Graduate Data Scientist — Defense & Data Analytics

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory; Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 85,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) is seeking a data scientist to leverage computational and analytical skills on defense and national security applications. Join a team of engineers, data scientists, and analysts advancing performance evaluation of strategic weapons systems throughout their lifecycle.

You will collaborate with Navy and Air Force stakeholders, develop data collection, processing, and analysis efforts, and build models and simulations to describe data and

Qualifications

• Have a Bachelor's in Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field
• Have experience with or knowledge of Python and/or R
• Have classroom or professional experience in developing extract, transfer, load processes for data quality pipelines, data science applications and dashboard tools, and statistical and machine learning methodologies for analysis
• Are able to obtain Interim Secret level security clearance by your start date and can ultimately obtain Top Secret level clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a government security clearance investigation and must meet the requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship.
• Have a Master's in Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or Computer Science or related field
• Have classroom or professional experience with statistical analysis methodologies and design of experiments.
• Classroom or professional experience with SQL and Data Science frameworks (such as Tensorflow, Sci-kit learn, Numpy, PyTorch, Matplotlib, or more)

Responsibilities

• Work with multi-disciplinary teams to develop data collection, processing, and analysis efforts to assess the performance of a number of systems supporting the Navy and Air Force.
• Develop Build models and simulations to describe data, predict events, and prescribe a course of action that directly reflect stakeholder’s needs across a variety of domains

Skills

Python

R

SQL

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field

Master's degree in Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or Computer Science or related field

Tools

TensorFlow

Sci-kit learn

NumPy

PyTorch

Matplotlib

Job description

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) is seeking a data scientist to leverage computational and analytical skills on defense and national security applications. Join a team of engineers, data scientists, and analysts advancing performance evaluation of strategic weapons systems throughout their lifecycle.

You will collaborate with Navy and Air Force stakeholders, develop data collection, processing, and analysis efforts, and build models and simulations to describe data and