SPA is seeking a Data Scientist to support the Joint, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Interagency Division (JOID) in developing leading-edge technologies to counter WMD. The role involves extracting and translating data from Department of Defense nuclear testing operations for various stakeholders, and supporting the transformation of legacy data systems to a modern framework.
Requirements
- Familiarity with designing and managing IT infrastructure
- Understanding of machine learning techniques and algorithms, such as k-NN, Naive Bayes, SVM, and Decision Forests, as well as modern large-language models (LLAMA, BERT, GPT, etc.)
- Experience with modern software development frameworks (DevSecOps, MLOps) and DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF), AI RMF , and/or Enterprise Risk Management
- Familiarity with designing and developing microservices ML architectures, and model and software containerization
- Familiarity with program application interfaces (APIs) and cloud services (e.g., AWS, MS Azure)
- Experience transitioning legacy systems to cloud environment optimized applications
- Understanding of nuclear weapon effects
Responsibilities
- Developing new methods for extracting data/information from Department of Defense nuclear testing operations
- Translation of nuclear effects information for DoD, DOE, and Interagency stakeholders
- Applying understanding of complex legacy systems, weapon effects, phenomenology, verification and validation tools, and niche mission needs
- Providing technical guidance to requests for support (RFS) and information retrieval related to nuclear weapon systems, testing, and simulation cases
- Providing recommendations for technical solutions related to analysis, operations, and data manipulation with DTRIAC resources
- Supporting the transformation of DTRIAC collection to a modern framework with a diverse team of technical disciplines
- Analyzing and recommending current and future mission needs to government and military management at various levels
Other
- Bachelor's degree in data science, computer science, or a related technical discipline with 6+ years of experience.
- 15-30% travel required.
- Ability to provide recommendations derived from complex set of requirements and work independently and complete tasking with minimum guidance and supervision.
- Ability to work effectively in a dynamic, research-oriented group that has several concurrent projects.
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office products and use of MS Teams, Workflows, and PowerBI.
- Excellent writing, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Active Secret clearance and the ability to attain and hold a TS clearance; SCI eligible.
- Able to work fully onsite based on client needs.
- Master’s degree in data science, computer science, or a related technical discipline.
- Experience with federated machine learning and federated data processing and ingestion.
- Experience in DoD Dev/Sec/Ops delivery of software capabilities.
- Experience in nuclear weapon effects.
- Knowledge of the DoD Architecture Framework (DoDAF).
- Active TS/SCI clearance.
