Junior Cognitive Scientist

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIES INC

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About The Position

Client Agency is the Defense Logistics Agency.
Focuses on the application of cognitive science to enable artificial intelligence with enterprise business applications.
Supports pilots and approaches for learning representations from textual data to enhance information discovery and improve human decision making.
Contributes to team research and development efforts in the areas of training design, competency modeling, and cognitive metrics.

Requirements

• Must possess IT-II security clearance or have a current National Agency Check with Local Agency Check and Credit Check (NACLC). (Basic Federal Clearance requirements are U.S. Citizenship, clear criminal history check, no recent or pending bankruptcies).
• Two (2) years relevant experience.
• Undergraduate Degree Required in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics or Engineering.
• Experience with the identification of cognitive training requirements, the design of cognitive skills training programs, the development of metrics for cognitive performance, and the development of competency models.
• Experience with one or more of the following: Natural Language Processing, text understanding, classification, pattern recognition, recommendation systems, targeting systems, ranking systems or similar.
• Experience with one or more programming languages including but not limited to: Java, C/C++, or Python.

Benefits

• Four Medical/Vision options including an HSA plan
• Dental and Orthodontia plan
• Vision Materials plan
• Paid Life, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability
• 401K Retirement Program with company contribution
• Paid Vacation, Holidays, Sick Leave, Floating Holidays, Bereavement Leave
• Semi-monthly pay cycle

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level