Data Scientist

Quick Facts

• Role: Data Scientist

• Focus: Data architecture and operational data pipelines for program sensor data

Description

Support the maintenance and implementation of the program’s data architecture, including data backend workflows for moving data across security domains and systems. Create and sustain ETL and API-based pipelines for emergent sensors, ensure compliance with government-directed schemas and governance requirements, and standardize/transform data for labeling and model testing.

Responsibilities

• Create data pipelines to store and process data related to emergent sensors and platforms

• Define database tables and schemas and establish data health alerts

• Build ETL processes for sensor-related data

• Develop workflows for API-based movement of sensor data between platforms

• Ensure adherence to government-directed data schemas, formats, and governance requirements

• Analyze and adapt to differences in metadata, data formats, and structures when integrating with evolving databases, schemas, and APIs

• Pre-process and standardize data for labeling and model testing (e.g., file format conversion, image tiling/chipping, orthorectification, geospatial transformations)

• Assess and update ETL/ingestion processes within existing operational data operations pipelines

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience with SQL or NoSQL databases and cloud architectures

• Experience leveraging APIs to query systems and migrate data

• Programming experience with Python, JavaScript, or Java

• Experience developing and sustaining operational data pipelines supporting multiple data formats and interfaces

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 8 years of experience (additional experience may substitute for the degree)

• Top Secret clearance with ability to obtain SCI prior to starting and obtain a Polygraph post hire

• Strong written and verbal communication to explain complex technical concepts to lay and expert audiences

Benefits

• Pay range: $92,300.00 - $166,850.00