Data Scientist - Mid

Cherokee Federal•Reston, VA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Cherokee Strategic Edge is seeking a Data Scientist to design, implement, and operate data management systems for intelligence needs. This position requires an active TS/SCI with the ability to obtain a Counterintelligence Polygraph.

Requirements

Current TS/SCI security clearance with the ability to obtain a Counterintelligence polygraph
Minimum of four (4) years of related experience
Skilled in data visualization and use of graphical applications, including Microsoft Office (Power BI) and Tableau
Skilled in major data science languages, such as R and Python
Experience in managing and merging of disparate data sources, preferably through R, Python, or SQL
Experience with statistical analysis and data mining algorithms
Experience with large data
Multi-INT analytics, ML, and automated predictive analytics
Comprehensive mission knowledge and skills that affirms completion of all developmental training
Ability to communicate understanding from information that may be incomplete, indirect, highly complex, seemingly unrelated, and / or technically advanced
Ability to structure analysis based on trends in reporting and a range of analytic perspectives from other analysts, organizations, and intelligence disciplines
Ability to work independently with minimal oversight and direction
Ability to collaborate and work with other IC members on information Sharing, driving collection, and addressing analytic disputes and conflict resolution.
Ability to develop concise, insightful. and comprehensive products for defense intelligence.
Ability to lead teams in researching multifaceted or critical problems.
Must pass pre-employment qualifications of Cherokee Federal
As required by our governmental client, this position requires being a US Citizen AND an active TS/Sensitive Compartmental Information (SCI) clearance.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Responsibilities

Conduct data analytics, data mining, exploratory analysis, predictive analysis, and statistical analysis, and uses scientific techniques to correlate data into graphical, written, visual and verbal narrative products, enabling more informed analytic decisions
Proactively retrieve information from various sources, analyzes it for better understanding about the data set, and builds AI tools that automate certain processes
Supports program evaluation with system assessments, statistical and data analysis, apply data mining techniques, and build high quality prediction systems.
Design how data will be stored, accessed, used, integrated, and managed by different data regimes and digital systems.
Work with data users to determine, create, and populate optimal data architectures, structures, and systems.
Plans, designs, and optimizes data throughput and query performance.
Provides modeling/ visualization, machine learning, statistic, data engineering, pattern recognition/learning support to organization as needed.
Use data science approaches to identify anomalies, patterns, or relationships that can support organization’s assessments.
Performs other job-related duties as assigned