Exploitation Specialist / Data Scientist, Expert

Avalore.ai; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 210,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k matching

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Disability benefit

Training & Development

Employee Assistance Program

Salary range ($210k–$250k)

Job summary

Avalore, LLC seeks an Exploitation Specialist / Data Scientist, Expert to support Department of War (DoW) customers in Springfield, VA. The role focuses on data architecture, ETL, and cross-domain data handling for emergent sensors and platforms.

The candidate will design and maintain databases, implement data pipelines, ensure governance and formats, and work with Python/JavaScript/Java to enable API-driven data movement. TS/SCI with CI Poly is required.

Qualifications

• Experience with SQL/NoSQL databases and cloud architectures.
• Ability to leverage APIs to query systems and migrate data.
• Strong written and verbal communication of complex concepts.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and implement data architecture for program data across security domains.
• Create infrastructure to store/process data for emergent sensors and ETL pipelines.
• Ensure sensor data adheres to government data schemas and governance.
• Develop, test, and maintain databases and large-scale data processing systems.
• Build data pipelines for QM data and geospatial data for IC consumption.

Skills

SQL/NoSQL databases

Cloud architectures

APIs & data migration

Python/JavaScript/Java

Job description

* This role in contingent upon award*

Avalore, LLC is seeking an Exploitation Specialist / Data Scientist, Expert to support Department of War (DoW) customers in Springfield, VA.

The Exploitation Specialist / Data Scientst, Expert shall support the maintenance and implementation of the data architecture for all Program data. This position requires experience with databases, cloud architectures, and compliance with data standards. This position is responsible for maintaining data backend workflows that allow for data operations across security domains and across systems. Additional activities include:

• Create the necessary infrastructure to store and process data related to emergent sensors and platforms. This includes creation of any database tables and schemas, establishing relevant data health alerts, and the setup of data pipelines to support Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) of all data related to the emergent sensors Develop workflows to enable API-based movement of data related to the emergent sensors between platforms
• Ensure all emergent sensor data adheres to Government directed data schemas, formats, and governance requirements
• Develop, construct, test, and maintain databases and large-scale, and complex data processing systems
• Clean, prepare, and transform QM data to support the building of geospatial data pipelines that create a curated view of the content for IC consumption
• Apply knowledge of scripting tools, programming languages, standards, and software packages to build the data pipelines that enable the consumption of data supporting QM's mission needs
• Support data analytics, data cleansing, analyst workflow efficiencies, and transformation supporting Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) capabilities
• Ensure all data activities conform to data governance policies to include: data lifecycle, data structure/schema definitions, data formats (JSON, parquet, XML, CSV, etc.), and access controls
• Exhibit proficiency in working with cloud architectures, maintaining SQL and no-SQL databases, programming APis, and data version control management
• Support cross-domain solutions using enterprise tooling
• Manage the generation, approval, and population of data into databases, ensuring that all data complies with security regulations and satisfies customer requirements

Requirements

• TS/SCI with CI Poly Eligibility
• 4+ years of experience working with SQL or NoSQL databases and cloud architectures
• Experience leveraging APis to query systems and migrate data
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to articulate challenging technical concepts to both lay and expert audiences
• Experience with programming languages such as Python, JavaScript, or Java
• Experience developing, sustaining, and monitoring operational data pipelines supporting multiple data formats and interfaces

Desired

• Experience working with NGA IT enterprise solutions (e.g., NGA CORE, NGA MLOps), Government Authority to Operate (ATO) processes, and Government Non-Person Entity (NPE) certificates
• Experience implementing processes, standards, and tools within an organization based on the Scaled Agile Framework for Enterprise
• Experience developing dynamic visualizations to monitor availability, currency and volumetrics of operational data pipelines

Work Environment

• Moderate noise (i.e. business office with computers, phone and printers) and /or occasional Loud noise (airfield, large equipment).
• Ability to sit at a computer terminal for an extended period of time.

Physical Demands

• While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to sit, stand, talk, and hear.
• Employee is often required to sit and use their hands and fingers to operate a computer.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Travel

• Up to 10%/ Occasional travel.

Avalore is an Equal Opportunity Employer - We not discriminate based on age, race, national or ethnic origin, gender, veterans status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other legally protected class. Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws.

Benefits

Eligibility requirements apply.

• Employer Contributions to Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA) with a generous matching program
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Training & Development
• Employee Assistance Program
• Salary at Avalore is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual's particular combinaition of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements
• Salary estimates for this job range from $210,000 - $250,000