Senior AI/ML Data Scientist — Cyber Defense

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

Job summary

Peraton seeks an AI/ML Senior Data Scientist to support DoD Cyber Defense Command with defensive cyberspace operations. The role is based at Fort Meade, MD, performing advanced analytics, ML model development, and operational research to aid cyber defense decision-making and threat characterization.

You will mentor junior data scientists, collaborate with mission partners, and document workflows for knowledge transfer, handling unstructured data and cloud HPC environments.

Qualifications

• 12+ years with BS/BA; 10+ years with MS/MA; 7+ years with PhD; associates/HS variants possible with more experience.
• Advanced proficiency in Python, R, SQL.
• Experience with ML model development and deployment; algorithm analysis and data clustering.
• Strong statistical analysis and hypothesis testing.
• Experience with data visualization and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Develop and validate predictive and prescriptive analytic models.
• Apply statistical and ML techniques for anomaly detection and event correlation.
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analyses to identify operational trends.
• Collaborate with mission partners to translate requirements into analytic solutions.
• Document analytic workflows and methodologies for knowledge transfer.
• Mentor junior data scientists and provide technical guidance.
• Analyze unstructured and semi-structured data, including LSI, entity tagging, CEP; work on distributed, cloud HPC.

Skills

Python

R

SQL

Statistical analysis

Hypothesis testing

Data visualization

Computation/ HPC

Cyber defense operations

Mentoring junior data scientists

Education

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

Bachelor's degree + 12+ years experience

DoD TS Clearance and SCI eligibility

Tools

AWS

Azure

Job description

Peraton seeks an AI/ML Senior Data Scientist to support DoD Cyber Defense Command with defensive cyberspace operations. The role is based at Fort Meade, MD, performing advanced analytics, ML model development, and operational research to aid cyber defense decision-making and threat characterization.

You will mentor junior data scientists, collaborate with mission partners, and document workflows for knowledge transfer, handling unstructured data and cloud HPC environments.