AI Requirements Engineer

Overview/ Job Responsibilities

We are seeking an accomplished AI Requirements Business Analyst to lead the end-to-end design, development, and operational support of AI-enabled platforms and enterprise applications. This role combines strategic visioning, business process analysis, and leadership of technical teams, ensuring delivery of secure, scalable, and user-centric solutions. This position is ideal for a candidate with experience modernizing complex IT systems, engaging with executive stakeholders, and leading cross-functional teams through full agile life cycles from concept to production to ongoing O&M cycles.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic planning, requirements definition, and delivery of AI solutions.
• Define program vision and roadmap while balancing priorities of multiple stakeholders.
• Serve as primary liaison between technical teams, leadership, and the customer, translating needs into actionable requirements and managing expectations.
• Elicit, document, and validate functional and technical requirements, including AI model integration, data flows, and security requirements.
• Define and maintain a prioritized product backlog, user stories, and acceptance criteria to ensure timely delivery of features.
• Collaborate with vendors and internal teams to integrate commercial off-the-shelf solutions, APIs, and automation tools.
• Lead cross-functional teams through sprint planning, execution, testing, and production deployment.
• Oversee the design and development of workflows, UI/UX improvements, data integrations, and back-end processes.
• Ensure quality through UAT coordination, performance monitoring, and iterative improvement cycles.
• Manage ongoing operations, maintenance, and annual release cycles, ensuring high system availability, security compliance, and scalability.
• Track and report key performance indicators (KPIs), including user satisfaction, system performance, and adoption rates, leveraging metrics to drive iterative improvements.
• Streamline business processes through automation, analytics, and AI capabilities to improve efficiency and reduce administrative overhead.
• Develop SOPs for retraining, rollback, and root cause analysis.
• Document incident response procedures for model failures and anomalies when detected.

• Bachelor’s degree in related field with 5+ years of relevant experience or 9+ years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
• Demonstrated success managing stakeholder relationships at multiple levels, including executive leadership.
• Expertise in defining and documenting requirements , backlog management, and agile product development.
• Experience overseeing development teams across all phases of the SDLC, including testing, deployment, and O&M.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or equivalent) and other COTS integrations, and security/compliance frameworks.
• Proven ability to deliver measurable improvements in user experience, adoption rates, and process efficiency.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, self-motivated, and proactive.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Must be clearable for a US Government Clearance

• Clearance Preference:
  • DHS EOD - 1st priority
  • Any DHS badge + DoD Top Secret or Secret - 2nd choice
  • DoD Secret or Top Secret + willingness to get EOD clearance - 3rd choice (it can take 45 days to obtain EOD clearance – work can only begin once the clearance is fully adjudicated)

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