Job Description

Responsibilities

Peraton’s National Programs Business Intelligence Systems & Applications Operating Unit has a need for an experienced Data Scientist to support its SITE III DO contract charged with the orchestration, sustainment, and evolution of a portfolio of mission critical applications and services supporting a major Directorate within the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC).

The SITE III DO contract is designed to establish and ensure a multi-discipline approach to requirements engineering, solutions engineering, scheduling, reliability, resiliency, services development, integration, test and evaluation, maintainability and analysis across the National apparatus of Defense Intelligence, Combatant Commands, supporting Partner Nations and other Federal Agencies to ensure timely and accurate Human Intelligence (HUMINT) collection, correlation and dissemination.  Our support team applies best practices in architecture design, data science, cloud services, DevSecOps and platform integration to develop, sustain and continually evolve the global U.S. human intelligence apparatus and supporting partners.

What you'll do:

The Data Scientist – Junior Level will be responsible for the following, but not limited to:

• Involved in the analysis of unstructured and semi-structured data, including latent semantic indexing (LSI), entity identification and tagging, complex event processing (CEP), and the application of analysis algorithms on distributed, clustered, and cloud-based high-performance infrastructures.
• Exercises creativity in applying non-traditional approaches to large-scale analysis of unstructured data in support of high-value use cases visualized through multi-dimensional interfaces.
• Handle processing and index requests against high-volume collections of data and high-velocity data streams.
• Ability to make discoveries in the world of big data.
• Requires strong technical and computational skills - engineering, physics, mathematics, coupled with the ability to code design, develop, and deploy sophisticated applications using advanced unstructured and semi-structured data analysis techniques and utilizing high-performance computing environments.
• Ability to utilize advance tools and computational skills to interpret, connect, predict and make discoveries in complex data and deliver recommendations for business and analytic decisions.
• Experience with software development, either an open-source enterprise software development stack (Java/Linux/Ruby/Python) or a Windows development stack (.NET, C#, C++).
• Experience with data transport and transformation APIs and technologies such as JSON, XML, XSLT, JDBC, SOAP and REST.
• Experience with Cloud-based data analysis tools including Hadoop and Mahout, Acumulo, Hive, Impala, Pig, and similar.
• Experience with visual analytic tools like ArcGIS and Tableau.
• Experience with machine learning, algorithm analysis, and data clustering.

Qualifications

2 years with BS/BA; 0 years with MS/MA; 6 years with no degree

Required Qualifications:

• Requires Bachelor's degree in related field of study with 2 or more years of experience or Master’s Degree with no years of experience. An additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• TS/SCI with ability to pass a polygraph
• Python scripting, Pandas, Excel
• Jupyter Notebooks
• Data Analysis, Engineering and Enrichment
• Strong testing and verification skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, high visibility environment
• Full time work in a SCIF is required, but hours are flexible

Desired Qualifications:

• Security+ or other IAT II/III level certification that is currently active
• ArcGIS automation and modeling
• Tableau Dashboards
• Experience with SAFEHOUSE web GIS platform
• Active TS/SCI w/Poly

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and participation in an attractive bonus plan.

Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range

$80,000 - $128,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

EEO

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.

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