Computer Scientist

Title: Computer Scientist

Location: Washington, DC

Clearance: TS/SCI with ability to obtain and maintain CI polygraph

Responsibilities:

• Employs mathematics, statics, information science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, network science, probability modeling, data mining, data engineering, data warehousing, data compression, data protection, and/or scientific techniques to correlate complex, technical findings into graphical, written, visual and verbal narrative products on trends of existing intelligence data to leverage other IC data sources.

• Develops and utilizes machine learning and data mining and prediction algorithms based on open-source capabilities.

• Integrates or codes algorithms to support Government intelligence search and discovery missions.

• Makes best-practice recommendations on managing data within hardware, software, storage and bandwidth constraints.

• Employs data science techniques to support predictive analysis, social media and crowd-source data analytics, wargaming, and strategy development. Employs exploratory analysis and rapid iteration techniques of large volumes of data to quickly derive intelligence.

• Prepares products to describe and document findings and activities.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree preferred, with four (4) years of relevant experience

• Current active TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a CI polygraph

• Proficiency in multiple programming languages (Python, Java, C++, or similar).

• Experience with modern software development methodologies (Agile, DevOps, CI/CD).

• Understanding of cybersecurity principles and secure coding practices.

• Hands-on experience with relational and/or NoSQL database systems.

• Familiarity with cloud computing architectures and containerized environments.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Experience with version control systems such as Git.

• Ability to clearly communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.