Data Scientist 2 Top Secret/SCI w/Poly

Peraton; West Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days PTO

Bonus plan

Subsidized benefits

Job summary

Peraton in Maryland seeks a data scientist to develop analytics, AI/ML models, and NLP solutions. You will collaborate with SMEs to extract meaningful information from diverse data formats, and translate insights into production workflows.

The role involves building and evaluating AI models, leveraging GPU computing, and contributing to national security projects requiring TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in quantitative discipline and five years of analytics experience.
• Five years of experience programming with data analysis software (R, Python, SAS, MATLAB).
• PhD can substitute for four years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Produce data visualizations to reveal structure and meaning of datasets.
• Extract information from SQL tables and various data formats with SMEs.
• Develop AI/ML models for complex problems and NLP tasks.
• Develop and optimize LLMs for NLP and information retrieval.
• Utilize GPU resources to accelerate model training and deployment.
• Design experiments and statistical tests to support data-driven decisions.
• Collaborate with SMEs to translate data into production-ready analytics
• Oversee analytic development efforts and guide the team

Education

Bachelor's degree in quantitative discipline

PhD substitution for experience

Tools

Python

R

SAS

MATLAB

SQL

GPU computing

Job description

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in a quantitative discipline (e.g., statistics, mathematics, operations research, engineering or computer science) and five (5) years of experience analyzing datasets and developing analytics as well as five (5) years of experience programming with data analysis software such as R, Python, SAS, or MATLAB.
• An additional four (4) years of experience in software development, cloud development, analyzing datasets, or developing descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics can be substituted for a Bachelor's degree.
• A PhD from an accredited college or university in a quantitative discipline can be substituted for four (4) years of experience.
• Produce data visualizations that provide insight into dataset structure and meaning
• Work with subject matters experts (SMEs) to identify important information in raw data and develop scripts that extract this information from a variety of data formats (e.g., SQL tables, structured metadata, network logs)
• Incorporate SME input into feature vectors suitable for analytic development and testing
• Develop Al and machine learning models to address complex problems.
• Develop and optimize Large Language Models (LLM) for various NLP tasks and information retrieval
• Experience with utilizing GPU-based computing resources to accelerate model training and deployment.
• Develop and implement statistical, machine learning, and heuristic techniques to create descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics
• Develop statistical tests to make data-driven recommendations and decisions
• Develop experiments to collect data or models to simulate data when required data are unavailable
• Develop feature vectors for input into machine learning algorithms
• Identify the most appropriate algorithm for a given dataset and tune input and model parameters
• Evaluate and validate the performance of analytics using standard techniques and metrics (e.g. cross validation, ROC curves, confusion matrices)
• Oversee the development of individual analytic efforts and guide team in analytic development process
• An Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required

Additional Desired Qualifications:

• AI/ML Integration:Familiarity with Large Language Models (LLMs) and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) frameworks, agents, and agentic workflow.

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees supporting this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap, and eligibility to participate in an attractive bonus plan.

The candidate selected for this position will be a part of the DWP Customer Experience team supporting user interactions with the Content and Event Warehouses. They will work side by side with users to understand their mission questions and optimize workflows to use the warehouses efficiently. This team partners across Y3 to ensure the architecture works seamlessly for all users. They provide and promote capability training and tradecraft outreach throughout the extended enterprise.

Are you passionate about building cutting-edge solutions that support national security? Do you thrive in fast-paced, mission-driven environments?

A data scientist will develop machine learning, data mining, statistical and graph-based algorithms to analyze and make sense of datasets; prototype or consider several algorithms and decide upon final model based on suitable performance metrics; build models or develop experiments to generate data when training or example datasets are unavailable; generate reports and visualizations that summarize datasets and provide data-driven insights to customers; partner with subject matter experts to translate manual data analysis into automated analytics; implement prototype algorithms within production frameworks for integration into analyst workflows.

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