AI/ML Technical Lead

AI/ML Technical Lead CASCOM ESD Enterprise Analytics/AI Program

Schedule:

Full-Time / 1.0 FTE Work Arrangement: Primarily Remote with Required Travel to Fort Lee, VA Clearance: Active Final Secret Required The Opportunity We're looking for an AI/ML Technical Lead who still builds. This position requires hands-on technical leadership across AI/ML solutions using CASCOM, GCSS-Army, SAP, and other Army data. The successful candidate must be capable of personally coding, evaluating, deploying, and sustaining models—not simply directing an AI strategy or managing data science teams.

Potential use cases include GenAI/OpenAI, RAG, Copilot, document extraction, anomaly detection, equipment-readiness and maintenance forecasting, fleet automation, recommendation capabilities, and supply forecasting. What You'll Do Lead selection and technical refinement of three baseline AI/ML use cases. Define mission questions, data requirements, technical baselines, performance metrics, and acceptance criteria.

Perform hands-on data exploration and feature engineering. Develop, train, validate, and comparatively evaluate machine-learning models. Conduct error analysis and document model limitations. Develop selected GenAI, RAG, forecasting, anomaly-detection, or recommendation capabilities. Work with GCSS-Army SMEs to validate business rules and interpret model results. Partner with Azure Data/MLOps engineering resources to package, deploy, version, monitor, and sustain models.

Establish appropriate human-review processes for model outputs affecting operational decisions. Develop model cards, evaluation results, release documentation, known limitations, and retraining criteria. Integrate analytical outputs into dashboards, Power Apps, APIs, or other operational solutions. Participate in demonstrations and production-readiness reviews. .