DS Data Scientist

Probity Inc. is hiring a DS Data Scientist to support national security with innovative analytics in a self-contained Big Data environment.

Responsibilities

• Work with large, complex, and disparate data sets
• Design and implement innovative approaches to analyze and exploit the Sponsor’s data holdings
• Research and report on a wide variety of Sponsor inquiries
• Initiate proactive inquiries to the Sponsor based on observations and proposed data analysis or exploitation
• Solve difficult, non-routine problems using advanced analytical methodologies, including improving analytic methodologies
• Develop custom searches
• Participate in threat hunting and/or develop advanced, novel detection mechanisms to counter malicious actors

Requirements

• Thorough knowledge of analytic tools and methodologies in one or more areas: applied mathematics (e.g., probability and statistics, formal modeling, computational social sciences)
• Thorough knowledge of analytic tools and methodologies in one or more areas: computer programming (e.g., programming languages, math/statistics packages, computer science, machine learning, scientific computing)
• Ability to code or script in one or more general programming languages
• Experience with algorithms for classification, regression, clustering, and anomaly detection
• Knowledge of relational databases, including SQL and large-scale distributed systems (e.g., Hadoop)
• Expertise with statistical data analysis (e.g., linear models, multivariate analysis, stochastic models, sampling methods)
• Demonstrated effectiveness in collecting information and accurately representing and/or visualizing it to non-technical third parties

Technologies

• SQL
• Hadoop
• Machine learning

Clearance Requirement

• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with Polygraph is required
• To be considered, you must have an active Top Secret/SCI clearance with Polygraph

Desired Experience, Skills & Technologies

• Experience working in a mission environment and/or with many different types of data
• Familiarity with building MVP or prototype data engineering pipelines to support novel analytics
• Experience in signature development, threat hunting, and/or threat modeling
• Background in computer network operations, particularly network defense and/or exploitation