Data Scientist

FOTOMILL STUDIOS LIMITED; Falls Church (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Altamira Technologies, located in Chantilly, VA, is seeking an experienced professional for a key data science role. The position requires advanced expertise in data characterization and technologies in support of national security needs.

The ideal candidate will have 5-10 years of experience, with a focus on intelligence analysis and advanced data tools. A competitive salary range of $140,000 to $230,000 is offered based on individual qualifications and market factors.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of experience or an advanced degree.
• Three years of experience in the intelligence community.
• TS/SCI with FSP clearance.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for overall data science and technologies.
• Assess technology development and its operational usefulness.
• Document results and communicate with senior management.

Skills

Defense intelligence all source analysis

Operations research / systems engineering

Mixed Mathematical Capabilities: R Software

Text Analytics - IN-SPIRE

Spreadsheet/Data - Excel with Power plugins

Geospatial Analysis - OpenGeo

Education

MS / Ph.D. degree

Tools

MATLAB

Tableau

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Location: Chantilly, VA

Clearance: TS/SCI/FS Poly

Altamira Technologies has a long and successful history providing innovative solutions throughout the U.S. National Security community. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Altamira serves the defense, intelligence, and homeland security communities worldwide by focusing on creating innovative solutions leveraging common standards in architecture, data and security. Altamira believes that our people and the culture of our company differentiate us from other companies.

We focus on recruiting talented, self-motivated employees that strive to find a way to get things done. Join our team of experts as we engineer national security!

Job Responsibilities

• Responsible for overall data science and data characterization technologies and will report to the on-site program manager.
• Assess technology development and evaluate its operational usefulness and eventually demonstrate the technology capability through test and evaluation.
• Results must be documented in writing and communicated both verbally and through multi-media methods to senior management.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Defense intelligence all source analysis, Operations research / systems engineering and analysis Intelligence community databases and tools, non-Defense intelligence analysis, structured analytic techniques, and text exploitation and analytics
• Expertise in advanced tools such as: Mixed Mathematical Capabilities: R Software with extensive variety of modules (plugins - statistics, modeling, visualization), Text Analytics - IN-SPIRE, Jigsaw, Text/Data - Net Owl, Gate, and Mathematics Modeling - MATLAB.
• A working knowledge with day-to-day data analysis tools are also necessary, Spreadsheet / Data - Excel s/Power plugins, Tableau, and Document Development-Word, MS Publisher.
• An understanding and experience with visual and geospatial analysis is an added benefit for the senior data scientist: Geospatial Analysis - OpenGeo, ArcGIS, GeoTime, Clavin, Visual Analytics - Vortek (Starlight), Visualization - Gephi, Word cloud tools, and Graphics Production - PowerPoint, Adobe Creative Suite, Photoshop, HTML5.
• 5-10 years of experience or an advanced degree MS / Ph.D.
• Three years of experience in the intelligence community.
• TS/SCI with FSP clearance.

The anticipated salary range for this position is $140,000 to $230,000. Actual compensation will be determined based on several factors, including, but not limited to, the scope of the position, relevant experience, education, certifications, internal equity, customer contractual requirements, security clearance requirements, and other legitimate business considerations.