Data Scientist - Object Based Intelligence (OBI) Advanced Analytic Method Augmentation

Peraton has an opportunity for you to join our military intelligence program(s) of record to deliver, operate and sustain modernized, transformed data science/ data analysis environments worldwide that enable speedy and precise decision making to warfighters. 

Responsibilities:

The Data Scientist - Object Based Intelligence (OBI) Advanced Analytic Method Augmentation utilizes expertise in discovering and analyzing complex data sets and data sources to derive actionable insights using statistical methods, machine learning and data visualization tools. This position will focus on OBI Advanced Analytic Method Augmentation. Responsibilities are, but are not limited to:

Data Science specifically:

• Conduct data analytics, data engineering, data mining, exploratory analysis, predictive analysis, and statistical analysis.
• Utilize scientific techniques to correlate data into graphical, written, visual and verbal narrative products to inform high quality analytic decisions.
• Proactively retrieve data from various sources and analyze data for better understanding.
• Build and utilize Artificial Intelligence (AI)/ Machine Learning (ML) tools to automate processes for efficiencies.
• Build high quality prediction systems.
• Utilize data visualization and graphical applications, to include Microsoft Office (Power BI) and Tableau.
• Utilize major data science languages, such as R and Python.
• Perform management and merging of disparate data sources, preferably through R, Python, or SQL.
• Perform statistical analysis, and data mining algorithms.

OBI specifically:

• Design, develop, and evaluate leading-edge algorithmic intelligence concepts, practices, and technologies for implementation into OBI.
• Recommend advanced statistical or mathematical techniques and methodology that may permit identification and evaluation of alternatives.
• Assist in model formulation or experimental test design.
• Share joint in team responsibility for development of advanced analytic techniques and assessments.
• Collaborate with team members to develop and refine exploratory efforts leveraging novel technologies.
• Automate ontologies and associated components to ensure semantic accuracy, relevance, and interoperability.
• Evaluate data science, AI/ML, and other advanced analytic methods for risks, biases, and limitations.
• Collaborate with team members to develop and refine semantic data retrieval and reasoning across knowledge graphs through development and optimization of data queries via multiple protocols (e.g. GraphQL, SPARQL, SHACL, SQL).
• Maintain currency with independent research on methods of analysis in government, industry, and academia to keep abreast of the state of the art and keep senior leadership informed.
• Provide incremental enhancements to tools, capabilities, processes, and methods.
• Advisor on emerging data science methods, tools, algorithms, training, or requirements.
• Serve as the primary POC for data science expertise, ensuring tradecraft compliance and analytic standards as it relates to data science techniques on the contract.
• Ensure compliance with tradecraft standards and adherence to best practices in AI system development and deployment.
• Assess OBI documentation for completeness, accuracy, and thoroughness, and provide detailed feedback to owners and developers.
• Provide consultation and guidance to owners, developers, and stakeholders on OBI governance and knowledge modeling, including best practices for AI system development, testing, and deployment.
• Collaborate with team members to identify and implement practices for responsible AI development, to include bias detection, hallucination recognition, prompt fairness testing, adherence to analytic tradecraft standards and security policies.
• Support stakeholders in translating technical documentation into analytic tradecraft compliant language.
• Support and automate entity recognition and extraction summarization, in accordance with analytic tradecraft standards.
• Conduct audits to ensure compliant use of systems for approved use-cases in all source analysis.
• Develop and maintain a repository of audit findings and recommendations to facilitate knowledge sharing and best practices.
• Provide technical input into and participate in the development of software and computer graphics systems.
• Writes scripts to drive data science workflows.
• Work with ambiguous information, deconstruct key questions, leverage spatial data, exploit application programming interfaces, suggest methodologies, and develop data schemas to structure observations.
• Work with vendors and software development to implement distributed algorithms.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, such as Data Science, with a minimum of 8 years of work experience.
• Experience in data visualization and use of graphical applications, including Microsoft Office Power BI and Tableau.
• Experienced in major data science languages, such as R and Python.
• Experienced in managing and merging disparate data sources, preferably through R, Python, or SQL.
• Experienced in statistical analysis and developing data mining algorithms.
• Experienced with large data multi-INT analytics, ML, and automated predictive analytics.
• Experienced in algorithm development, data structures, and software development practices.
• Working knowledge of coding and scripting, information science, mathematics, machine learning, visual analytic modeling tools, and relevant Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to create repeatable, widely applicable procedures to support all-source intelligence analysis and production.
• Analytical and critical thinking skills to interpret complex data and draw meaningful conclusions.
• Ability to work collaboratively with users and stakeholders.
• Capacity to adapt to changing situations to prioritize tasks effectively.
• Excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in a relevant field, such as Data Science.
• Professional or graduate certificate in Data Science from a university or major online learning platform,
• Experience working in the customer environment is preferred.

Security Clearance:

This Position requires an Active TS/SCI and the ability to obtain a CI Poly, US Citizenship is required to hold this clearance.