TS/SCI Data Scientist — Automate Security Evaluations

Legato,-LL; Corridor North (MD); On-site; USD 220,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) match

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

Legato, LLC in Linthicum Heights, MD is seeking a Data Scientist to join a mission-driven team transforming a manual system security evaluation process into an automated, intelligence-driven model. You will use Python to process, analyze, and visualize security data while building ETL pipelines from diverse sources.

The role emphasizes data engineering, RMF automation, and scalable dataflows to support continuous monitoring and security insights.

Qualifications

• Ten (10) years of experience analyzing datasets and developing analytics.
• Experience programming in Python, SAS, or MATLAB.
• Experience designing, developing, and implementing ETL pipelines.
• Experience cleaning, transforming, and preparing data for analysis.
• Experience developing, tuning, and testing predictive models.
• Experience creating analytics dashboards, visualizations, and charts.
• Experience with Elastic
• Experience with machine learning
• Experience with Natural Language Processing (NLP)
• Experience with regression and predictive analysis
• Experience with Python
• Experience with MATLAB or R
• Experience with SQL or MongoDB
• Experience with Jupyter Notebook or Google Colab
• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field such as statistics, mathematics, operations research, engineering, computer science, or a related discipline
• Master's degree in a quantitative field such as statistics, mathematics, operations research, engineering, computer science, or a related discipline
• Ten (10) years of experience plus a Bachelor's and Master's degree are required
• A Ph.D. may count as four (4) years of experience

Responsibilities

• Automate security evaluation processes and build scalable automation tools.
• Develop ETL pipelines to integrate data from multiple sources.
• Process, analyze, and visualize data using Python for security insights.
• Support data engineering operations including data quality checks and pipeline monitoring.
• Enable RMF automation and continuous monitoring through dataflow improvements.

Skills

Data analysis

Machine learning

NLP

Data visualization

Statistical analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field

Master's degree in a quantitative field

PhD counts toward experience

Tools

Python

SAS

MATLAB

Elastic

SQL

MongoDB

Jupyter Notebook

Google Colab

Job description

Legato, LLC in Linthicum Heights, MD is seeking a Data Scientist to join a mission-driven team transforming a manual system security evaluation process into an automated, intelligence-driven model. You will use Python to process, analyze, and visualize security data while building ETL pipelines from diverse sources.

The role emphasizes data engineering, RMF automation, and scalable dataflows to support continuous monitoring and security insights.