Data Scientist

Data Scientist 3 - 25605

Location:

Wright‑Patterson Air Force Base, OH (DoD customer site)

$99,336.00/yr - $/yr

Seniority level:
Mid‑Senior level |

Employment type:

Full‑time | Job function:
Science

This opportunity resides with Warfare Systems (WS), a business group within HII’s Mission Technologies division. HII works within our nation’s intelligence and cyber operations communities to defend our interests in cyberspace and anticipate emerging threats. This role supports a DoD customer’s organization through data science and engineering.

• Investigate, determine, and implement suitable open‑source tools for storage, managing, and use of extremely large data sets.
• Investigate, determine, and implement tools and methodologies for extracting key data points for analysis by data analysts.
• Conduct data exploration, analysis, and feature extraction techniques to incorporate into the DoD customer’s data pipelines and workflows.
• Be part of a team responsible for creating, maintaining, and augmenting an on‑premises compute environment.
• Translate requirements into capabilities for technical teams.
• Present status reports to key internal stakeholders.
• Evaluate new tools, technologies, and processes to improve the on‑premises environment.
• Gain familiarity of customer mission to identify and/or develop data management and workflow solutions.
• Propose solutions and strategies to unique challenges throughout the DoD customer’s organization.
• Perform Linux system configuration and capacity planning for large‑scale data analytics on‑premises and cloud.
• Additional duties as assigned or required.

• 5 years relevant experience with a Bachelor’s degree in a related field; 3 years relevant experience with a Master’s degree in a related field.
• Experience defining requirements for using and maintaining open‑source data analytics, data workflow, and database tools.
• Develop, implement, and maintain data analytic protocols, standards, and documentation.
• Design data models based on requirements/needs for complex analysis of data sets.
• Define requirements for vendors to implement solutions to meet the DoD customer’s organization needs and use cases.
• Experience working with multiple types of datasets and database technologies.
• Experience building data pipelines from end to end.
• Experience with multiple industry‑standard cloud and on‑premise database technologies.
• Experience with data exploration, analysis, and visualization tools such as Python and Matlab.
• Experience and familiarity with Linux operating environment.
• Experience with open‑source containerization technologies and how to utilize those technologies appropriately for database technologies and analytics.
• Define internal process improvements to automate repetitive tasks to minimize downtime between analysis.
• Clearance:
  Secret clearance is required to start. Must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance with enhanced security checks.

May require working in an office, industrial, or laboratory environment. Capable of climbing ladders and tolerating confined spaces and extreme temperature variances.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e‑mail to  and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Reasonable accommodations are considered on a case‑by‑case basis. Additionally, you may also call 1‑844‑849‑8463 and press #3 for HII Mission Technologies.