Data Scientist (Mid)

Calhoun International is a Professional Services company providing innovative solutions to our clients. Our expertise ranges from strategic intelligence analysis, expert instruction on intelligence analysis and sensors, cyberspace operations, information systems training, and knowledge management services among others. Calhoun International is located in Tampa, FL with employees in Florida, Virginia, Maryland, Washington, D.C. and overseas. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

The Data Scientist applies mid-level data science support to enable the identification, assessment, and disruption of threats to cleared industry, cleared personnel, DOD, and DCSA; facilitate USG responses to adversary action and insider threats by sharing threat indicators and enabling responsive measures from other agencies and services; develop cyber capabilities and processes that illuminate threats, enhance awareness, and stakeholders. Daily duties include but are not limited to the following:

• Develop, produce, and maintain Directorate metrics.
• Work with functional managers and other data scientists to understand the baselines, norms, and pain points of the data.
• Maintain monthly Key Performance Indicators (KPI) maintaining current numbers and provide suggestions for future KPI’s.
• Produce and disseminate monthly reports to include trends, numbers, and operational thresholds.
• Conduct traditional data science tasks.
• Develop and manage internal tools for data discovery, visualization and insight for internal users.
• Provide detailed analysis of existing schemas, common fields, unique fields, schema mapping and discovering data formatting differences with agency data.
• Provide data cleanup and define field terms, identify conflicts, and provide recommendations for cleanup solutions to align with shared, interagency understandings.
• Identify and collect data from various sources, evaluate the data to ensure that they meet analytic needs, and prepare the data for analysis.
• Performs statistical analysis, applies data mining techniques, and builds high quality prediction systems.
• Coordinate, collaborate, and engage with customers and stakeholders.
• Collaborate with DCSA mission management, agency components, and data professionals using data which supports alignment CI resources to strategy, performance reporting, and program planning.
• Communicate with stakeholders and conduct research to develop an understanding of relevant programs and requirements.
• Inform senior level decision-making using data-driven analysis, and supports alignment of resources to strategy.
• Participate in interviewing for data roles and data capability development at Ad Hoc.
• Coordinate with other elements within DCSA CI and DCSA, as needed.
• Recommend and advise senior leaders on the development of new techniques.
• Select, apply, and assess analytic models and techniques, and review and verify the results. Analyze large and complex data sets and communicate results and findings to senior leaders and executives, including through the use of visualizations.
• Recommend and develop new data analysis techniques for CI and Insider Threat Directorate.
• Support Directorate data migration efforts for the CI and Insider Threat Directorate.

• Mid level positions require 8 + years of experience and a Bachelor's degree
• 8 + years’ experience with doctrinal intelligence support leveraging intelligence community architectures.
• 8+ years’ experience in Intelligence Community analysis and production, collection, and warning requirements management.
• Skilled in data visualization and use of graphical applications, including Microsoft Office (Power BI) and Tableau
• Familiar with major data science languages, such as R and Python; managing and merging of disparate data sources, preferably through R, Python, or SQL.
• Experience conducting statistical analysis and data mining algorithms.
• Prior experience with large data Multi-INT analytics, ML, and automated predictive analytics.
• Experience providing information briefings to senior military (GO/FO) and civilian personnel
• Experience developing intelligence collection requirements

• General familiarity with current IC governing directives, including ICD 203, 206, and 208, as well as AIS.

Security Clearance:

• TS/SCI with CSP preferred