Data Scientist with TS/SCI Clearance
Orchard LLC

Job Info

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Data Scientist
Herndon, VA/Hybrid
Top Secret Clearance with SCI

Do you have a head for numbers?
Do you like turning real world problems into mathematical representations and checking to see if you did it right?
If you like that, consider this great opportunity!

@Orchard LLC is engaged with a top space technology client whose customers have some of the most interesting needs and hardest challenges to resolve. Their solutions require integrated models based on large and varied datasets, feeding analytic applications so that they can extract patterns and behaviors obscured within the data to augment the capabilities of human operators. We are seeking a Data Scientist to work on all stages of the data science pipeline, to include applying existing machine learning software across large hyper-parameter trade spaces, developing new machine learning algorithms and evaluating the best the commercial AI/ML industry has to offer to our problem set.

Why our Client?

• We build advanced algorithms to gain analytic insights from a large range of open source and government data
• We enable machine learning systems, automate workflow, and design and develop custom applications for unique national-security mission
• We operate an end-to-end predictive analytic platform unlike any other within the US Government
• We provide training to expand your skills and challenges to develop them
• Our client's missions are vital to national security, so we're mission-first always
• Our work environment is relaxed business casual
• At our core we believe and practice social responsibility

What would you be doing?

• Extracting and transforming data using programming languages such Python and associated open-source data analytics libraries
• Ascertaining unique ways to apply algorithms to derive specific customer data analytic results
• Applying big data analytics tools to large, diverse sets of collection data to assess risk of adverse threat activities
• Extending existing algorithms as required to support customer requirements
• Applying data science methods to create and optimize convolutional neural networks that will perform classification, localization and segmentation of various modalities of remotely-sensed imagery

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be US Citizen.
• Must have a current/active TS/SCI and be willing and able to obtain a CI Polygraph
• B.S. in Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Science or related field
• 2 years of experience in at least one of these languages: Python (preferred) or R
• Willing to work in a hybrid arrangement: onsite in Herndon, VA or Government customer sites in Northern Virginia, as well as partial work from home (WFH) duties

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience conducting model feasibility research and algorithm development for machine learning
• Experience with distributed datasets and experience analyzing both relational and NoSQL data structures
• Ascertaining unique ways to apply algorithms to derive specific customer specific data analytics results
• Extending existing algorithms as required to support customer requirements
• Experience implementing algorithms related to machine learning
• Experience developing and testing models
• Extracting and transforming data using programming languages such as Python and associated open-source data analytics libraries
• Experience with Data Analytics
• Exceptional oral and written communications
• Organizational skills and excellent attention to detail
• Development experience in a Linux/Unix/Windows environment
• Capability to work effectively in a geographically distributed development team
• Basic systems administration and installation
• Containerization platforms (Docker, Kubernetes/Kubeflow, etc.)
• Experience with SQL
• Occasional local travel to government sites for customer meetings and demonstrations
• Experience with writing production code
• Experience with automating machine learning model training and deployment pipelines
• Graduate experience working with probabilistic and stochastic statistical analysis or computational intelligence
• Experience working in an Agile environment, especially SAFe
• Applying big data analytics tools to large, diverse sets of collection data to assess risk of adverse threat activities
• Knowledge of technical aspects of ISR systems
• Build-test-deploy frameworks (Jenkins, GoCD, etc)

If this opportunity sounds like a good fit, or if you would simply like more information, please apply so that we can paint the full picture.

Established in 2010, @Orchard LLC, also known as, Talent Orchard has an exceptional reputation, providing staffing solutions to time-sensitive, talent scarcity issues to deliver better talent management ROI. Our specialty lies in the critical area of program talent acquisition and resource management, not in one narrow skillset, but across many areas of technical and functional delivery. To learn more about our other exciting opportunities, visit our Jobs Page at www.atOrchard.com.

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