Computer Scientist - Senior

Socket.dev; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Socket.dev in Washington, DC is seeking a Senior Computer Scientist to lead advanced software and data-driven intelligence initiatives. The role demands deep expertise in distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, and secure software development practices.

You will mentor junior engineers, guide complex projects, and translate intelligence requirements into scalable technical capabilities. A TS/SCI clearance is required, with the ability to obtain a CI polygraph.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred with eight years of relevant experience.
• Current active TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a CI polygraph.
• Advanced proficiency in multiple programming languages, frameworks, and software paradigms.
• Expertise in distributed systems design, cloud-native architectures, and microservices.
• Experience leading software development teams or managing complex system development efforts.
• Proficiency with DevSecOps practices and end-to-end CI/CD pipeline management.
• Experience optimizing system performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Deep understanding of DOD and federal cybersecurity and compliance frameworks.
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex intelligence requirements into technical capabilities.
• Experience mentoring junior developers and providing technical direction.

Responsibilities

• Produces graphical, written, and verbal intelligence trend reports from complex data.
• Develops ML and data mining algorithms for open-source capabilities.
• Codes algorithms to support government intelligence search and discovery missions.
• Advises on data management within hardware, software, and bandwidth limits.
• Applies data science to predictive analytics, social media analytics, and wargaming.
• Documents findings and activities in formal products.

Skills

TS/SCI clearance

Programming languages

Distributed systems design

Cloud-native architectures

DevSecOps / CI-CD

Leadership / mentoring

DOD / federal cybersecurity

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Job description

Title: Computer Scientist – Senior

Location: Washington, DC

Clearance: TS/SCI with ability to obtain and maintain CI polygraph

Responsibilities:

• Employs mathematics, statics, information science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, network science, probability modeling, data mining, data engineering, data warehousing, data compression, data protection, and/or scientific techniques to correlate complex, technical findings into graphical, written, visual and verbal narrative products on trends of existing intelligence data to leverage other IC data sources.
• Develops and utilizes machine learning and data mining and prediction algorithms based on open-source capabilities.
• Integrates or codes algorithms to support Government intelligence search and discovery missions.
• Makes best-practice recommendations on managing data within hardware, software, storage and bandwidth constraints.
• Employs data science techniques to support predictive analysis, social media and crowd-source data analytics, wargaming, and strategy development. Employs exploratory analysis and rapid iteration techniques of large volumes of data to quickly derive intelligence.
• Prepares products to describe and document findings and activities.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree preferred, with eight (8) years of relevant experience
• Current active TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a CI polygraph
• Advanced proficiency in multiple programming languages, frameworks, and software paradigms.
• Expertise in distributed systems design, cloud-native architectures, and microservices.
• Experience leading software development teams or managing complex system development efforts.
• Proficiency with DevSecOps practices and end-to-end CI/CD pipeline management.
• Experience optimizing system performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Deep understanding of DOD and federal cybersecurity and compliance frameworks.
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex intelligence requirements into technical capabilities.
• Experience mentoring junior developers and providing technical direction.