TS/SCI AI Software Developer

Job Status:  Funded and Active

Location:  Reston, VA or Washington D.C. (onsite) 

Clearance Required:  Must be a U.S. Citizen and possess a current and active TS/SCI clearance granted by the Department of Defense or an Intelligence Community agency with an in scope Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph 

Background:  Assured Consulting Solutions provides strategic and innovative solutions for customer needs across the business, technology, and organizational spectrum. As a member of our team, you will have the chance to work with customers that are both Government and industry leaders and technology innovators. 

We are seeking a highly motivated  Senior AI Software Developer  to join our team. The Senior Software Developer will bring a strong technical and analytical mindset required to engineer effective solutions and will assist in developing a new AI data modernization capability in an AWS cloud solutions environment, using both Cloud and Server hosted technologies.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:  

• Development and integration of software and systems engineering in support of integrating model context protocol (MCP) servers. 

• Code data pipelines using tools such as LangChain, Granite-Docling, and langextract to extract text, and images metadata and metadata definitions from data. 

• Mapping Metadata and metadata

• Supporting Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence development 

• Designing and coding new software and/or modifying existing software to add new features, debug or improve existing software, and correct defects. 

• Testing and maintaining software products to ensure strong functionality and optimization. 

• Troubleshooting complex software issues. 

• Designing and developing applications and system integrations in HTML, JavaScript, Java, Python, XML, and/or JSON. 

• Developing solutions to integrate COTS and GOTS services utilizing APIs, JDBC, RPC using tools such as Spring Boot, Apache Nifi, AWS Glu, and service chaining to enable applications to exchange/share data regardless of the specific technology utilized. 

• Providing design, coding, testing and validating programs that solve engineering-related problems. 
• Minor Configuring, administering, and supporting server environments in AWS. 

• Performing root cause analysis and providing mitigation strategies. 

• Reviewing and testing software components for adherence to the design requirements and documenting test results. 

• Working with developers and engineers to define customer and system requirements and develop solutions and system designs that will scale to meet future enterprise-level requirements. 

• Securely integrating APIs and transforming and loading data between endpoints. 

• Ensuring connectivity with APIs, applications, cloud technology, and data sources. 

• Integrating services together and writing new services, as needed. 

• Documenting application settings and configuration parameters necessary for applications to perform reliably and effectively. 

• Contributing to an atmosphere of cross-functional teamwork. 

Required Qualifications:  

• Extensive experience working with APIs in JavaScript, Python, Java, XML, JSON, and HTML. 

• Experience working with SSL, x509, Token based auth. 

Desired Qualifications:  

• Experience using APIs in cloud (AWS) environment. 

• Experience with a wide variety of tools and techniques such as Spring Boot, NiFi, AWS Lambda, Git, REST APIs, etc. 

• Experience with ontologies and ontology formats (OWL, TTL) 

• Experience with Functional Testing, Security, Integration Testing, System Acceptance Testing, and User Acceptance Testing phases. 

• Ability to plan and conduct major technical phases of data management projects by coordinating the implementation and oversight of data management frameworks. 

Education Qualifications:  

• A bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics and Business Administration (ideally awarded after 2000). A bachelor's degree may be replaced an additional 4 years of directly related experience. 

Years of Experience:  

• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of relevant experience, including at least five years of experience working in the Intelligence Community. 
• HS diploma and 12+ years of relevant experience, including at least five years of experience working in the Intelligence Community. 

Essential Job Functions:

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires employers to identify the essential functions of a position to determine whether an individual is qualified. Essential job functions are the fundamental duties of the position that must be performed, with or without reasonable accommodation.
The essential functions of this position include:

• Ability to work onsite in a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) environment, as required
• Ability to collaborate effectively with government customers, technical teams, and cross-functional partners
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both verbally and in writing
• Ability to operate standard office equipment and remain in a stationary position for extended periods
• Ability to analyze complex system requirements and develop technical recommendations
• Ability to contribute to systems engineering, integration, and evaluation efforts across the lifecycle
• Ability to support technical planning, risk identification, and system improvement initiatives
• Ability to work independently while contributing to team objectives in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality work under deadlines

Position Type: Full-Time 

Shift: Day 

Export Control: For all positions requiring access to technology/software source code that is subject to export control laws, employment with the company is contingent on either verifying U.S.-person status or obtaining any necessary license. The applicant will be required to answer certain questions for export control purposes, and that information will be reviewed by compliance personnel to ensure compliance with federal law. ACS may choose not to apply for a license for such individuals whose access to export-controlled technology or software source code may require authorization and may decline to proceed with an applicant on that basis alone. 

Assured Consulting Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Minorities, females, disabled and protected veterans are urged to apply. ACS' utilization of any external recruitment or job placement agency is predicated upon its full compliance with our equal opportunity/affirmative action policies. ACS does not accept resumes from unsolicited recruiting firms. We pay no fees for unsolicited services. 

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