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BTI360 Website

NLP Engineer - Clearance

Herndon, VA · Full-time

No sponsorshipDetected 21 days ago
PythonCode ReviewGitAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsCI/CDMachine LearningTensorFlowPyTorchscikit-learnData ScienceNLPLLMsRAGA/B TestingCybersecurityExcelLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationPublic Speaking

About the role

  • By putting people first, we're not just giving our teammates more opportunities to grow, we're also raising the bar of the software we ship.
  • BTI360 previously has been voted 10 years in a row as a TOP Place to Work by the Washington Business Journal.
  • You'll thrive here if you are naturally curious, driven to ask the right questions, and energized by turning complexity into clarity.

Responsibilities

  • Experience building Knowledge Graphs using Resource Description Framework (RDF) or Labeled Property Graph (LPG) models, including schema/ontology design
  • Software doesn't build itself.
  • BTI360 is seeking an NLP Engineer who is passionate about transforming raw data into meaningful insights that drive strategic decision ‑ making.
  • Design and evaluate extraction and resolution workflows using sound methodologies and fit-for-purpose metrics to assess entity extraction, linking, relationship quality, and overall knowledgebase completeness and accuracy.
  • Drive technical decision-making for schema design, ontology alignment, extraction approaches, and graph architecture based on mission needs, data quality, and long-term maintainability.
  • Apply analytical and statistical methods to validate extracted insights, measure data quality, and support confident decision-making from structured and unstructured sources.
  • Develop reports and whitepapers that evaluate solution alternatives based on impact, cost, technical feasibility, and alignment with strategic goals.
  • Collaborate across teams to align on strategy, provide data science expertise, and contribute to proposals and strategic initiatives.

Requirements

  • Proven track record of model evaluation using appropriate metrics and methodologies for different problem types (precision/recall, silhouette scores, benchmarks, etc.)
  • Experience with large or multimodal datasets
  • Experience leading technical initiatives
  • You may thrive in this role if you have the following skills:
  • Experience with Knowledge Graph construction pipelines: rule- and LLM-based Named Entity Recognition (NER), Relation Extraction (RE), Entity Normalization and Disambiguation/Linking

Skills

  • Active Security Clearance (Secret or higher) or the ability to obtain one
  • 5+ years of experience in data science or machine learning roles with demonstrated impact on production systems.
  • Deep expertise in natural language processing (NLP) techniques
  • Basic software engineering practices such as git, CI/CD, code reviews, documentation, and ability to access and leverage remote APIs
  • Comfortable working in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
  • Ability to work independently
  • You may excel in this role if you have the following
  • Strong Python programming skills

Company info

  • Here at BTI360, we've built a culture that's passionate about developing software engineers.
  • In fact, teams of people do.
  • That's why our primary focus is on developing better craftsmen, better teammates, and better technical leaders.
  • In this role, you'll work closely with our engineers and mission teams to tackle complex business problems using emerging AI technologies -specifically by extracting and linking critical entities to build and curate scalable graph databases and knowledge bases.
  • Our NLP Engineers don't just build models, they influence decisions; they map critical relationships, shape strategy, and help our customers navigate high ‑ impact mission challenges.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Active Security Clearance (Secret or higher) or the ability to obtain one

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