Senior Data Scientist

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Job Description:

This position provides technical expertise to C5ISR Center Sustaining Base Network Assurance Branch (SBNAB) Defensive Cyber Operations (DCO) Security Operations Center (SOC) as a Senior Data Scientist.

Primary Responsibilities

• Support the SBNAB DCO Senior Data Scientist.
• Mine and analyze data from various sources to drive decision support and improvement of organization strategies.
• Assess the effectiveness and accuracy of new data sources/attributes and data collection techniques.
• Work with structured and unstructured data to prepare in-depth analysis, including the normalization and canonicalization of data to ensure consistent inputs.
• Introduce validation and reporting techniques to ensure the veracity of data.
• Develop custom data models and algorithms to apply to data sets and extract additional insights.
• Provide expertise in exploratory data analysis, pattern discovery and advanced analytical techniques.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of prior IT experience, or Master’s degree with 6+ years of experience. Additional certifications and experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Must have a DoD-8570 IAT Level 2 baseline certification (Security+ CE or equivalent) to start.
• Must have an active Top Secret/SCI security clearance.
• Motivated self-starter with strong written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to create complex technical reports on analytic findings.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in heterogeneous computer networking technology and work in protocol and/or interface standards specification.
• Deep technical understanding of core current cybersecurity technologies as well as emerging capabilities.
• Hands-on cybersecurity experience (Protect, Detect, Respond and Sustain) within a Computer Incident Response organization.
• Demonstrated understanding of the life cycle of cybersecurity threats, attacks, attack vectors and methods of exploitation with an understanding of intrusion set tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs).
• CND experience (Protect, Detect, Respond and Sustain) within a Computer Incident Response organization.
• Experience in a 24x7 environment.
  

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