AI Engineer (TS/SCI with Polygraph is REQUIRED)

Aperio Global brings together cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, data analytics, and cloud technology experts to solve complex national security challenges. The AI Engineer will support the AI & Emerging Technologies mission by developing AI/ML tools, including LLM-based capabilities, for vulnerability identification and mitigation within classified secure enclaves. The role also involves designing data pipelines and databases, deploying networked AI tools, optimizing mission systems, and supporting security assessments and ATO processes.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain LLM orchestration frameworks that coordinate static analyzers, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems, and automated testing pipelines
• Develop and optimize data preprocessing pipelines to ingest, clean, transform, and vectorize product documentation, source code, and test results for LLM consumption
• Design and implement database solutions to support RAG architectures, artifact storage, audit trails, and metadata management
• Collaborate with systems engineers to architect and deploy networked AI tools within secure enclaves
• Conduct performance profiling, optimization, and scalability analysis of mission systems
• Support security assessments and Authority to Operate (ATO) processes
• Collaborate closely with technical leadership on system design decisions and roadmap planning