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support TTX events and platform demonstrations.\nImplement Responsible AI practices including bias detection, validation, hallucination mitigation, and HITL workflows.\nSupport MVP-aligned milestone delivery, contributing to TRL progression and ROI measurement.\nDocument novel prompting techniques, model configurations, and workflows that may constitute IP or trade secrets.\nQualifications\nMinimum Qualifications:\nBachelor’s degree in a related technical field and minimum of 5 years relevant experience. An additional 4 years of experience may substitute for the bachelor's degree.\nMinimum of 3 years in software development or data science, including 2+ years focused on generative AI, LLMs, or NLP.\nHands-on experience with foundation models (GPT 4, Claude, Gemini, Llama, Mistral) including prompt engineering, few-shot learning, fine-tuning, and API integration.\nStrong Python skills; experience with LangChain, LlamaIndex, Hugging Face, OpenAI/Anthropic APIs.\nExperience building RAG systems using vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, ChromaDB, pgvector).\nCloud experience (AWS, Azure) and deploying AI/ML models in production.\nUnderstanding of AI safety, hallucination mitigation, bias reduction, and prompt injection protection.\nExperience with Git, CI/CD, and DevSecOps practices.\nU.S. citizenship required.\nAbility to obtain a final TS/SCI with Poly security clearance.\nCurrent, valid U.S. passport for potential OCONUS travel.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nMaster’s degree.\nExperience with agentic AI architecture, multi-agent workflows, and LLM tool-use.\nHands-on experience with fine-tuning, RLHF, DPO, LoRA/QLoRA.\nFamiliarity with multimodal models and defense/intelligence applications.\nExperience with IRIS, OMEGA, or similar operational platforms.\nBackground supporting IO, PSYOP, influence analysis, or COCOM operations.\nKnowledge of MLOps, A/B testing, and LLM evaluation frameworks (RAGAS, DeepEval).\nExperience with synthetic data generation, simulation, or Monte Carlo methods.\nUnderstanding of geospatial data formats (GeoJSON, KML) and visualization tools (Plotly, D3.js).\nStrong communication skills for technical-to-nontechnical translation and customer demos.\nRelevant cloud/AI certifications (AWS, Azure, Google, DeepLearning.AI).\nKey Technologies & Platforms:\nGPT 5, Claude, Gemini, Azure OpenAI Service, LangChain, LlamaIndex, Hugging Face Transformers, Python, Pinecone, ChromaDB, Weaviate, pgvector, AWS, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, REST APIs, JSON/GeoJSON, Plotly, D3.js, IRIS, Maven, C2IE, OMEGA, FedRAMP IL2-4.\nPeraton Overview\nPeraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.\nTarget Salary Range\n$135,000 - $216,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.EEO\nEEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5726,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":true},"security_clearance":true,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["National Security","Homeland Security"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-26T04:10:23Z"}],"liveness":{"score":38,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":0.9,"p_active":0.763,"p_room":0.55,"age_days":3,"expected_fill_days":3,"reasons":["conf:64","velocity","win:tail","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-09-29T05:45:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":216000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/peraton-generative-ai-specialist-ai-ml-developer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/peraton-generative-ai-specialist-ai-ml-developer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-30T03:01:05Z","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":2322,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":2678,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-01T00:00:00Z"}}}