Data Scientist II: ML & Analytics for National Security

Peraton; Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 176,000 - 282,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days PTO

Professional development opportunities

Bonus plan

Job summary

Peraton seeks a Data Scientist to apply advanced data science, machine learning, and statistical techniques to solve mission-critical challenges supporting national security.

You will collaborate with technical teams, analysts, SMEs, and customer leadership to transform complex data into actionable insights and transition innovative algorithms and research concepts into scalable, production-ready capabilities.

Qualifications

• Experience analyzing datasets and developing analytics.
• Experience programming with data analysis software such as R, Python, SAS, or MATLAB.
• An additional four years of experience in software development, cloud development, analyzing datasets, or developing analytics may substitute for a bachelor’s degree.
• A Ph.D. from an accredited college or university in a quantitative discipline may substitute for four years of experience.
• Experience with producing data visualizations that provide insight into dataset structure and meaning.
• Work with SMEs to identify important information in raw data and develop scripts to extract it from various formats.

Responsibilities

• Develop and operationalize advanced analytics: design, develop, test, and deploy ML, statistical, data mining, and graph-based algorithms.
• Conduct applied research and experimentation: evaluate emerging technologies, modeling approaches, and methodologies; design experiments and choose solutions based on performance and mission needs.
• Transform data into actionable insights: analyze complex datasets, develop models, and create visualizations that communicate data-driven insights to customers.
• Automate and integrate analytics: translate manual processes into automated analytics and integrate prototype algorithms into production systems.
• Drive technical collaboration and customer engagement: represent the tech view in customer meetings and communicate findings to diverse audiences.
• Advance mission capabilities: stay aware of AI/ML advances and contribute to scalable solutions with measurable impact.

Skills

Data science

Machine learning

Statistical analysis

Python

R

SAS

MATLAB

GPU computing

Model deployment

Data visualization

Education

Bachelor's degree in statistics, mathematics, computer science, or related field

PhD in a quantitative discipline may substitute for four years of experience

Tools

SQL

AWS/Azure cloud

Git

Job description

Peraton seeks a Data Scientist to apply advanced data science, machine learning, and statistical techniques to solve mission-critical challenges supporting national security.

You will collaborate with technical teams, analysts, SMEs, and customer leadership to transform complex data into actionable insights and transition innovative algorithms and research concepts into scalable, production-ready capabilities.