Data Scientist

Data Scientist

Secure our Nation, Ignite your Future

Are you interested in defending the most coveted targets in the world? Is advancing today's technology for tomorrow's threats to national security constantly on your mind? Join ManTech and help protect our country against our adversaries while working on innovative projects that offer opportunities for advancement. We encourage our team members to share and grow their skills and expertise while creating robust and cutting-edge solutions.

ManTech is seeking an experienced Data Scientist in McLean, VA to support an enterprise-wide cyber security program. Use your analytic talent to churn through petabytes of data providing valuable information and insight to policy makers and security professionals defending the most coveted intelligence target in the world.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Advise on the methods and data needed and/or available to evaluate the problem

• Collaborate with data collectors and analysts to identify and close gaps on complex monitoring problems

• Provide accurate, timely, complex and sophisticated data analysis

• Determine and employ the most appropriate research design for data collection and analysis

• Analyze, evaluate, and assess quantitative data (using statistical software, computer models, geospatial models, software languages, and mathematical models) to contribute to or develop software tools, analytic models, and/or reports)

• Identify anomalies that could reveal previously unknown risks or threats to the customers environment.

• Work with stakeholders to understand the requirements and identify what problems are they trying to solve with data

• Provide requirements or recommendations to data engineers to help normalize or enrich data sources

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in Cyber Security, Security Engineering or Computer Science

• Experience with all or some of the following: Data engineering using Python and SQL Queries, Data Mining, Supervised Machine Learning, unsupervised learning methods and algorithms such as principal component and cluster analysis, building data visualizations using Python, Tableau or SAS

• Experience with mathematics, statistical analysis and data management and analyzing large volumes of data

• Experience using markup languages such as LaTeX or HTML

• Experience with Natural Language Processing for anomaly detection

• Experience with Statistics, Machine Learning, Linear Algebra and Calculus, Data Visualization and VBA scripts

• Experience working in a team-based agile work environment

• Experience working in an analytical research environment

• Knowledge of Cybersecurity issues and operations

• Active TS/SCI with polygraph clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in mathematics, statistical analysis, data science, electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or other closely related IT discipline

• Ability to use analytical and problem-solving skills to solve complex problems

• DoD 8570 IAT Level III or CSSP-SPM

Clearance Requirements:

• Active TS/SCI with polygraph clearance

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50%

• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine and computer printer

• The person in this position needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.

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