Exploitation Services - Data Scientist

CLEARANCE REQUIRED: TS/SCI

This job is located at: NGA Langley

Job description:

Specific MESA LOB Hard Target Projects are continually evolving to meet ODNI program requirements, but vendor provided technical capabilities necessary to execute solutions for both Hard Target Projects and counterterrorism missions will include the following:

• • • Develop methods for querying, visualizing, aggregating, correlating, and analyzing big data across intelligence disciplines
    • {U) The contractor shall optimize existing databases to speed up the query, input, export, and visualization of data.
    • Work with teams in NGA Analysis Operations {AO) Regional, Functional and Agency/CCMD Liaison Offices {collectively referred to as "AO Offices") to develop strategies for exposing new datasets and create migration plans for legacy datasets.
    • Build custom solutions {tools, processes, etc.) to automate or assist analytic endeavors as submitted by applicable AO Office leadership and analytic units.
    • Write scripts in Visual Basic, R, Python or other software for statistical models using large datasets to extract patterns, relationships, and anticipatory behaviors that are repeatable, efficient, hypothesis testing, and knowledge capture. .
    • Use mathematical concepts and techniques to solve complex GEOINT analysis problem sets; understand concepts associated with structured data and relational databases
    • Use tools, such as Arc GIS, Excel, SPSS, SAS, Matlab, R, or other statistical packages, to analyze and visualize operational data; visualize data both temporally and spatially to assist in data integrity checks, prepare for follow-on analysis, ask the next question, and display analytical assessments
    • Maintain, move and manipulate data between applications, using appropriate software; SQL databases, ArcServer, table data, relational/NoSQL DBMS, Microsoft EXCEL spreadsheets, ACCESS database management system, Tableau, Insights, ORACLE, and analyst provided data for ingest and cleaning.

• • • Be available for troubleshooting access and performance issues.
    • Develop tradecraft techniques, training solutions for discovery, preparation, manipulation and normalization of big data so that methods are repeatable and can be explained to users. Vendor shall create and publish advanced techniques and methods for dissemination through NGA Tradecraft HUB.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree
• TS/SCI clearance

Why work for QSL?

Our founders, Mel Wick and Bill Cronin, retired from storied careers in the Special Operations Forces (SOF) Community. Like many Americans and military veterans, they felt a strong desire to support the nation’s response to the 9/11/2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in any way they could. They established QSL to do just that, Stay in the Fight! QSL is built on a SOF culture, emphasizing selfless-service and teamwork. Our employees work to ensure that warfighters have every possible resource and all necessary support to safely accomplish their missions in defense of our nation.

QSL's Benefit Package

Because we believe our employees are our most valuable asset, offering a competitive comprehensive compensation package is very important to us. It is the goal of QSL to attract and retain the highest level of experience and technical talent necessary for successful performance. In order to accomplish this, we feel that it is necessary to provide satisfying work, an excellent work environment, and we continually monitor the marketplace to ensure that our total compensation/benefit package remains competitive.

Listed below are some of our standard benefits. We combine all traditional paid time off (Federal holidays, sick time, leave time personal days, jury duty, bereavement, etc.) into one category which allows employees flexibility in how they use their leave time and enables them to better balance their career with their personal needs.

• Combined Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Medical, Dental, Life Insurance
• Disability (Short-Term and Long-Term)
• Vision Insurance (CONUS-based employees)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Employee Discount Programs
• Critical Illness and Accident Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not and will not discriminate in employment and personnel practices based on race, sex, age, disability, veteran status, religion, national origin or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Hiring, transferring, and promotion practices are performed without regard to the above listed items. EEO/AAP, M, F, V, D.