Data Scientist- Subject Matter Expert SME
Data Scientist- Subject Matter Expert SME
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$ 176000 - 282000
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Job Description
Responsibilities
Peraton is looking for a driven and customerfocused Subject Matter Expert (SME) Data Scientist to be part of a missiondriven team delivering advanced data science solutions to support national security and law enforcement efforts!
Every day Customs and Border Protection (CBP) manages the complex flow of people capital and goods across air land sea and cyberspace. To enhance efficiency and security Peraton partners with the government to develop innovative solutions that promote lawful and safe movement. We are seeking a highly skilled Subject Matter Expert (SME) Data Scientist to lead the development and delivery of advanced predictive modeling solutions that directly support critical law enforcement missions.
What you will do:
- Lead and conduct handson data and threat/intelligence analysis to develop predictive models and visual analytics solutions for government mission users.
- Collaborate with mission stakeholders to define scope and address challenges where big data solutions can significantly impact project success.
- Extract clean and transform large transactional datasets to build predictive models and generate supporting documentation.
- Apply statistical and machine learning techniques to develop evaluate and deploy predictive analytical models that inform missioncritical decisions.
- Leverage various statistical and modeling tools to assess and compare the performance of machine learning solutions.
- Execute projects related to pattern recognition anomaly detection automated classification entity resolution and named entity recognition/matching.
- Present technical designs project management insights and outcomes to both technical and nontechnical audiences including senior government stakeholders through reports and briefings.
**Position is contingent upon contract award**
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- BS/BA with 12 years of experience; MS/MA/MBA with 9 years of experience; PhD with 7 years of experience
- Extensive experience working within the CBP environment
- Must be a U.S. Citizen and able to obtain and maintain a U.S. CBP suitability clearance.
- Expertise in developing machine learning models and advanced analytics solutions to address complex business challenges.
- Proficiency in programming languages: R Python Scala Java.
- Strong experience with SQL programming and data extraction for exploratory data analysis (EDA) and model development.
- Proficiency in statistical software packages such as SAS SPSS Modeler R WEKA or equivalent.
Technical and Practical Experience with the following:
- Pattern recognition and data extraction
- Automated classification and categorization
- Entity resolution (e.g. record linking namedentity matching deduplication disambiguation)
- Supervised and unsupervised machine learning techniques
- Unsupervised Learning: Cluster Analysis (Kmeans Knearest Neighbor Hierarchical Deep Belief Networks Principal Component Analysis)
- Supervised Learning: Decision Trees Support Vector Machines Logistic Regression Random/Rotation Forests Neural Networks Bayesian Networks
- Data mining analysis and training set construction
- Experience with visualization tools (e.g. Tableau Power BI SAS Visual Analytics D3 ggplot Periscope Business Objects).
- Experience utilizing multiple big data technologies: Hadoop Hive HDFS HBase MapReduce Spark Kafka Sqoop.
Required Certification(s): Must have One or more of the following:
- Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate
- Tableau Desktop Specialist / Certified Data Analyst
- Qlik Sense Business Analyst Certification
- Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate
- Certified Analytics Professional (CAP)
- AWS Certified Data Analytics
- Google Professional Data Engineer
- Azure Enterprise Data Analyst Associate
- SAS Certified BI Content Developer
- DASCA Associate Big Data Analyst (ABDA)
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience integrating and deploying machine learning models for enduser applications.
- PhD or Masters Degree in Mathematics Statistics Computer Science Engineering or related technical field (or equivalent experience).
Physical Requirements:
- Stationary position approximately 50 of the time.
Peraton Overview
Peraton is a nextgeneration national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the worlds leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider we deliver trusted highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land sea space air and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day our employees do the cant be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton to learn how were keeping people around the world safe and secure.
Target Salary Range
EEO
Employment Type
Full-Time
