AI Strategy Lead Jobs in San Diego, CA

Clearance Requirement: Active TS/SCI Preferred; TS/SCI Eligible with completed Tier 5 investigation considered.

Employment Type: Full-Time, Contingent Upon Contract Award

Location: San Diego, California

Primary Work Location: NIWC Pacific and associated U.S. Government facilities in the San Diego area.

Position Overview

TRINITY IT is seeking an exceptional Software and Artificial Intelligence Engineer to lead the design, development, and deployment of advanced AI-enabled capabilities supporting Navy Command and Control modernization efforts.

The successful candidate will lead software architecture activities involving cloud-native applications, microservices, machine learning, large language models, and operational deployment of AI capabilities.

Primary Duties

• Lead software architecture and design efforts.
• Develop and integrate AI/ML solutions into operational systems.
• Lead deployment of containerized applications in Kubernetes environments.
• Design microservices architectures supporting mission applications.
• Collaborate with Naval Operations SMEs to develop operationally relevant AI capabilities.
• Support secure software delivery through DevSecOps pipelines.
• Participate in technical proposal development and oral presentations.

Required Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI or eligibility.
• Minimum 5 years experience with:
• Kubernetes
• Docker/containerization
• Microservices architectures
• Experience integrating AI/ML or LLM technologies into operational systems.
• Security+ CE, CySA+, or equivalent DoD 8140 certification.

Highly Desired

• MLOps experience.
• LLM deployment experience.
• Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).
• AWS, Azure, or DoD cloud environments.
• C4ISR mission systems.
• Platform One experience.

Key Personnel Participation Requirement

This position is designated as Key Personnel under a competitive U.S. Navy acquisition. Candidates selected for proposal submission will be expected to actively support pre-award activities, including technical discussions, solution development, and customer-facing presentations associated with the acquisition process.

Successful candidates should be comfortable discussing their technical and operational experience with Government stakeholders and participating in presentation and demonstration activities as part of the proposal evaluation process.

Primary Work Location: NIWC Pacific and associated U.S. Government facilities in the San Diego area.

Work Environment: This position is expected to support mission activities primarily onsite at Government facilities. Candidates should anticipate routine in-person engagement with Government personnel, participation in technical and operational working groups, experimentation events, demonstrations, planning sessions, and other customer-facing activities. Limited telework may be authorized based on Government direction and mission requirements; however, applicants should expect the majority of work to be performed onsite at U.S. Government locations in the San Diego area.

Travel: Occasional CONUS travel may be required to support demonstrations, operational events, technical exchanges, testing activities, and customer meetings.

Trinity IT offers a competitive salary, an extensive benefits package and a work environment that encourages excellence. Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Trinity IT is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate in employment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or protected class.