Data Scientist

Required Security Clearance

Top Secret/SCI

City

Bethesda

State/Territory

Maryland

Travel

None

Potential For Teleworking

No

Schedule

Full Time

DoD 8570 IAT Requirement

None

DoD 8570 IAM Requirement

None

DoD 8570 IASAE Requirement

None

DoD CSSP Requirement

None

Last Updated

3/26/24 9:00 PM

Requisition ID

598476

US Citizenship Required?:

Yes

Job Description

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.

Required Skills

B.S. Degree 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.

4+ years of experience in data science, analytics or quantitative intelligence analysis, and demonstrating progressive technical development and outcomes. 2+ years of experience required with a Masters or an additional 4 years of experience in lieu of degree.

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

Experience in reverse engineering and advanced digital forensics.

Experience working with a hybrid team of analysts, engineers, and developers to conduct research, and build and deploy complex, but easy-to-use algorithms and analytical platforms.

Previous experience performing research 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.

Desired Skills

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).

Significant experience with Knowledge Graphs and KG tech such as neo4j.

Previous experience developing predictive algorithms.

Familiarity with social network analysis, supply chain analysis, forensic accounting, pattern of life, natural language processing, social media analysis, classification algorithms, and/or image processing.

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

Familiarity utilizing virtualization and distributed field systems, such as Hadoop (or similar distributed file systems) in development and deployment environments.

Familiarity using git, svn, JIRA, or other version control technologies.

Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS/C2S).

Familiarity with hardware platforms, e.g., CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs, etc.

Pay & Benefit Highlights

Compensation

Above market fixed salary or hourly pay.

Up to $10,000 bonus for each referral.

Additional bonuses for exceptional performance, assisting with business development and company growth.

Health

100% paid premiums for health insurance. Choose from over 80 gold-level medical plans from Aetna, CareFirst, Kaiser and UnitedHealthcare. Choose from PPO, EPO, POS, HMO, and HSA-compatible.

HSA and FSA options.

100% paid premiums for dental insurance.

100% paid premiums for vision insurance.

Income Protection

100% paid premiums for short-term disability.

100% paid premiums for long-term disability.

100% paid premiums for accidental death & dismemberment.

100% paid premiums for life insurance with a $200,000 max benefit.

Retirement

8% company contribution to 401k with immediate vesting.

401k pre-tax and Roth options.

Leave

Up to 20 days of flexible paid time off (PTO).

11 days of paid floating holidays.

Work-Life Balance

Flexible work schedules including flex time and compressed work period.

Remote work including partial or fully remote (contract and project-dependent).

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Equal Opportunity Employer

Base-2 Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.