room":0.72,"age_days":81,"expected_fill_days":147,"reasons":["conf:4","urgency","win:mid","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-09-28T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/interimage-generative-ai-engineer-clearance-required","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/interimage-generative-ai-engineer-clearance-required.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-29T03:41:50Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":3442,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":1558,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-09-30T00:00:00Z"}}}