Cyber Data Scientist

Security Clearance: Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph required

Position

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is the U.S. Government agency in charge of designing, building, launching, and maintaining America’s intelligence satellites.  Develop. Acquire. Launch. Operate.

This particular contract effort provides Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) core and non-core support in the areas of Cyber Security and Management to improve the Information Assurance (IA) posture.  The contracts Core Capabilities are:  IA Management, Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) coordination and reporting, Risk Management Framework (RMF) application, IA compliance measurements and metrics, Assessment and Authorization (A&A), Vulnerability Management, and Cyber Defense support.

Apogee's ideal Cyber candidate will be part of a fast-paced, high energy, team as an early adopter and leader. The Cyber Data Scientist provides support to the customer in the area of Cyber Security.  If you love Cyber Security, then you'll love Apogee and this position!

What You'll Do

• Utilize analytical, statistical, and programming skills to collect, analyze, and interpret large cybersecurity data sets
• Develop data-driven solutions
• Analyze data sets found in the customer's vulnerability scanning, auditing, authorization, and configuration management tools
  
• Import, transform, analyze, and visualize data and report actionable insights to the customer (e.g., Tableau)
• Provide analysis and graphical presentations of collected metrics for IA compliance status reporting
• Support and evolve legacy visualization and situational awareness tools based on Microsoft Excel into modern data-driven solutions
• Collaborate with Risk Management teams to develop means to integrate, automate, and provide dynamic visualization capabilities for risk management efforts

Required

• Requires 8 to 10 years with BS/BA or 6 to 8 years with MS/MA or 3 to 5 years with Ph.D.
  
• Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI with Poly
  
• Able to support customer’s core hours (0900-1500; Mon – Fri)
  
• Must possess DoD 8570 certification in IAT or IAM or able to attain within 6 months of contract start
  
• Deep understanding of statistics and analysis
  
• Skilled in artificial intelligence and machine learning (e.g., SageMaker)
  
• Ability to code in multiple languages, including Python
  
• Knowledge of databases, data structures, and data architectures
  
• Excellent communications skills – both verbal and non-verbal
  
• Office Automation Skills – MS Office, MS Project, Visio
  
• Self-starter requiring limited direction and supervision
  
• Strong attention to detail
  
• Ability to work in a team environment
  
• Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Infogram, Chartbloks)
  
• Experience with data transformation (structured data format/schema transformation) using common programming tools (e.g., Python, JSON, etc.)
  
• Experience applying statistical analysis to large data sets

Desired Experience/Skills

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM)
  
• Experience briefing senior customer personnel
• Ability to organize and prioritize numerous customer requests in a fast-paced deadline driven
  environment
• Familiarity with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Familiarity with customer's IA processes
• Experience with ServiceNow and Splunk
• Experience supporting IC or DoD in the Cyber Security Domain
• Familiarity with the RMF process
• Experience with Relational Database Management System (RDMS)
• Experience with Amazon Elastic MapReduce (EMR) and SageMaker
• Experience with Machine Learning or Artificial Intelligence

What You'll Love About Apogee

• Challenging work in support of US Intel Community - a Mission that Matters!<