Data Scientist Development Program (DSDP) — Entry to Expert

National Security Agency/Central Security Service; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 87,000 - 197,000; Full time

Job summary

National Security Agency/Central Security Service in Fort Meade, MD seeks entry to expert level Data Scientists through the Data Scientist Development Program (DSDP). This role emphasizes tackling challenging problems with big data, ML, AI engineering, data engineering, and ML Ops within a supportive, rotational framework.

You will collaborate with NSA experts across domains, participate in technical roundtables and conferences, and may be enrolled in a three‑year Data Science Development

Qualifications

• Degrees in Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Applied Statistics, Data Science, Operations Research, Quantitative/Computational Finance, Econometrics/Quantitative Economics, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering qualify without additional coursework requirements.
• Degrees in Engineering, Physical Sciences, Mathematical Biology/Bioinformatics, Life Sciences, Environmental Science, Data Analytics, or Information Science/Systems/Technology must include either a Data Science certificate or 5+ courses in advanced mathematics and/or advanced CS.
• Other degrees must be accompanied by a Data Science certificate and 5+ courses in advanced mathematics and advanced CS; at least one course in math and one in CS.

Responsibilities

• Exploring data analysis and model-fitting to reveal data features of interest
• Using machine-learned predictive modeling
• Constructing usable data sets from multiple sources to meet customer needs
• Identifying and analyzing anomalous data (including metadata)
• Developing conceptual design and models to address mission requirements
• Developing qualitative and quantitative methods for characterizing datasets in various states
• Performing analytic modeling, scripting and/or programming
• Working collaboratively and iteratively throughout the data-science lifecycle
• Designing and developing analytics and techniques for analysis
• Analyzing data using mathematical and statistical methods
• Evaluating, documenting and communicating research processes, analyses and results to customers, peers and leadership
• Creating interpretable visualizations

Skills

Data science

Machine learning

Statistics

Big data

Education

Mathematics/Statistics/CS degree

Data Science certificate

Job description

National Security Agency/Central Security Service in Fort Meade, MD seeks entry to expert level Data Scientists through the Data Scientist Development Program (DSDP). This role emphasizes tackling challenging problems with big data, ML, AI engineering, data engineering, and ML Ops within a supportive, rotational framework.

You will collaborate with NSA experts across domains, participate in technical roundtables and conferences, and may be enrolled in a three‑year Data Science Development