Artificial Intelligence Engineer

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Defense Logistics Agency

Defense Logistics Agency

Artificial Intelligence Engineer

Battle Creek, MI
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Telework Eligible

    Yes

    Major Duties

    • Designs, develops, configures, tests, integrates, and sustains artificial intelligence system architectures and AI-enabled technical solutions supporting DLA mission, analytics, automation, and decision-support requirements
    • Performs the engineering work necessary to build operational AI capabilities rather than conceptual prototypes, including development of service layers, processing...
    • ... components, orchestration logic, integration modules, interfaces, and supporting technical controls required to enable AI functionality in enterprise environments.
    • Designs and implements AI solution architectures that define how AI services, supporting application components, enterprise data sources, service endpoints, orchestration routines,...
    • ... logging components, user interaction paths, and cloud-hosted resources work together to deliver operational capabilities
    • Engineers AI-enabled service components used to perform functions such as text analysis, semantic retrieval, summarization, recommendation support, classification,...
    • ... question-answering support, automated content handling, decision-support augmentation, and workflow assistance
    • Builds and maintains the technical components required for AI capability operation, including service configurations, API connections, prompt or request handling logic, data preprocessing components,...
    • ...post-processing logic, response formatting controls, exception handling, fallback behaviors, and interaction rules governing how AI services are used in operational contexts.

    Qualification Summary

    To qualify for an IT Specialist (ENTARCH), your resume and supporting documentation must support: A. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position. To qualify at the GS-14 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience includes: - Develops and configures integration mechanisms that allow applications or services to request AI processing, pass relevant inputs, receive outputs, apply post-processing rules, and present results to users or downstream systems - Engineers the integration of AI capabilities into operational use cases such as intelligent search, information retrieval, summarization of content, question-answer support, document analysis, automated classification, recommendation support, and agent-assisted workflow functions - Works with data, analytics, application, and cybersecurity personnel to ensure AI capabilities are connected properly to the required data sources, access controls, service dependencies, and operational applications. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

  • Compensation
    $124,531-$187,093 per year
  • Industry
    Government Relations
  • Fun Fact
    Working for the Defense Logistics Agency means being part of the largest logistics agency in the Department of Defense. Our 25,000 employees are dedicated to providing essential services to military and federal organizations.
  • About Us

    The Nation's Logistics Combat Support Agency, responsible for delivering agile, adaptive, and resilient logistics support across the continuum of conflict.