SIXGEN’s mission is to deliver agile, mission-ready cybersecurity solutions that empower government and critical infrastructure organizations to stay ahead of advanced cyber threats. We combine innovation, deep expertise, and cutting-edge capabilities to uncover vulnerabilities, protect vital systems, and ensure operational superiority in an ever-evolving digital landscape. POSITION OVERVIEW Position: AI/ML Engineer Job Type: Full Time Location: Columbia, MD Clearance Requirement: TS/SCI, CI Poly Salary : Senior $215, SME $240K WHAT YOU’LL DO SIXGEN is actively seeking candidates to be part of a team that supports the United States Cyber Command (USCC). Our team is standing up USCYBERCOM’s AI Enterprise capability — the central hub that mission teams turn to when they want to move an AI solution from prototype to a secure, governed, enterprise-scale service. As a AI/ML Engineer on this team, you will design and integrate the models, agents, and AI workflows that run on that platform, with significant, visible impact on the mission of the USCC. What You'll Be Doing: Provide embedded operations support, capability integration, and rapid prototyping for AI/ML-enabled tools in support of our customer. Design and integrate LLM/agent orchestration workflows using agentic frameworks such as LangGraph, Agno, and the NVIDIA NeMo Agent Toolkit. Tune model gateway routing logic to select, evaluate, and optimize across multiple frontier and open-weight models for cost, performance, and mission fit. Develop and integrate RAG pipelines, vector databases, and memory services to give agents access to mission knowledge and context. Implement MCP (Model Context Protocol)-based tool-broker integrations so agents can safely and securely access enterprise tools and data. Evaluate, benchmark, and tune models and agent behaviors; build automated evaluation pipelines to track quality, safety, and performance over time. Partner with data scientists and mission analysts to
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SIXGEN’s mission is to deliver agile, mission-ready cybersecurity solutions that empower government and critical infrastructure organizations to stay ahead of advanced cyber threats. We combine innovation, deep expertise, and cutting-edge capabilities to uncover vulnerabilities, protect vital systems, and ensure operational superiority in an ever-evolving digital landscape. POSITION OVERVIEW Position: Senior Data Scientist Job Type: Full-time Location: Onsite, Ft. Meade, MD Clearance Requirements: Active TS/SCI with Polygraph required Work Schedule: 5 days per week onsite Travel Requirements: None Experience: 4+ years WHAT YOU'LL DO SIXGEN supports missions by serving government and commercial organizations as they overcome global cybersecurity challenges. In this position, you’ll provide meaningful support to our customer’s missions and operations. You’ll work alongside a team of highly
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SIXGEN supports cyber and intelligence missions by serving government and commercial organizations as they overcome global cybersecurity challenges. Our highly skilled operators conduct research and assessments based on real-world threats. We simulate adversaries and malicious actors to report details and actionable findings on critical assets and infrastructures. Our program planners advise mission owners to bring rapid solutions to intelligence mission leaders. Using innovative processes, tools, and techniques, we predict and overcome cybersecurity vulnerabilities. Our successes are supported by our diverse team of experienced, technical talent.
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