*LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY - Position requires an active DoD Secret clearance.
Our small team is seeking a full-time, data scientist to perform work in a small and exciting DoD emerging technology and transformation project. To be an effective team member, you must be capable of working independently, when necessary, with strong communication skills, the ability to follow through, stay motivated, and collaborate with others to successfully complete all assignments.
Major Duties/Tasks:
Support development of insider threat strategy in support of protecting CDAO technical offerings; balance short-term wins with long-term investments to progressively mature CDAO's defenses against insider threats.
Lead coordination of policy and strategy related to insider threats with industry partners and other DoD components.
Lead exploration of data sources that are relevant to measuring, identifying, and defending against insider threats.
Provide technical leadership in developing capabilities to detect insider threats among large user communities, leveraging combination of statistical, classical machine learning, and deep learning methods.
Assist in the evaluation of new products and services; make recommendations for improvements and assist in the development and documentation of network architecture.
Write documentation about CDAO's strategic approach to insider threat defense and how it fits within the broader DoD insider threat ecosystem.
Required Skills
*Active Secret Clearance
Experience with data science techniques, classical machine learning, and deep learning for anomaly detection.
Experience with Jupyter, Spark, and either Tensorflow or PyTorch.