Data Scientist

This opportunity resides with Warfare Systems (WS), a business group within HII’s Mission Technologies division. Warfare Systems comprises cyber and mission IT; electronic warfare; and C5

ISR systems.

HII works within our nation’s intelligence and cyber operations communities to defend our interests in cyberspace and anticipate emerging threats. Our capabilities in cybersecurity, network architecture, reverse engineering, software and hardware development uniquely enable us to support sensitive missions for the U.S. military and federal agency partners.

HII’s Mission Technologies Division is part of a team of more than 7,000 professionals worldwide delivering all-domain expertise and advanced technologies in service of mission partners across the globe. Mission Technologies leads the next evolution of national defense – the data evolution – by accelerating a breadth of national security solutions for government and commercial customers. Our capabilities range from C5

ISR, AI and Big Data, cyber operations, synthetic training environments to fleet sustainment, environmental remediation and the largest family of unmanned underwater vehicles in every class. Find the role that’s right for you. Apply today. We look forward to meeting you.

HII-Mission Technologies is currently seeking a skilled Data Scientist/Engineer to design, develop, and implement a database architecture, tools, and techniques for management and use of extremely large data sets for use by data analysts for our DoD customer’s organization. This position will be performed at the DoD customer site at Wright‑Patterson Air Force Base.

• Investigate, determine, and implement suitable open‑source tools for storage, managing, and use of extremely large data sets.
• Investigate, determine, and implement tools and methodologies for extracting key data points for analysis by data analysts.
• Conduct data exploration, analysis, and feature extraction techniques to incorporate into DoD customer’s organization data pipelines and workflows.
• Be part of a team responsible for creating, maintaining, and augmenting an on‑premises compute environment.
• Translate requirements into capabilities for technical teams.
• Present status reports to key internal stakeholders.
• Evaluate new tools, technologies, and processes to improve on‑premises environment.
• Gain familiarity with customer mission to identify and/or develop data management and workflow solutions.
• Propose solutions and strategies to unique challenges throughout the DoD customer’s organization.
• Linux system configuration and capacity planning for large‑scale data analytics on‑premises and cloud.
• Additional duties as assigned or required.

• 5 years relevant experience with a Bachelor’s degree in a related field; 3 years relevant experience with a Master’s degree in a related field.
• Experience with defining requirements for using and maintaining open‑source data analytics, data workflow, and database tools.
• Develop, implement, and maintain data analytic protocols, standards, and documentation.
• Design data models based on requirements/needs for complex analysis of data analysts.
• Define requirements for vendors to implement into their proposed solutions to meet DoD customer’s organization needs and use cases.
• Experience working with multiple types of datasets and database technologies.
• Experience building data pipelines from end to end.
• Experience with multiple industry standard cloud and on‑premise database technologies.
• Experience with data exploration, analysis, and visualization tools such as Python and Matlab.
• Experience and familiarity with Linux operating environment.
• Experience with open‑source containerization technologies and tools and how to utilize those technologies appropriately for database technologies and analytics.
• Define internal process improvements to automate repetitive tasks to minimize downtime between analysis.
• Clearance: Secret clearance to start. Must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance with enhanced security checks.

May require working in an office, industrial, or laboratory environment. Capable of climbing ladders and tolerating confined…