Seeking skilled Data Analysts for an exciting program. Located in Northern Virginia, this position provides the analyst an opportunity to design, develop, implement and collaborate on large scale data models in an effort to identify key pieces of information in response to urgent, complex mission-related questions of national importance. The successful analyst will employ multiple large scale systems, big data platforms, and complex data models across hundreds of disparate datasets in pursuit of sound analytic conclusions. Qualified candidates must possess a TS/SCI security clearance and must be a U.S. citizen.
You'll be doing things like:
Supporting Analytic Requirements
Data identification and Evaluation
Data Modeling
Engaging and supporting Mission Partners
Responding to critical time-sensitive Customer requests that range from basic to complex and which will require the ingestion of new data sources or the development of new, innovative analytical methods or technology solutions
Creating technical assessments and develop custom approaches in response to time-critical urgent Customer mission area needs
Searching a variety of classified systems for identification of new data sources that can be employed to fulfill Customers data gaps
Developing new approaches to apply large-scale computing technology to solve Customer problems
Producing written products that translate bulk data analysis into actionable intelligence
These things are required:
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or another scientific or technical discipline.
Demonstrated practical experience developing and using computer languages (e.g. Python, R, Pig, Java, C, SQL, ECL) to perform large scale parallel processing of data , and to develop, validate, and use methodologies to support analytic requirements in Cluster Computing environments.
Demonstrated experience performing All-Source data analysis to perform technical targeting analytic support.
Strong written and verbal communication skills
These things would also be nice:
Graduate degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or another scientific or technical discipline
Demonstrated practical experience using ECL and HPCC Platform.
Demonstrated experience using analytic techniques and tools performing technical targeting analytic support.
Demonstrated experience developing custom algorithms to support analytic requirements against massive data stores.
Demonstrated practical experience performing technical analysis or targeting support using massive data processing systems
Interested? Send a cover letter and resume (a link to a LinkedIn profile is great too, but don't forget the old-school resume) to [email protected]. Your cover letter should include, well, whatever you’d like it to include; but must include specific examples of projects you’ve undertaken in the past, and how they relate to the requirements outlined here. If you'd like to include links to a public portfolio, website, blog, etc., the cover letter is a great place to do so.
Please note that for this position, you’ll need to be a U.S. citizen or a legal permanent resident; and you’ll need to possess an active security clearance. Most of our work is performed in the Washington D.C. area, either from our home office in Herndon, Virginia or from customer sites in the region. Remote work is possible in some cases, but not all.
