Artificial Intelligence Subject Matter Expert

Posted: 2026-08-18

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Title: Artificial Intelligence Subject Matter Expert (AI SME) Clearance: Active Top Secret with SCI eligibility, ability to obtain and maintain a CBP Background Investigation (CBP BI) and EOD, active BI strongly preferred. We can begin processing for candidates who do not hold one. Citizenship: U.S. Citizenship required

Open-source contributions or published AI research Experience with edge/low-latency model optimization Certifications in AI Ethics, Responsible AI, or Cloud AI Architecture Familiarity with adversarial AI testing and red-teaming You have taken a machine learning model from prototype to a production system that real people depended on. You have worked in a regulated or federal environment where a model's decisions had to be explainable and defensible, not only accurate. You have caught a model failure before it reached a decision that mattered, and can describe how. You are comfortable across the model lifecycle: data, training, validation, deployment, and monitoring, rather than specialized in only one stage. You hold an active CBP BI, a fitness determination at another DHS component, or an active DoD clearance. Any of these shortens your start date. You can talk about the limits of a model as clearly as you talk about its capabilities. A note on timing We are staffing this program now. If you already hold an active CBP BI and EOD, your start date is short and a $10,000 signing bonus comes with the role, payable after 90 days under standard terms. We would like to talk this week. If you do not, we can begin processing a CBP BI for you. That takes months rather than weeks, so applying now means joining a pipeline rather than starting immediately. We would rather tell you that up front than have you find out after you apply. Employee Benefits Agile's benefits offerings include, dependent upon position, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, Holiday Pay, short-term and long-term Disability, Retirement and Learning and Development opportunities as well as other optional benefit elections.