Data Scientist Network Analyst

Booz Allen Hamilton; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 99,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Life and disability insurance

Paid leave

Tuition assistance

Work-life programs

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton in Fort Meade is looking for a Data Scientist - Network Analyst to engage in offensive cyber operations crucial for national security. This role involves vulnerability analysis, network mapping, and the development of innovative data visualizations. The candidate must have over 6 years of network analysis experience and proficiency in scripting languages like Perl and Python.

The position offers a competitive salary range of $99,000 to $225,000 annually, and includes a robust benefits package supporting health, professional development, and work-life balance.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in network analysis.
• Proficiency in scripting languages, including Perl and Python.
• Experience with the TCP/IP suite.
• Experience configuring networking components.
• Knowledge of multiple operating system environments.
• Knowledge of server service platforms, including web, email, and DNS.
• Knowledge of routed and switched environments and IP concepts.
• Advanced quantitative analysis skills.
• TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.

Responsibilities

• Apply vulnerability analysis, network mapping, exploitation, and defensive techniques to support offensive cyber operations.
• Build and maintain analytic methodologies and tools for solving complex intelligence problems.
• Collaborate with analysts and intelligence data sets to generate new analytic insights.
• Automate and streamline analytical methods for deployable, scalable solutions.
• Develop data visualizations from diverse sources with emphasis on simplicity and interoperability.
• Conduct gap analysis and advise on client data strategy to deliver analytic intelligence solutions.

Skills

Network analysis

Perl

Python

TCP/IP suite

Networking components

Operating system environments

Server service platforms

Quantitative analysis

Education

HS diploma or GED

Job description

Data Scientist – Network Analyst

Your growth matters to us – explore our career development opportunities while connecting with others in our people-first culture and enhancing our collective ingenuity.

Do you enjoy the thrill of the hunt? Are you motivated by the head-to-head challenge of gaining access to well-protected networks? As a network exploitation professional, you will understand adversaries’ tactics, techniques, and procedures to produce intelligence that enables mission owners to succeed. You will apply expertise in vulnerability analysis, network mapping, exploitation, defensive strategies, and IT logging to execute offensive cyber operations that inform our nation’s most critical security missions.

As a data scientist, this role requires building rapid analytic methodologies and tools to solve highly technical analytic intelligence problems. You will work in a fast‑paced environment with tight deadlines and high uncertainty, collaborating closely with analysts and intelligence data sets to create innovative analytic findings. You will develop data visualizations from multiple sources, automate and streamline methods into scalable solutions, perform gap analysis, and act as a key advisor on comprehensive data strategy for clients.

Safeguard the future and develop offensive cyber operations essential to national security.

Responsibilities

• Apply vulnerability analysis, network mapping, exploitation, and defensive techniques to support offensive cyber operations.
• Build and maintain analytic methodologies and tools for solving complex intelligence problems.
• Collaborate with analysts and intelligence data sets to generate new analytic insights.
• Automate and streamline analytical methods for deployable, scalable solutions.
• Develop data visualizations from diverse sources with emphasis on simplicity and interoperability.
• Conduct gap analysis and advise on client data strategy to deliver analytic intelligence solutions.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in network analysis.
• Proficiency in scripting languages, including Perl and Python.
• Experience with the TCP/IP suite.
• Experience configuring networking components.
• Knowledge of multiple operating system environments.
• Knowledge of server service platforms, including web, e‑mail, and Domain Name System (DNS).
• Knowledge of routed and switched environments and IP concepts.
• Advanced quantitative analysis skills.
• TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
• HS diploma or GED.

Clearance

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.

Benefits

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions and provide a wide range of benefits, including health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work‑life programs, and dependent care. The projected compensation range for this position is $99,000.00 to $225,000.00 (annualized USD). Full‑time and part‑time employees working at least 20 hours a week qualify for Booz Allen benefit programs.

EEO Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.