Senior Data Scientist (Active Secret Clearance)

Company: General Dynamics Information Technology
Location: Arlington
Posted on: November 20, 2020

Job Description:

REQ RQ68883 Travel Required Less than 10 Public Trust None Requisition Type Regular Serves as a Data Scientist for cybersecurity in support of a major federal client. This organization provides services that analyze and produce enhanced cyber security and threat intelligence information to include threats and potential threats to the customer's personnel, information, and information systems provides timely and relevant intelligence to assist with mitigating cyber threats confronting the Department supports evaluation, implementation, and operations of toolstechnologies used in advanced data analysis. The Data Scientist will support the customer's overall cyber threat analysis efforts. The Data Scientist is responsible for applying advanced analytics and data science techniques, including predictive modeling, anomaly detection, user profiling and segmentation, text analytics, big data analytics, and visualization in solving cybersecurity problems or helping others to automate their research and analysis. Key Personality traits that will do well in this environment bull You're determined and inquisitive by nature. You can see the big picture and drill down to the details you can ask creative questions of the data and your curiosity drives you mad until you can put together a coherent story out of the puzzle pieces in front of you. bull You can work independently, generate creative solutions to new problems, and take responsibility for projects from start to finish. bull You enjoy collaboration and sharing information with other highly technical people. bull You're a visual thinker, who quickly sees patterns and seeks the best ways to visualize them to tell a story with data. Environment you will work in bull The intersection of cybersecurity and data. No better place to be. bull Highly technical and fast paced environment. bull No remote work no travel. Required background bull Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, cybersecurity, or other related technical discipline, plus 8 years of experience in technical data analysis with increasing responsibilities. bull Alternatively, a Master's degree with 6 years of experience. bull Active Secret clearance or ability to obtain a Secret clearance. Required knowledge skills bull Strong working knowledge of advanced analytic techniques, including statistical analysis and supervised unsupervised machine learning algorithms. bull Demonstrated expertise with data science software and tools, such as PythonPandasScikit-learn, Rapidminer, or similar. bull Experience with data cleaning and preparation using real-world data sets. bull Experience with visualization and dashboard techniques and tools, such as Power BI, Tableau, or similar. bull Experience deploying and maintaining data science systems in production. bull Knowledge of computer networking concepts and protocols (e.g., Transmission Control Protocol TCP and Internet Protocol IP, Open System Interconnection Model OSI, Domain Name System DNS), and network security principles. bull Knowledge of cybersecurity and cyber defense principles (e.g. cyber threats and vulnerabilities, adversarial tactics, cyber attack stages). bull Highly self-motivated and capable of completing ad hoc and time-sensitive assignments. bull Strong analytical skills and the ability to effectively research, write, communicate and brief to varying levels of audiences to include at the executive level. bull Ability to manage analytic projects from start through completion, including problem definition, data extract-transform-load, data exploration, algorithm selection, training and testing, operational deployment, documentation, and maintenance. Highly desired skills bull Master's degree in computer science, information systems, cybersecurity, or other related technical discipline. bull Three years of experience in intelligence or technical analysis with a focus on cyber threat analysis and threat modeling, to include preparing and presenting results. bull Experience in natural language processing. bull Experience with structured and unstructured databases and tools, such as SQL, Oracle, MongoDB, or similar. bull Experience in Splunk or similar log storageretrieval systems. bull Experience with command-line scripting languages such as PowerShell. bull Experience with O365 Azure cloud environment. bull Previous experience working within cross functional and interdisciplinary project teams. bull Proven experience effectively prioritizing workload to meet deadlines and work objectives We are GDIT. The people supporting some of the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects across the country. We deliver. Bringing the expertise needed to understand and advance critical missions. We transform. Shifting the ways clients invest in, integrate, and innovate technology solutions. We ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. We are there. On the ground, beside our clients, in the lab, and everywhere in between. Offering the technology transformations, strategy, and mission services needed to get the job done. GDIT is an Equal OpportunityAffirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.

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