The MITRE Corporation | Data Scientist, Associate | McLean, VA | United States | BigDataKB.com | 2023-01-31

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The System Engineering Analytics Department operates at the intersection of Systems Engineering and Data Analytics. This is an opportunity for a motivated, creative Data Scientist to apply cutting edge tools and techniques to challenging problems facing the US government.

This position offers the opportunity to combine Systems Engineering with Data Analytics to build end to end data analytic pipelines. You will have the opportunity to learn from seasoned data professionals in a fast paced and dynamic atmosphere. You will have the opportunity to make strategic differences and have real long-term impacts on some of the most challenging problems in the government space.

The successful candidate will:

• Be passionate about applying data analytics to real world problems.
• Support the development and application of a variety of analytical models including the practical application of prototyping.
• Using data visualization tools you will present results in an intuitive, actionable manner that can be understood by all sponsor audiences, regardless of technical expertise.
• Have an innate curiosity and interest in developing research questions and testing hypotheses with open ended tasking.
• Work with a spectrum of government sponsors to gain understanding of their challenges, evaluate possible solutions and conduct insightful, actionable analyses.

Required Qualifications:

• Must be a U.S. citizen with ability to obtain and maintain a DoD clearance
• Demonstrated ability to manipulate large datasets
• Experience with analytic tools such as Python, SAS, MATLAB, JavaScript, R, Java
• Familiarity with Data Visualization tools such as Tableau, OBIEE, C#, JQuery
• Ability to formulate complex algorithms and process to solve complex data problems
• Proficiency in use of Microsoft Office including Outlook, Excel, and Word
• Must have demonstrated proficiency and strength in verbal, written, PC, presentation, and communications skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Qualified candidates that possess a current/active US Government clearance are preferred
• Undergraduate research experience is a plus
• Academic/ project experience working with databases (e.g., Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server, MongoDB)
• Software Development experience in a shared environment leveraging tools such as GIT

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):

None

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):

Secret

Work Location Type:

Hybrid

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