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Tier 3 MLOPs Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton

Chantilly, VAFull-time$55–126K/yrPosted 1mo agoStill listed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$55–126K/yr
Location
Chantilly, VA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Security Certification Within 6 Months, requiredTS/SCI clearance, required

Job overview

The Tier 3 MLOps Engineer works with an Agile development team to manage Tier 3 incidents and build and maintain cloud software and infrastructure supporting machine learning and AI across an Intelligence Community program. The role also involves troubleshooting software for national security and identifying solutions to complex problems. The posting describes opportunities to broaden skills in Agile and cloud-based development, knowledge-base articles, and operational triage.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Generative AI, requiredTier II and III Support, requiredIncident Management, requiredTest and Evaluation, requiredMachine Learning Lifecycle, requiredTechnical Communication, requiredPython, nice to haveAWS, nice to haveKubernetes, nice to haveHelm, nice to haveTerraform, nice to havePrompt Development, nice to haveLLM Agent Development, nice to haveCloud Data and ML Pipelines, nice to haveGit, nice to haveVerbal Communication, nice to haveWritten Communication, nice to have

Qualifications

2+ Years Generative AI Experience, required2+ Years Tier II and III Support Experience, required2+ Years Test and Evaluation Experience, requiredActive TS/SCI Clearance, requiredBachelor's or 4+ Years System Administration Experience, requiredSecurity Certification Within 6 Months, requiredSecurity+ CE or SSCP or CCNA-Security or GSEC, nice to have

Benefits

Medical Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

Tier 3 MLOPs EngineerThe Opportunity: Are you looking for an opportunity to make a difference and help build a system that will have a positive impact on the Intelligence Community (IC)? What if you could find a position that is tailor made for your mix of development, engineering, and analytic skills? As a Tier 3 MLOps Engineer on our team, you will work with a collaborative Agile development team to manage Tier 3 incidents and help build and maintain Cloud software and infrastructure that supports machine learning (ML) and AI across our program. This is an opportunity to broaden your skillset into areas such as Agile development, Cloud-based development, and building internal knowledge base articles and escalation paths for operational triage, while troubleshooting software for national security. As an ML Tier 3 engineer, you’ll identify solutions for complex problems and help your customers meet their toughest challenges. Join our team as we build tools to transform the future of the IC.

Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have:

  • 2+ years of experience with generative AI concepts and technologies such as Claude, GPT, and Gemini

  • 2+ years of experience working with Tier II and Tier III support, and handling the incident management workflow

  • 2+ years of experience working with test and evaluation

  • Knowledge of the ML lifecycle and concepts to develop an MLOps ecosystem

  • Ability to translate between technical and non-technical users and developers

  • Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam

  • Bachelor’s degree and 2+ years of experience working in a system administration operations environment, or 4+ years of experience working in a system administration operations environment in lieu of a degree

  • Ability to obtain a Security+ CE, SSCP, CCNA-Security, or GSEC Certification within 6 months of hire date

Nice If You Have:

  • Experience with Python, AWS, Kubernetes, and IaC tools such as Helm and Terraform

  • Experience developing prompts, tools, and agents with LLMs

  • Experience with design and implementation, including building, containerizing, and deploying end-to-end automated data and ML pipelines, within a Cloud environment

  • Experience with version control tools, including Git

  • Possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills

  • Security+ CE, SSCP, CCNA-Security, or GSEC Certification

Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance is required.

Compensation At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $55,200.00 to $126,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date. Identity Statement As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Candidate AI Usage Policy AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.

Work Model Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.

  • Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
  • Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen or customer facility, in alignment with your leadership's expectations and the needs of the role.
  • Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed full-time at a customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.

How this job compares

Set against the 6,294 open Machine Learning Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$55–126K/yr
  • Virginia median$143–219K/yr227 salary ranges
  • US median$150–246K/yr5,154 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $91K, is 50% below the Virginia median midpoint ($181K) — in the lowest quarter of Machine Learning Engineer salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 263 open Machine Learning Engineer jobs in Virginia and 6,294 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Machine Learning Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 5,032 postings).
Education
2,031 of the 6,294 open Machine Learning Engineer jobs (32%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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