Senior AI/RAG Engineer – Software Development Analyst

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⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

💵 $160k - $175k / year

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Mission Technologies, a division of HII

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5001 - 10000 employees

🏭 Manufacturing

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

Manufacturing • Consulting • Logistics

Mission Technologies is a division of HII focused on delivering advanced technologies and solutions to enhance national security. The company specializes in a variety of capabilities, including cyber and space operations, advanced military technologies, and integrated systems for air, land, and sea forces. Through innovative strategies such as AI and C5ISR, Mission Technologies aims to strengthen the operational capabilities of the U. S. military and support joint operations across multiple domains.

📋 Description

• Develop and maintain production-grade Python backend services and RESTful APIs • Design secure API contracts covering schemas, documentation, validation, authentication, authorization, error handling, and versioning • Implement business logic, workflows, asynchronous processing, and integrations with enterprise systems, databases, and AI/RAG services • Integrate services with approved Amazon Bedrock capabilities using Boto3 and defined AI service interfaces • Support streamed AI responses and implement retries, timeouts, logging, auditing, and error recovery • Design and optimize PostgreSQL or equivalent relational database models, queries, transactions, and data-access patterns • Implement Zero Trust-aligned security practices, DoW/DoD ICAM integration, least-privilege access, secure service-to-service communication, API authorization, encryption, secrets management, and audit logging • Develop and remediate application components according to STIG/SRG requirements and support security assessment and authorization activities • Contribute to DevSecOps practices including Git, CI/CD, automated testing, containerized delivery, vulnerability remediation, and application monitoring • Collaborate with front-end, AI/ML, platform, cybersecurity, and identity teams • Support DSCA through secure, scalable services and integrations for an AI-enabled enterprise application in AWS GovCloud IL4/IL5

🎯 Requirements

• Strong experience developing Python backend services and RESTful APIs • Experience with FastAPI, Flask, Django, or comparable Python web frameworks • Experience with SQL and relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL • Experience integrating cloud services, enterprise systems, and external or internal APIs • Experience integrating applications with AI/LLM or RAG services • Experience with Git, automated testing, CI/CD, secure software development, and containerized applications • Working knowledge of AWS cloud services and cloud-native application design • Experience implementing authentication, API and service-level authorization, and enterprise identity integration using OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML, JWT, RBAC, or ABAC • Working knowledge of DoW/DoD ICAM, Zero Trust principles, least-privilege access, and secure software supply-chain practices • Familiarity with applicable DISA STIGs, SRGs, secure configuration requirements, and vulnerability-remediation workflows • Must possess and maintain an active Secret clearance at the time of consideration • Bachelor's degree in a related field with 5 or 9 years of relevant experience depending on software development level; or Master's degree with 3 or 7 years; or PhD with 0 or 4 years; or high school diploma/equivalent with 9 or 13 years • Preferred: 8+ years of experience • Preferred experience with AWS GovCloud, Amazon Bedrock, API Gateway, S3, and Boto3 • Preferred experience with streaming APIs, WebSockets, server-sent events, queues, or asynchronous processing • Preferred experience with RAG architectures, vector databases, document-ingestion workflows, or AI orchestration services • Preferred experience supporting RMF activities, security-control evidence, continuous monitoring, or STIG/SRG assessment remediation • Must align with Eastern Time Zone core business hours • Must maintain a home work environment meeting company and government security requirements • Must be able to work assigned East Coast core business hours

🏖️ Benefits

• Best-in-class medical, dental and vision plan choices • Wellness resources • Employee assistance programs • Savings Plan Options (401(k)) • Financial planning tools • Life insurance • Employee discounts • Paid holidays and paid time off • Tuition reimbursement • Early childhood and post-secondary education scholarships • Bonus/other non-recurrent compensation occasionally offered for qualified positions • Supportive and welcoming environment • Valuable educational and training programs for continual career growth