Senior Computer Scientist

Prescient Edge; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 135,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Comprehensive healthcare benefits

Career development opportunities

Job summary

A Veteran-Owned Small Business in Colorado Springs seeks a Senior Computer Scientist to support federal clients. Responsibilities include developing AI and ML models, supporting the J2 workforce, and conducting significant data analysis. Candidates should have a Master's in a related area or a Bachelor's with significant experience, and must obtain a TS/SCI clearance. The role offers a competitive salary range of $135,000 - $185,000 with various benefits including healthcare and career development.

Qualifications

• 12 years of experience in a similar role with recent experience.
• Ability to obtain TS/SCI security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Align J2 workforce with AI/ML initiatives.
• Research and support AI/ML tools/applications.
• Create models to analyze space-related data.
• Support intelligence processes for USSPACECOM.

Skills

Artificial Intelligence

Machine Learning

Data Mining

Data Engineering

Probability Modeling

Graphical Data Presentation

Education

Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Bachelor’s degree with additional senior experience

Job description

Prescient Edge is seeking a Senior Computer Scientist to support a federal government client.

At Prescient Edge, we believe that acting with integrity and serving our employees is the key to everyone's success. To that end, we provide employees with a best-in-class benefits package that includes:

• A competitive salary with performance bonus opportunities.
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits, including medical, vision, dental, and orthodontia coverage.
• A substantial retirement plan with no vesting schedule. Career development opportunities, including on-the-job training, tuition reimbursement, and networking.
• A positive work environment where employees are respected, supported, and engaged.
• Salary range: $135,000 - $185,000. Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills and the abilities of the applicant internal equity, and alignment with market data.

Description

• Provides support to properly align the J2 workforce with the growing use of IC and DoD AI / ML initiatives/projects.
• Supports the research, acquisition, fielding, sustaining, and training of AI / ML tools/applications for the J2 workforce.
• Creates AI / ML models to run systematic processes on raw data and selects models that pull the most relevant information from collected data to assist in creating IC and DoD machine learning programs to look for or seek out specific conditions in space/space-related data and respond based on USSPACECOM PIRs / CCIRs.
• Supports USSPACECOM J2 intelligence processes critical to near-term, mid-term, and far-term efforts for the Command, components, and other DoD organizations.
• A positive work environment where employees are respected, supported, and engaged.

Employs mathematics, statics, information science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, network science, probability modeling, data mining, data engineering, data warehousing, data compression, data protection, and / or other scientific techniques to correlate complex, technical findings into graphical, written, visual and verbal narrative products on trends of existing intelligence data to leverageother IC data sources.

Develops and utilizes machine learning and data mining algorithms, including, but not limited to, Multiple Information Model Synthesis Architecture (MIMOSA) prediction algorithms based on open source capabilities.

Integrates or codes algorithms to support Government intelligence search and discovery missions.

Makes best-practice recommendations on managing data within hardware, software, storage, and bandwidth constraints. Employs data science techniques to support predictive analysis, social media and crowd-source data analytics, wargaming, and strategy development.

Employs exploratory analysis and rapid iteration techniques of large volumes of data to quickly derive intelligence.

Prepares products to describe and document findings and activities.

Job Requirements

Desired Experience

• 12 years of experience related to the specific labor category with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.

Desired Education

• Master’s degree in an area related to the labor category from a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education; or have bachelor’s degree related to the labor category from a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and an additional 5 years of related senior experience, for a total of 17 years, as a substitute to the master’s degree.
• Possesses an advanced degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related quantitative field.

Security Clearance

• Security clearance required TS/SCI with a CI POLY or the ability to obtain one.

Location

• USSPACECOM Headquarters, Schriever Air Force Base (AFB), Colorado Springs, CO.

Prescient Edge is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) founded as a counterintelligence (CI) and Human Intelligence (HUMINT) company in 2008. We are a global operations and solutions integrator delivering full-spectrum intelligence analysis support, training, security, and RD&E support solutions to the Department of Defense and throughout the intelligence community. Prescient Edge is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO). All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic that is protected by law. We strive to foster equity and inclusion throughout our organization because we believe that diversity of thought is critical for creating a safe and engaging work environment while also enabling the organization’s success.