[Hiring] AI/ML Application Developer @Information Technology Strategies, Inc

Role Description

Information Technology Strategies, Inc. (IT-Strat) is seeking an AI/ML Application Developer to support the Defense Agencies Initiative (DAI) program. This is a hands-on technical position responsible for designing, developing, and delivering artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities directly within the Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.x financial management environment hosted on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).

• Design and deliver the AI/ML Functional and Technical Use Cases document, covering OCI-native AI service implementation for financial reporting automation, user experience optimization, and operational efficiency gains across the DAI ERP environment.
• Develop the AI/ML and DevSecOps Transition Roadmap laying out the phased approach for embedding AI capabilities into the DAI program and transitioning Agile processes from contractor to government ownership.
• Implement production-grade AI/ML capabilities using OCI-native services including OCI Data Science, OCI Language, and OCI Vision, with consideration for AWS GovCloud AI services where applicable per government direction.
• Build and integrate REST API connections between AI/ML models and Oracle EBS business processes, enabling automated decision support within financial workflows without requiring manual data extraction.
• Apply natural language processing techniques to financial document processing, including audit report analysis, accounting narrative classification, and automated ATM documentation generation from source content.
• Design and apply cognitive science approaches to improve AI readiness and human decision-making support within the DAI user community, focusing on how financial professionals interact with AI-augmented ERP processes.
• Lead research and development efforts in training design, competency modeling, and cognitive metrics as they apply to AI adoption within a federal financial management environment.
• Develop cognitive performance metrics that measure how effectively DAI users adopt AI-assisted workflows, providing quantifiable evidence of AI value delivery for program reporting.
• Apply knowledge discovery and data mining techniques to unstructured DAI operational data, identifying patterns that inform both audit remediation strategies and future automation priorities.
• Participate fully in Program Increment planning, iteration planning, daily standups, and iteration reviews as an active member of the Agile Release Train.
• Author well-formed user stories with precise acceptance criteria for AI/ML features, working with the Product Owner to prioritize backlog items against program objectives and technical dependencies.
• Deliver working AI/ML capabilities within two-week iteration cycles, demonstrating functional outputs at each iteration review rather than theoretical progress.
• Identify and remove technical impediments to AI adoption across the program, escalating architecture or infrastructure blockers to the Software Systems Engineer Lead for resolution.
• Work directly with the Software Systems Engineer Lead (L1) to align AI/ML architecture decisions with the broader DAI systems architecture and OCI infrastructure design.
• Contribute technical content to the Final Transition Plan and Knowledge Transfer Materials, ensuring incoming personnel can sustain AI/ML capabilities after the contract period.
• Support the DevSecOps Engineer and DevOps Engineers in integrating AI model deployment into the CI/CD pipeline on DLA-approved DevSecOps platforms.

Qualifications

• Eligibility to obtain a U.S. Government SECRET / TOP SECRET Clearance.
• Five (5) years minimum experience in AI/ML development applied to enterprise software systems.
• Demonstrated experience with artificial intelligence, machine learning, natural language processing, knowledge discovery, and data mining applied to real operational datasets.
• Proficiency in Java, C/C++, or Python with production-level code in at least one of these languages.
• Experience in one or more of the following: natural language processing, text understanding, classification, pattern recognition, recommendation systems, targeting systems, or ranking systems.
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure AI and data science services, or equivalent major cloud provider AI platform experience with ability to transition to OCI.
• REST API design and implementation for integrating ML models into enterprise application workflows.
• End-to-end ML lifecycle experience from data preparation through model training, evaluation, deployment, and monitoring in a production environment.
• Experience with unstructured data analytics and text-based information extraction from enterprise document repositories.
• Agile or SAFe development experience with demonstrated ability to deliver working software within time-boxed iterations.

Requirements

• Agile OCI AI Foundations or OCI Data Science Professional certification, demonstrating platform-specific knowledge on the environment where DAI operates.
• AWS GovCloud experience with SageMaker, Bedrock, or equivalent managed AI services, providing versatility across the cloud platforms the government has approved for this program.
• Working knowledge of DoD AI Ethics Principles and OMB AI governance guidance, which prevents building capabilities that stall in policy review.
• NLP experience specifically applied to financial or accounting documents, including transaction narrative classification, posting rule extraction, or audit finding analysis.
• Prior experience on DAI, GFEBS, LMP, or another DoD ERP financial system, eliminating weeks of program context onboarding.
• SAFe 5 or 6 certification at Practitioner level or above, reflecting formal Agile methodology training rather than claimed team exposure.
• Experience producing federal government deliverables under a QASP performance-based contract structure.

Benefits

• Four Medical/Vision options including an HSA plan
• Dental and Orthodontia plan
• Vision Materials plan
• Paid Life, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability
• 401K Retirement Program with company contribution
• Paid Vacation, Holidays, Sick Leave, Floating Holidays, Bereavement Leave
• Semi-monthly pay cycle