Senior Data Scientist - Security Analytics (Hybrid, TS/SCI)

Quevera; Linthicum, Northern (MD, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% employer-paid medical coverage

Education and training stipend

401(k) match

Job summary

Quevera is seeking a Senior Data Scientist – Security Analytics to transform manual security evaluation processes into automated, intelligence-driven models in Linthicum, Maryland. The role requires a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph and a strong background in analytics, data engineering, and RMF-focused security lifecycle support.

Responsibilities include developing automated data pipelines, applying Python-based analytics, and building dashboards to monitor security posture across critical

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a quantitative discipline such as statistics, mathematics, operations research, engineering, or computer science.
• Ten (10) years of experience analyzing datasets and developing analytics.
• Ten (10) years of experience programming with data analysis software such as R, Python, SAS, or MATLAB.
• An additional two (2) years of experience in software development, cloud development, analyzing datasets, or developing descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics may be substituted for a Master's degree.
• A PhD may be substituted for four (4) years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and enhance automated capabilities that replace manual security evaluation and authorization processes.
• Use Python to process, analyze, and validate security-related data to ensure systems and resources meet security requirements.
• Detect anomalies and outliers to assess progress through the RMF lifecycle.
• Identify system associations for resources based on various attributes and known system information.
• Design, build, and maintain ETL pipelines to collect and integrate data from multiple sources, including network sensors, security tools, and compliance databases.
• Transform and prepare data for reporting, analysis, and automated assessments.
• Support data engineering operations, including data quality checks, pipeline monitoring, workflow optimization, and timely delivery of security insights.
• Enable scalable and reliable dataflows supporting continuous monitoring and RMF automation.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph required.

Skills

TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph

Python

Statistical analysis

Machine Learning

NLP

SQL

R

MATLAB

SAS

Elasticsearch

Grafana

InfluxDB

Education

Bachelor's degree in a quantitative discipline

PhD in a quantitative discipline

Tools

Python

R

SAS

MATLAB

SQL

MongoDB

Elasticsearch

Grafana

Graphite

InfluxDB

Job description

Quevera is seeking a Senior Data Scientist – Security Analytics to transform manual security evaluation processes into automated, intelligence-driven models in Linthicum, Maryland. The role requires a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph and a strong background in analytics, data engineering, and RMF-focused security lifecycle support.

Responsibilities include developing automated data pipelines, applying Python-based analytics, and building dashboards to monitor security posture across critical