Data Scientist - Ts/Sci

Data Scientist - TS/SCI

Xcelerate Solutions is seeking experienced Data Scientist that likes to perform cutting edge data analytics? Would you like to support a major program advancing the state of the art in mission-focused big data analytics and predictive analytics? If so, you will be delivering advanced data science capabilities to push forward national security objectives, swiftly produce and analyze results, disseminate findings, and contribute to presentations with actionable intelligence insights. The successful candidate will work on projects to design, develop, and deploy data science and machine learning capabilities and products. Our team supports both research and development projects as well as mission critical applications and the work includes applying machine learning libraries such as SciKit Learn, Keras, TensorFlow, or PyTorch to develop and train ML models. While most work is conducted on-site at our client location in Bethesda, MD, we offer a flexible schedule and, occasionally, some tasks may be performed remotely. Percentage of remote work will vary based on client requirements/ deliverables priorities. Come join our award-winning organization and work with some of the most talented and brightest minds in the GovCon industry.

Location:

Bethesda, MD

Clearance:

TS/SCI

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with a tight-knit team of data scientists, as well as a larger team of software developers, network engineers, senior investigators, program managers, researchers, and data analysts to design, build, and optimize a Data Science platform to produce and analyze results, disseminate findings, and contribute to publications and presentations.

• Work on small projects analyzing a variety of big data covering national security, cyber security, business intelligence, online social media, human behavior and more.

• Support multiple simultaneous projects and take open-ended or high-level guidance, independently and collaboratively make discoveries that are mission-relevant, and package and deliver the findings to a non-technical audience.

• Bring your mix of intellectual curiosity, quantitative acumen, and customer-focus to identify novel sources of data across a range of fields, to improve the performance of predictive algorithms, and to encourage user adoption of high-end data analytics platforms in partnership with a highly qualified, highly motivated team.

• Leverage your strong background in research design, exploratory analysis, quantitative methods, user interface application design, and experience with customer outreach and engagement.

Minimum Requirement:

• B.S. Degree and 12-15 years of prior experience or Masters with 10-13 years of prior relevant experience in a quantitative or analytical field such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, Engineering, Physics, or Computational Social Science; or master's degree or equivalent graduate degree including certificate-based advanced training courses.

• 10+ years of experience in data science, analytics, or quantitative intelligence analysis, and demonstrating progressive technical development and outcomes.

• Must possess TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI with Polygraph.

• Proficiency in one or more scripting languages such as R or Python.

• 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 research and development in data analytics or big data.

• 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.

Preferred 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: open source, publicly available information (PAI); forensic media (i.e., DOMEX); measurement and signatures intelligence (MASINT); or cybersecurity and cyber forensics

• Significant experience with knowledge graphs and related technology such as neo4j.

• Significant experience with databases such as SQL, NoSQL, and specifically Elasticsearch.

• Experience blending analytical methodologies and leveraging existing COTS/GOTS/FOSS tools in an unconventional manner.

• Familiarity utilizing containerization and container orchestration technology and approaches such as Docker and Kubernetes in development and deployment environments.

• Familiarity using git, dvc, mlflow, and other version control technologies.

• Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS/C2S).

• Familiarity with optimizing machine learning software to take advantage of GPUs.

• Experience creating dashboards and prototype web applications with technologies such as Kibana, Apache Superset, Streamlit, Gradio, Plotly Dash, etc.

• Experience writing REST and gRPC APIs in technologies such as FastAPI, Flask, etc.

About Xcelerate Solutions:

Founded in 2009 and headquartered in McLean, VA, Xcelerate Solutions (www.xceleratesolutions.com) is one of America's fastest-growing companies. Xcelerate's culture is defined by our diversified workforce of dynamic and versatile professionals, supported with growth and development opportunities that contribute to individual and company growth. This strong commitment to our employees has been recognized by our inclusion on the Washington Business Journal's "50 Best Places to Work" list as well as being a "Great Place to Work" certified company with a 4.6 star, and a 99% CEO approval Glassdoor rating. Come find out why Xcelerate Solutions is one of the DC Metro top employers!

Xcelerate Solutions is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, age, equal pay, disability, veteran status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or expression of another protected characteristic. As part of this commitment to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals, Xcelerate provides reasonable accommodations if needed because of an applicant's or an employee's disability.

Pay Transparency Notice: Xcelerate Solutions will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.