Data Scientist

Rapid Cycle Solutions, LLC•Chantilly, VA

10d•Onsite

About The Position

Rapid Cycle Solutions LLC (RCS) is seeking a Data Scientist to apply technical resources to accelerate the timely, reliable, and secure delivery of open-source data, information, and insights. The role supports the development of tailored solutions for unique global collection problems, working independently or on a team depending on the problem statement. Work includes developing AWS-based resources across compute, storage, and networking services. The position is onsite in Chantilly or Reston, Virginia, and requires the specified security clearance. The Data Scientist works closely with a technical lead to architect, deploy, and maintain fast-turnaround capabilities for collection efforts. The role coordinates with mission partners and other entities to ensure capabilities and deliverables meet requirements and tradecraft needs, and maintains collection capabilities and deliverables in the AWS environment using sponsored, approved AWS services.

Requirements

Active TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph.
U.S. citizenship required.
Experience with Python.
Experience with geospatial software, programming packages, and data formats.
Experience creating and managing AWS resources, including provisioning EC2 instances, writing and deploying Lambda functions, creating and writing to S3, and managing authorization with IAM policies.
Experience using GitHub.

Nice To Haves

Experience deploying AWS applications with AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK); Ansible and Terraform are not substitutes for CDK.
Experience building and deploying containerized applications.
Experience building, programmatically working with, and maintaining search engines such as Elasticsearch, Lucene, or AWS OpenSearch.
Experience creating, programmatically working with, and maintaining SQL and NoSQL databases.
Experience with non-AWS cloud services such as Google Cloud Platform or Microsoft Azure.
AWS DevOps Engineer, Solutions Architect, or SysOps Administrator certification.

Responsibilities

Work with the technical lead to architect, deploy, and maintain multiple fast-turnaround capabilities supporting high-priority collection efforts.
Coordinate with mission partners and other entities to ensure capabilities and deliverables meet defined requirements and tradecraft needs.
Create and maintain collection capabilities and deliverables in AWS using sponsored, approved services.
Validate collected data against data format requirements.
Maintain source code in the GitHub repository.
Document source code, including instructions for executing it.
Perform operations and maintenance on collection capabilities and deliverables to adapt to changes in collection targets, technologies, data formats, and naming conventions.