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Agile Defense · 20 hours ago

Senior Data Scientist/Engineer

positionMcLean, VA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityMid, Senior Level
date4+ years exp

Agile Defense is focused on adaptive innovation to support national missions through advanced technologies. The Senior Data Scientist/Engineer will lead the development of data-science models, collaborating with experts to create analytics tools that enhance decision making in a classified environment.

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Growth OpportunitiesbadNo H1BnoteSecurity Clearance RequirednoteU.S. Citizen Onlynote

Responsibilities

Lead the end-to-end development of NLP and entity-extraction models tailored for cyber data
Prototype and integrate generative AI solutions to automate insight generation
Assist with data-engineering tasks, including parsing raw logs and preparing feature sets
Collaborate with cyber SMEs to define data-quality standards and validation criteria
Translate user stories and requirements into technical specifications and test plans
Implement, document, and maintain Python code for reproducible data-science workflows
Conduct model performance evaluations and iterate to improve accuracy and scalability
Present findings and demos to stakeholders, incorporating feedback into subsequent sprints

Qualification

PythonNLP techniquesEntity-extraction pipelinesGenerative AI frameworksData-engineering fundamentalsCyber datasets experienceBig-data platformsCloud environmentsContainerizationData-visualization toolsCommunication skills

Required

Active U.S. security clearance at TS/SCI with Full Scope Poly
Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or related field
4–8 years of hands-on data-science experience, including algorithm development and model deployment in production environments
Strong proficiency in Python and its data-science ecosystem (pandas, scikit-learn, PyTorch/TensorFlow)
Expertise in NLP techniques (e.g., tokenization, named-entity recognition, embedding models)
Proven ability to implement entity-extraction pipelines
Familiarity with generative AI frameworks and experience with machine learning
Experience with data-engineering fundamentals (ETL, data cleansing, feature engineering)
Exceptional verbal and written communication skills; ability to distill complex concepts for non-technical audiences
Demonstrated experience working with cyber or security-related datasets

Preferred

Experience with big-data platforms (Spark, Hadoop) and stream processing (Kafka)
Familiarity with cloud-based intelligence-community environments (AWS GovCloud, Azure Government)
Knowledge of containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)
Hands-on experience with data-visualization tools (e.g., Plotly, D3.js)

Benefits

Non-Employee Referral Bonus Eligible: $2,000
Competitive and comprehensive benefits package

Company

Agile Defense

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Agile Defense is an information technology company located in Reston. It is a sub-organization of Agile-BOT.
dateFounded in 1998
location
Reston, Virginia, USA
people-size1001-5000 employees
web-link
https://agiledefense.com

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
unknown
2022-11-16Acquired

Leadership Team

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Rick Wagner
Chief Executive Officer
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Bill Luebke
Chief Financial Officer
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