Computer Scientist - Senior

Invictus International; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Invictus International seeks a Senior Computer Scientist to advance complex defense-focused software and data systems in Washington, DC.

The role requires expertise in distributed architectures, ML/AI, DevSecOps, and leading teams on secure, scalable solutions for government clients. Candidates should demonstrate strong leadership and a deep understanding of cybersecurity frameworks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred, with eight (8) years of relevant experience.
• 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.
• Deep understanding of DOD and federal cybersecurity and compliance frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Employs mathematics, statistics, information science and AI to produce narratives on trends of intelligence data.
• Develops and utilizes ML 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 data management 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.
• Prepares products to describe and document findings and activities.

Skills

Programming languages

Distributed systems

Cloud-native architectures

DevSecOps

Data science

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Microservices

Security frameworks

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.