Amentum is seeking a Data Scientist for the USINDOPACOM Integrated Joint Fires Center (IJFC) to identify, analyze, and articulate data requirements and artifacts in the planning and operational execution of:
Integration requirements across the Services, Allies, and Partner Nations within the Indo-Pacific Joint Coalition Fires enterprise to achieve maximum effects against selected targets.
Work across multiple staff offices to collect and fuse data, develop innovative methods to standardize data ingestion and tagging, and support on-going management of associated USINDOPACOM data assets.
Essential Responsibilities :
Work across all USINDOPACOM directorates and special staff to understand the data resident within the Command, the types of data most frequently used, and for what purpose.
Provide ontology and data quality for all USINDOPACOM data.
Advise in the evolution of an INDOPACIFIC data strategy and associated policy.
Utilize industry standard communication and visualization tools to visualize and communicate complex quantitative information and analysis.
Interpret and communicate insights and findings from analysis to customer and other stakeholders with required/appropriate documentation.
Tag data assets (i.e. operational, intelligence, enterprise, business activities) to support search and discovery of existing data.
Facilitate and develop relationships across the Geographic Combatant Command CDOs, Combatant Commands CDO as well as the Joint Staff CDO.
Support USINDOPACOM's responsibilities with respect to planning and data management for risk and vulnerability assessments.
Determine which data are available and useful for the project.
Collect, categorize, and analyze data.
Create, validate, test, and update algorithms and models.
Use data visualization software to present findings.
Make business recommendations to stakeholders based on data analysis.
Additionally, the Data Scientist will maintain a real-time understanding of technical requirements that include:
Apply analytics and customer segmentation techniques within intelligence functions.
Maintain, move, and manipulate data between applications, using appropriate software (e.g., Apache Spark, ElasticSearch, R, Python, Kibana and others as technology evolves).
Identify meaningful insights from large data and metadata sources.
Compile reports, charts, and tables based on established statistical methods.
Prepare conclusions and predictions based on data summaries.
Minimum Requirements: Experience with MIL-STD data formats; USMTF/OTH, CMF, TACTICAL DATA LINKS/JREAP and VMF
6+ years' relevant experience with an Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Computer Engineering or related field; will also accept Master's + 3 years
Proficiency with Data Science techniques/methods of extracting, organizing, and analyzing both structured and unstructured data to form useful insights and informed decisions
Strong problem-solving skills and creativity in developing and exploiting alternative sources of non-traditional information for DOD customers
Strong oral presentation, data visualization, and writing skills
Must have an active Top-Secret security clearance and be SCI eligible. Note: US Citizenship is required to obtain a Top-Secret Clearance.
Preferred Qualifications: Experience with USINDOPACOM HQ, the AOR, and associated intelligence/operational missions
Experience with intelligence community systems and tools
Previous experience working in a 4-star Headquarters
Experience with AWS, Java, C++, APIs, SOAP, XML, JSON, and/or JavaScript
Preferred Knowledge and Skills: Communicate effectively verbally and in writing in order to provide information, articles, written reports, and presentations to include delivering executive summaries to flag and general officers (FO/GO) and Senior Executive Service (SES) level officials. The salary range for this position is $150K to $160K (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant internal equity, and alignment with market data.) This position includes a competitive benefits package. For more detailed information on our Benefits and what it is like to work for Amentum: please visit our careers site:
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