Senior Data Scientist (CENTCOM)

WWC Global is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to serve on a potential effort supporting CENTCOM in their data integration efforts. This position is on-site located on MacDill AFB, FL.

Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Working with R and Python to create analytical solutions that integrate with Microsoft applications such as Excel, SharePoint, Access, and Word to support Joint Planning Modernization and assessments.
• Creating data management tools to support statistical/predictive analysis.
• Developing tools and reports that assist users with access and data analysis.
• Developing and managing DCMP, developing tools, methods, and processes for data collection.
• Using, modifying, and tailoring Client tools such as: C2IE, Advana, Maven Smart Systems, Onebrief, or other joint planning software.
• Validating data for accuracy to ensure precise analysis results and apply a wide range of analytical data-mining techniques to produce accurate data sets.
• Defining problems, conducting research, developing analysis design; performing data collection and reduction, displaying data for analysis, examining the underlying relationships and selecting appropriate methods or techniques, formulating mathematical expressions, constructing analytical models for understanding data, drawing conclusions; drawing operational insights from assessments; and preparing reports describing and justifying the results.
• Developing and supporting new analytic capabilities as requirements evolve within the command for assessments (e.g., data mining and analysis, systems analysis, social analysis, data visualization and modeling); executing analysis in support of assessments with high visibility, unusual urgency or program criticality; requiring a variety of OR techniques and tools.
• Applying conventional OR methods and techniques to support assessments, exercising sound military and analytic judgment in applying standard professional OR practices; Exercising creativity and innovation in selecting and applying OR techniques and tools to support assessments, methods, and processes, enhance assessment performance, or increase efficiency and effectiveness.
• Working on a wide variety of ambiguous, complex, compounding problems given only a skeletal framework or foundation for departure, characterized by either their expansive breadth or depth where analytic precedents and guidelines often do not exist, which may require unconventional approaches or the application and adaptation of sophisticated analytical techniques producing original results.
• Performing work with a marked degree of technical authority, assuming responsibility for each step of the analytic process, the thoroughness of the analysis, significance of the findings and effectiveness of the presentation.
• Initiating, overseeing, and/or developing requirements from a project’s inception to conclusion for extremely complex programs; develop project requirements, plans, and schedules to support assessment activities.
• Determining the nature of ill-structured or broadly stated problems; identifying problem ramifications; providing technical expertise concerning the validity of assumptions and the assessment criteria.
• Working independently or as part of a team to complete projects, potentially as a part of a larger project, or a phase of analysis; performing assignments arising from previous assessments which exposed problems or were highlighted in other applications.
• Providing support regarding inbound and outbound tasks utilizing the USCENTCOM Task Management Tool.
• Providing input and consolidating feedback of past, current, and future activities for the CCJ5, to include, but not limited to, weekly and quarterly updates and executive summaries for the leadership.
• Coordinating with operational technical experts; Coordinating support and interfacing regularly with the HQ staff and DOD partners, Joint, Interagency, Coalition, and NATO, and supporting assessments conducted by those partners.
• Documenting working groups’ results, conferences, in-progress reviews, and other milestone activities.
• Documenting working groups’ results, conferences, IPRs, and other milestone activities.
• Briefing senior leaders, potentially on controversial, and/or sensitive results and findings that may involve differences of opinion or varying interpretations among experienced and respected professionals.
• Routinely communicating with, preparing correspondence and presentations for, and advising senior leaders; Generating finished products for presentation and final reporting.

Multiple positions may be hired from this announcement.

This position is contingent on contract award.

Work Environment:

• Moderate noise (i.e. business office with co