Data Scientist - TS/SCI
On-siteBethesda, Maryland, United States
Job Summary
Design and optimize a Data Science platform to produce, analyze, and disseminate findings for mission-focused big data analytics covering national security, cyber security, and human behavior. Independently make discoveries that are mission-relevant, package results for non-technical audiences, and improve predictive algorithm performance. Identify novel data sources, deploy applications using Docker and Kubernetes, and build complex analytical platforms in collaboration with analysts, engineers, and developers. This role supports ongoing research in natural language processing and data fusion within a tight-knit team. Candidates will analyze diverse data classes including forensic media and open source information to drive user adoption of high-end analytics tools.
Required Qualifications
- B.S. Degree in a quantitative or analytical field such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, Engineering, Physics, or Computational Social Science
- 2+ years of experience
- Master's degree or equivalent graduate degree including certificate-based advanced training courses
- less than 2 years of experience
- Active TS
- ability to obtain a TS/SCI with Polygraph
- Experience in data science, analytics or quantitative intelligence analysis
- demonstrating progressive technical development and outcomes
- Proficiency in one or more scripting languages such as Python
- Deployment of data science applications (e.g. Streamlit) using Docker, Kubernetes, and/or OpenShift
- Experience with information retrieval and search, e.g. Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch and Kibana) and/or Structured Query Language (SQL)
- Experience working with a hybrid team of analyst, engineers, and developers to conduct research, and build and deploy complex, but easy-to-use algorithms and analytical platforms
- Previous experience performing Data Science or Research in data analytics or big data, i.e. data that won't fit in memory
- Track record of active learning and creative problem solving
- Ability to analyze and assess software development or data acquisition requirements and determine optimum, cost-effective solutions
- Familiarity using git or other version control technologies
Desired Qualifications
- A significant share of your data analytics experience in direct support of military or intelligence community customers, demonstrating progressive technical development and mission-focused outcomes
- Significant experience dealing with at least two of the following data classes: forensic media (i.e. DOMEX); open source, publicly available information (PAI); measurement and signatures intelligence (MASINT); or cybersecurity and cyber forensics
- Experience with Knowledge Graphs and KG tech such as neo4j or graph ML
- Experience developing predictive algorithms, image classifiers, object detectors, and others
- Familiarity with social network analysis, supply chain analysis, forensic accounting, pattern of life, natural language processing, social media analysis, classification algorithms, and/or image processing
- Experience blending analytical methodologies and leveraging existing COTS/GOTS/OS tools in an unconventional manner
- Experience with an on-prem, air gapped environment and/or Amazon Web Services (AWS/C2S)
- Familiarity with hardware platforms, e.g., CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs, etc.
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