Data Scientist (TS/SCI with Polygraph)Computers/Software Annapolis Junction, Maryland Apply Description Position at Assured Information Security, Inc. (AIS) TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION YOU MUST HAVE AN ACTIVE TS/SCI W/ POLYGRAPH SECURITY CLEARANCE (US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED) Since our founding in 2001, AIS has provided a supportive place to work for technologists to research, create and support mission critical cyber security solutions. We have built a reputation for hiring talented and motivated individuals in both our services and R&D organizations. We focus on growing and developing the skills of our employees to ensure that our organization continually provides strong support to keep pace with the needs of our customer base while keeping true to our hacker roots - the Jolly Roger flies proudly outside of our Rome, NY HQ. Top Benefits Include: 401k Plan With 7% Company Contribution - Fully Vested Day 1100 % Company Paid Health Insurance Premiums (Blue Cross/Blue Shield)4 Weeks of Vacation + 10 Paid Holidays (several floating/flexible)Flexible Working Schedules Job Duties and Responsibilities: Work as a Data Scientist with a focused development team devising strategies to extract meaning and value from structured and unstructured dataLeverage statistical methods and/or machine learning to discover patterns and behaviors of entitiesUse query and visualization tools, such as DataXplorer and GMAE, to present question focused datasets in a story like mannerWork with various domains of metadata to develop new methodologies and techniques for automated data characterizationAnalyze and develop requirements to support the characterization and ingestion of new and existing data typesCollaborate with customer to understand mission needs and requirements Required Education and Experience: Active or reinstatable TS/SCI clearance with polygraph (US Citizenship Required)8 years experience in software development/engineering, including requirements analysis, software development, installation, integration, evaluation, enhancement, maintenance, testing, and problem diagnosis/resolutionBA/BS Degree in a technical discipline (such as Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems) 3 years of experience may be substituted for a degreeMinimum 10 years experience in a technical role, working on software intensive projects and programs for Government or Industry customers5 years experience in applicable programming language, such as the following: JAVA; C++ or C; COBRA; J2EE; Perl; JavaScript; UNIX scripting languages; XML; HTML; workflow tools such as JBoss or Weblogic; DOM; AJAX; Apache; Spring, near-real-time processing, collection systems, network protocols and standards, GUI development, or mission management systems3 years direct experience with an intelligence community or signals intelligence activityExperience in Web Services implementationSkilled in programming using Top-Down, Event-Driven, and object-oriented paradigmsExperience providing subject matter expertise for software development and engineering, and mentoring fellow Software EngineersAnalytic development experience using scripting languages such as Python and Scala to use statistical libraries against dataSkilled with big data processing frameworks such as Pig, MapReduce and Spark to scale algorithms over large volumes of dataExperience employing combination (2 or more) of analysis, computer science, mathematics, and software engineering skills to devise strategies for extracting meaning and value from large datasetsExperience with predictive analytics, machine learning, and data miningSkilled with data flows, Pig scripting, Hadoop MapReduce, and various analytic toolsSkilled working with development and SE teams, other stakeholders, agencies, and leadership teamKnowledge of data indexing and analytic development Desired Skills and Experience: Advance degree in a related technical field, ie Electrical Engineering, Computer Science etc.Experience working with cloud service providers and data stewardsDemonstrated experience in network metadata processing, manipulation, and analysis in support of intelligence analysisAgile development methodology Apply