AI/ML Data Scientist for Defense Analytics

Jobtailor; Maryland; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks a data science professional to perform statistics, ML, and analytics to answer intelligence questions and build value-driven products for Analysts. You will transform data features, develop classifiers, and automate anomaly detection while collaborating with software teams to productionize validated models.

Responsibilities include data curation from diverse sources, monitoring model performance, and communicating results to decision makers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in a relevant field.
• 3+ years of Defensive Cyber Operations experience.
• 3+ years of Machine Learning techniques and statistical model evaluation.
• Proficiency with R or Python and SQL for data manipulation and insights.
• Exposure to AWS, Cisco (CCNA), STIGs/IAVA, and Big Data Platform (BDP).
• Strong background with Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS, RHEL), Windows, and virtual environments.
• Ability to solve problems by applying engineering approaches.

Responsibilities

• Perform statistics, ML and analytic methods to answer key questions and deliver reusable products for Analysts.
• Apply ML to identify data features, patterns, classifiers, anomaly detection, and automated steps.
• Evaluate models and productionize them with software teams; reassess in production.
• Curate data from traditional and non-traditional sources; transform, integrate and load data.

Job description

Jobtailor seeks a data science professional to perform statistics, ML, and analytics to answer intelligence questions and build value-driven products for Analysts. You will transform data features, develop classifiers, and automate anomaly detection while collaborating with software teams to productionize validated models.

Responsibilities include data curation from diverse sources, monitoring model performance, and communicating results to decision makers.