AI Engineer
US$60,000 – US$180,000 / yr base salary
Posted 2 Oct 2026
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- Level
- GH 1071
- Expected experience
- 5+ yrs
- Management level
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Hybrid
| Base salary | US$60,000 – US$180,000 / yr |
|---|
M9 Solutions is dedicated to providing IT services and solutions to the Federal Government by mobilizing the right people, skills, clearance levels, and technologies to help organizations that desire improved performance and modern, sustainable change. M9 has provided quality IT services and support to more than 30 Federal Agencies and multiple commercial customers nationwide. Our capabilities include IT Talent Solutions, Data Delivery & Analytics, Cyber Security, Cloud Migration, Applications and Infrastructure, Software Development, and Finance & Accounting.
M9 Solutions is seeking an AI Engineer to work hybrid remote/on-site in support of a government contract for a client located in Washington, DC. An active Secret clearance is required.
Responsibilities
- Designs and develops AI-enabled applications supporting FISMA audit readiness, GAO audit response activities, NFR and POA&M management, Corrective Action Plan (CAP) generation, audit evidence and PBC analysis, and control testing support.
- Builds custom GPT and RAG-based solutions that automate audit research, findings analysis, and recommendation development.
- Develops capabilities to identify recurring compliance deficiencies, thematic risks, and control weaknesses across audit artifacts.
- Develops secure AI copilots that leverage organizational repositories, policies, standards, procedures, and prior audit documentation.
- Implements vector databases, semantic search, and knowledge retrieval architectures to improve auditor productivity.
- Develops AI capabilities that support NIST CSF mapping, FISMA control assessments, policy review and comparison, audit narrative generation, and executive reporting.
- Creates solutions to automate review and clearance of cybersecurity directives, policies, standards, and procedures.
- Enhances existing initiatives focused on AI-driven reviews of regulatory and policy documentation.
- Develops automated compliance mapping against NIST, FISMA, OMB, and federal cybersecurity requirements.
- Designs data pipelines that integrate audit data, findings repositories, POA&M tracking systems, and compliance datasets.
- Develops dashboards that provide audit readiness metrics, open finding trends, control deficiency analysis, and program risk indicators.
- Implements predictive analytics to identify emerging compliance and cyber governance risks.
- Ensures AI solutions comply with federal cybersecurity requirements and AI governance standards.
- Implements model evaluation frameworks, prompt security controls, audit logging, and explainability mechanisms.