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Data Scientist with Security Clearance

Level Up, LLCChantilly, VA🇺🇸United StatesPosted 21 Aug 2026

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Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Employee
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
Chantilly, VA, United States
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Yesterday
SQLLinearMachine LearningHadoop

Job Description

In this dynamic role, you will join a top-tier team of Information Technology and Analytic professionals dedicated to supporting national  security through innovative data science and analytics. You will work in a self-contained Big Data environment where the team manages  everything from infrastructure and application development to advanced analytics. This position offers numerous opportunities for growth, collaboration, and problem-solving in a thought-provoking, mission-driven setting. Duties, Tasks and Responsibilities - Working with large, complex, and disparate data sets

  • Designing and implementing innovative ways to analyze and exploit the Sponsor’s data holdings
  • Researching and reporting on a wide variety of Sponsor inquiries
  • Raising proactive inquiries to the Sponsor based on observations and proposed data analysis/exploitation
  • Solving difficult, non-routine problems by applying advanced analytical methodologies, and improving analytic methodologies
  • Developing custom searches
  • Participating in threat hunting and/or developing advanced, novel detection mechanisms to counter malicious actors Required Experience, Skills, & Technologies
  • Thorough knowledge of appropriate analytic tools and methodologies in one or more of the following:
  • Applied mathematics (e.g. probability and statistics, formal modeling, computational social sciences)
  • Computer programming (e.g. programming languages, math/statistics packages, computer science, machine learning, scientific computing) Ability to code or script in one or more general programming language - Experience with, and understanding of, algorithms for classification, regression, clustering, and anomaly detection
  • Knowledge of relational databases, including SQL and large-scale distributed systems (e.g. Hadoop)
  • Expertise with statistical data analysis (e.g. linear models, multivariate analysis, stochastic models, sampling methods)
  • Demonstrated effectiveness in collecting information and accurately representing/visualizing it to non-technical third parties Desired Experience, Skills & Technologies - Experience working in a mission environment and/or with many different types of data
  • Familiarity with building MVP/Prototype data engineering pipelines to support novel analytics
  • Experience in signature development, threat hunting, and/or threat modeling
  • Background in computer network operations, particularly network defense and/or exploitation Clearance Required
  • Due to the sensitivity of customer-related requirements, U.S. Citizenship is required.
  • TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph required

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